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Logan County Board
August Safety Committee Meeting
[August 15, 2025]
On Tuesday, August 12th, the
Safety Committee of the larger Logan County Board met for their
monthly meeting. This was only the committee’s second meeting since
their inception last month. Additionally, since last month, Kevin
Knauer was named the Chairman of this committee, with Kathy Schmidt
serving as the Vice Chairman. In addition to the Chair and Vice
Chair, committee member Lance Conahan was also present. Absent were
members JR Glenn and Bob Sanders.
After attendance and introduction of guests, Knauer announced that
there was no old business to attend to, moving the committee on to
new business, of which there were several reports.
The first report was the Sheriff’s report, presented by Logan County
Sheriff Mark Landers. Landers confirmed that the committee wanted
him to start giving a monthly report on the Logan County Safety
Complex expansion project, to which they stated they did. Landers
then gave his update, stating that the asphalt had been removed from
the back lot and that a large tree had also been removed. Landers
also shared that a sidewalk was built to the rear entrance, but that
it was a bit steeper than he thought it was going to be. Landers
shared that O’Shea Builders, the company in charge of the
construction, set up a brace to make the sidewalk safer.
Landers continued, stating that
August 18th is when major construction is set to begin. O’Shea is
planning on putting around thirty pillars in the ground to help
stabilize the foundation. He also stated that they had already run
into a few unanticipated expenses. The first was builders' insurance
that O’Shea needs for their equipment and the materials, as they are
going to be left outside and could be damaged or stolen. The second
was a $20,000 expense for survey fees. Since the survey fee should
have been included in the cost before this point, Landers got O’Shea
to agree to eat this cost.
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Landers and the
committee then talked about the computers that are in the Safety
Complex. It was stated at a meeting in July that Windows 10 is
no longer going to be supported soon. It has been discussed
potentially replacing the computers. Landers stated that his
building likely has as many computers as the Courthouse. Landers
also mentioned that Hart IT’s prices have been a bit expensive
for his department. What started as $1,800 per quarter for IT
support has become $1,800 per month. Landers shared that they
used to have an in-house IT person, but that person left for
another job elsewhere. He stated that having their own IT person
may be better for his department.
The committee then addressed Logan
County Coroner Donald Peasley for a coroner’s report. Peasley shared
that his office has conducted more autopsies this year than they
normally do. They tend to average about thirty per year, but have
already done twenty-seven. He also shared that the county averages
20-30 deaths per month. After a few more updates from Peasley,
Knauer suggested having him submit a written report each month. He
stated that Peasley could attend in person if there was something
out of the ordinary that he had to report on.
The last department that was supposed to give a report was animal
control. Jane Whiteman was unable to be present, but Schmidt shared
that she brought up many issues. The committee recommended that they
encourage Whiteman to make it to the next meeting to address some of
her concerns.
A few other things about how the meetings are to operate were
mentioned after this. Once these discussions came to an end, the
meeting was adjourned.
[Matt Boutchers]
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