September 2023
The Board of County Commissioners serves as the Chief Legislative and Executive Branch of the County Government. Composed of five members, with each Commissioner representing a district of the County.
The duties of the Board of County Commissioners include:
- Approving the County budget and expenditures
- Appointing the various department heads of the County
- Exercising powers of local legislation
A view from the roof of the Justice Center at 601 S. 3rd Street, Leavenworth, KS, facing North.
Todd Thompson and Assistant County Attorney Chris Lyon addressed the crowd during Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the Leavenworth County Veterans Treatment Court. US Sen. Jerry Moran and several additional VIPs attended the ceremony. 
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County Attorney’s office is making great efforts in fighting the fentanyl epidemic. Beyond multiple convictions for dealers, they have been reaching out to educate. Anyone aware of someone with problems, please reach out for help.
Sheriff Office Job Openings
The Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office is seeking hardworking, dedicated, and career-minded professionals for the positions of:Deputy Sheriff (Patrol Division) - $22.89/Hour, Full-Time, Benefits Eligible, Pay Consideration for Experience/Education
Deputy Sheriff Job Description
Detention Officer - $20.35/Hour, Full-Time, Benefits Eligible
Detention Officer Job Description
To apply click here!
Emergency Management
Are you looking for a new career?
Leavenworth County is a great place to work!
You can find all of our current job openings on our job opening section of our website.
One of our greatest resources at Leavenworth County is our hard-working employees. Weekly we take a moment to post an employee spotlight to recognize a job well done and to help our residents understand a little more about how local government works.
We would like to congratulate each employee celebrating a work anniversary milestone! We are proud to have dedicated employees on our team!
Sara Beaudry, RN
Health Department
Hello, I'm Sara, and I'm delighted to share a bit of my journey with you through this newsletter. My thirst for knowledge and my passion for understanding the intricacies of life led me to attain a bachelor's degree in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, which opened doors to a world of scientific exploration. I then continued on my educational path at the University of Saint Mary, where I earned a nursing degree, setting the foundation for my career in healthcare.
Throughout my academic journey, I've always been drawn to the compelling realm of public health. The incredible accomplishments and the potential to make a meaningful impact on communities have always awed me. Currently, I'm pursuing a master of public health degree, a significant step forward that will undoubtedly enhance my ability to contribute positively to our county's well-being.
Combining my nursing background with my deep-rooted interest in public health, I'm enthusiastic about the opportunities to make a difference. I'm eager to continue my work within the county, using the knowledge and skills I've gained to promote better health and well-being for all. I'm grateful to be part of this vibrant community, and I look forward to collaborating with you all on our shared journey toward a healthier future.
Tiffany Bush, RN
Health Department
Not everyone knows what they want to be when they grow up, but even as a young girl I knew I wanted to be a nurse.
I didn’t grow up here in Leavenworth County, but I have been here so long that now it feels like home. This is where I raised my family. I got my nursing license in 2019 once my kids were a little bit older. My nursing career started out in the Operating Room as a RN Circulator. I am now grateful to serve my community in a different capacity, as a Public Health Nurse. Giving back and serving my community truly fills my heart. I am thankful for this opportunity to help!
My name is Tiffany, don’t hesitate to reach out and say hey! Looking forward to serving our community for many years to come.
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Leavenworth County Health Department
The Leavenworth County Health Department offers a wide range of services to Leavenworth County residents in an attempt to improve the quality of life through environmental and community health nursing. The goal of the Health Department is to provide services necessary to give Leavenworth County residents the opportunity to enjoy good health in a healthy environment.
The professional staff includes a medical director, program aides, nurses, a licensed social worker, a registered dietitian and a registered medical technologist.
In an effort to better serve Leavenworth County, seasonal satellite clinics are operated in various locations, such as schools, fire departments, fairs and the courthouse, offering a variety of professional services. A licensed nurse serves the satellite clinic clients.
Services are provided Monday through Friday at the Health Department at 500 Eisenhower Road Suite 101, (913) 250-2000 and at the W.I.C. Office at 500 Eisenhower Road Suite 102, (913) 250-2040 both in Leavenworth.
Buses are returning to their routes to pick up and drop off students, and young drivers dash out the door for class in the morning.
To help keep kids safe, remember:
1. Stop for a bus with its stop arm extended.
2. Watch for more pedestrians and bicycle riders at crosswalks and intersections.
3. Follow the speed limit and don't look at your phone.
4. Remind students who are old enough to drive to always buckle up.
5. Brush up on laws for drivers with an instruction permit or restricted license about where and when they can drive.
Vehicle renewals for customers with the last name starting with “P”,“Q” or “R” will be due by September 30th.
- Taxpayers may renew their vehicles up to 60 days in advance of their renewal deadline.
- We started with changing the plate text pattern on the following plate types:
- Standard Lg 1 Sequence would go 0005ABB, 0006ABB, 0007ABB, 0008ABB, 0009AAB
- Standard MC would go BA0AA, CA0AA, DA0AA, EA0AA, FA0AA
- Standard MB would go N3EA, P3EA, R3EA, S3EA,T3EA
- Disabled Lg 1 would go AAL011, AAL012, AAL013, AAL014, AAL015
- Disabled MC would go B0AA, C0AA, D0AA, E0AA, F0AA
- Disabled Veteran Plate Lg 1 AAS011, AAS012, AAS013, ASS014, ASS015
- Disabled Veteran MC Y0DB, Z0DB, A1DB, B1DB, C1DB
- Additional plate types will be identified and incrementally changed during the coming months.
- Driver's License renewals at the Annex are now taking appointments again. Please call to set up an appointment at 913-364-5730.
Building and Grounds
What we do...
Buildings and Grounds tries, to the best of our ability, to be good stewards of taxpayer's money and operate within the annual budget constraints set by the Board of County Commissioners.
What responsibilities fall under Buildings and Grounds?
- The safe operation and maintenance of 10 county owned buildings and three communication towers with a combined value of over $78 million.
- Primary focus is on the Courthouse, Justice Center, Health Department, EMS facilities, County Shop, Transfer Station and Tonganoxie Annex.
- Manages all facility construction projects and subcontracted services.
How does Buildings and Grounds accomplish all of the needed operation and maintenance?
- Buildings and Grounds has a maintenance staff of a director, four technicians, an administrative assistant, four janitorial staff and access to the County Shop personnel and equipment when needed.
- Buildings and Grounds has many tools in the operation and maintenance toolbox and some are three year on-call contracts, a shop full of hand tools, power tools, mowing equipment and needed parts.
- Buildings and Grounds has access to the Public Works architectural/engineering support contract for assistance with engineering and architectural design needs.
- Other tools at our disposal are annual specialty service contracts for elevators, electrical control systems at the Justice Center, fire monitoring, vending and Justice Center janitorial to name a few.
What types of projects does Buildings and Grounds have going today?
- The newly acquired Cushing Memorial Hospital conversion and remodel of four floors.
- Operations and maintenance of the five sewer districts.
- Day to day requests for operation and maintenance from county employees.
NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE - August 2023
Speech Presentatin to PRIA
TerriLois Mashburn addressed the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) on August 31, 2023 in Omaha NE. She presented possible options to fight property fraud before it occurs and gave a call for a federal law to protect land owners.
Model legislation discussed at PRIA would give standing to the Register of Deeds to sue anyone attempting property fraud as well as requiring jail time for the fraudster. We would request quiet title action to return property back to the rightful owner as part of the suit, saving the owner the anxiety of court and legal expenses.
Phase II Scanning Project
Almost 20 books needed to be re-scanned due to poor lighting or an out-of-focus camera. US Imaging staffer Derek arrived at our courthouse Sept. 8th for 6 days of work. Another 19 books that are poor quality or were previously missed will be imaged in Phase III thus completing the online access of land records back to sovereignty.
Sharing FREE Property Fraud Alert Service by Register of Deeds
August 28th Interview by Fidlar Technologies on Property Fraud Alert - Here is a link to the video!
August 28th - 31st Spoke on Property Fraud Prevention at PRIA National Conference
September 5th Join Presentation with Platte County MO Recorder of Deeds, Christopher Wright
September 6th Bradley Neighborhood
September 8th Twin Oakes
September 11th Leavenworth County Republican Party
If you are part of a club or organization looking for a speaker, I am available to share this community service in person. Email requests TMashburn@LeavenworthCounty.gov or call the office. I would be happy to share a program on Register of Deeds services with your group.
Disaster Recovery Tests
On the weekend of November 4th and 5th, 2023, our services - including Laredo, Tapestry and AVID - will be unavailable as we conduct Disaster Recovery tests. We expect all services to be back up and running on Sunday morning (Nov. 5th), but will keep you updated if that changes.
In these uncertain times, I encourage you to protect your property by also researching the benefits of the Transfer on Death Deed and talking with your attorney about any questions you may have about how that would affect conveying your property ownership. We have forms you may print off for free on our website .
For more information or to subscribe to Property Fraud Alert, call the Register of Deeds at 913.684.0424 or email tmashburn@leavenworthcounty.gov .
Have you ever wondered what happens to the stuff you take to The Transfer Station?
You bring a load of trash to the Leavenworth County Transfer Station. Whether you have standard waste or construction/demolition, brush, or recyclables, you unload in the bay you’ve been directed to. Then, you go to the Outbound Scale to weigh and pay. You’re done and heading on your way, never to consider your ‘stuff’ again. But what happens to your ‘stuff’?
Once you’ve left your standard waste or construction/demolition load on the floor, our heavy equipment operators and facility attendants must visually inspect every load, per the Operating Manual. If they discover unallowable items, items that have an additional charge, or items that need to be handled special, they must question the customer, possibly remove the item, and radio the scale attendant. The heavy equipment operators then push the load into the open trailer at the back of the bay. This process continues until the trailer is full. The trash in the trailer must be condensed and leveled out before the trailer can be pulled out. If you’ve seen the backhoes parked at the back of the bays ‘stirring’ the trash, they are ensuring it will all fit in the trailer. The trailer is then pulled out and tarped, the pit is swept and cleaned out, and an empty trailer is pulled to take its place. Each full trailer is parked at the east end of our property and waiting to be taken to the landfill. The landfill drivers bring an empty trailer, park it inside our gate, and hook up a full trailer to take back.
So, what if your load was brush or leaves/grass? You were directed to one of the brush piles or the leaf and grass pile to unload your stuff. Our leaf and grass pile eventually becomes compost for our customers to purchase. The heavy equipment operators maintain the pile multiple times a day by inspecting it for items not allowed, such as sticks, trash, lumber, or things that will contaminate our compost. Once the dropped load is known to be clean, they push all the newly dumped grass/leaves into the large pile. When a portion of the pile has cooked enough and is ready to sell as compost, it is moved to a separate area for purchase. Our brush piles must also be kept free of trash, lumber, and items that will contaminate since we sell our brush as mulch once they’ve been chipped up. Once or twice a year, a company sets up their big grinder/chipper, and the brush pile is ground down to mulch. Just like the compost, the mulch pile is then ready for purchase. Little known fact: Customers can check out our #2 brush pile for firewood at no cost. We require you to come across the Inbound scale and talk to the attendant first. Then, you can load up firewood if any is available. FYI, if you come for firewood, please know we cannot allow any equipment to cut up the wood, such as saws, hatchets, chainsaws, or any equipment that picks up the logs, such as cranes, bobcats, etc.…
Now, what about your recyclables, your Household Hazardous Waste, or your tires?
Leavenworth County residents can bring their paper, plastics (#1,2,5), tin and aluminum cans, glass, and cardboard to the recycling area across from our inbound scale. We also take metal, but that must be brought across the scale.
The black bin for paper, plastics (#1,2,5), and tin cans compacts all the recyclables until full. Once full, the bin is transported to our vendor, which sorts and processes the various recycling materials, and the bin is returned empty to be filled up again.
- Unfortunately, if the load is found to contain unallowable items, the entire load must be trashed and cannot be recycled due to contamination.
- The purple bin, the Ripple Glass bin, takes all clear glass colors. Once the purple container is full, it is transported to the Ripple Glass location to be dumped and processed for reuse (did you know that glass is 100% recyclable!). The empty bin is returned to the Transfer Station for continued use.
- The small green bin that holds aluminum cans is maintained daily. One of our facility attendants unloads the bin and removes the items that are not allowed. The cans are then loaded into our crusher/bale-maker, which makes large cubes out of all of your aluminum cans. We then transport multiple cubes to our vendor. The other small green bin is for tin cans. It is also maintained daily and sorted for inappropriate items.
- We also have a large green cardboard bin. Once that bin is full, it is also unloaded at the bale-maker and used to make cardboard bales. We then transport the cubes to our cardboard vendor.
- Metal items - We accept metal items, such as washers, dryers, water heaters, etc. at no cost. You must still come across the scale, talk to the attendant, and be directed to the metal bin or a bay. Dishwashers are not considered metal and have a standard waste fee. Also, freon units have a $20 fee and are dropped in a bay. You unload your metal and then circle out, allowing you to bypass the Outbound scale. When our metal bin is full, our vendor comes and replaces it with an empty one and takes our full one.
Household Hazardous Waste.
Leavenworth County residents can bring in their paint and chemicals. We take liquid paint as HHW. If you have dried or empty cans – they can be thrown in your trash. You must make an appointment if you have over ten liquid gallons of chemicals. When bringing your chemicals, you must pull onto the inbound scale and speak to the scale attendant. The scale attendant will direct you where to take your HHW.
Once you’ve dropped it off, you can leave at no charge. We have taken KDHE classes on how to handle HHW properly. We separate the various types of chemicals after every customer to keep the chemicals separate and everyone safe. They are then packaged in the appropriate method, according to KDHE. Our packaged HHW is picked up by our vendor multiple times a year and taken to their facility for processing and handling.
Lastly, tires - You bring in your tires of all sizes. Some have rims, some without, with varying fees.
Your standard-size tires, on rims, must be taken off the rims with our tire busting machine before they can be added to our tire bin. At the inbound scale, you load your off-rim tires into our green tire bin after checking in and paying. When that bin gets full, we take it to our local tire vendor and bring it back empty for reloading.
That is what goes on behind the scenes with your “trash .”Our crew is kept busy keeping up with the various duties and maintaining our Transfer Station. We know sometimes you must wait in line, and it may be hard to understand why. Like most businesses, we must do a lot of work to keep things going. We appreciate your patience when we make you wait. See you next time at the Transfer Station!
Transfer Station Contact Information
24967 136th St, Lansing, KS 66043
Phone: 913.727.2858
Email
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Saturday
8:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Monday and all County observed Holidays
Mission Statement
To provide evidence-based supervision which promotes public safety, offender accountability, and improves their ability to live productively and lawfully in our community.
Our Leavenworth County Road Crews are always busy, especially in the summer months. Among other duties, our crews are out chip-sealing and laying down asphalt along some of our county roads.
The chip-seal process has a “train” of vehicles that work on this crew. The oil distributor puts down an emulsified asphalt. The chip-spreader places an even surface of rock “chips” that adhere to the newly placed asphalt. The chips are then seated into place with two-rubber-tire roller compactors. Crews can place between 2 to 3 miles daily (one lane at a time) depending on the terrain, traffic, and conditions.
Always stay aware and be sure to follow the orange signs and flagger instructions when encountering a work zone and road crew. Keep our road crews safe!
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