By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Now that the biggest capital projects of the Ellis County Public Building Commission (PBC) have been completed, the group plans to shorten its meeting schedule for 2019.

The group has been gathering monthly. Capital Projects Manager Phillip Smith-Hanes, who is also the Ellis County Administrator, is recommending a change to bi-monthly meetings after February.

Smith-Hanes says window film tint on the front windows and a lock set on a back door still need to be installed at the Extension office building at 601 Main, which was remodeled.

He told the PBC Monday night those two items are in progress.

“I have signed the final change order,” Smith-Hanes said. “I’m happy to report it is a deductive change order. We did not use about $11,150 of our contingency account.”

Smith-Hanes expects the change order to be paid at the PBC’s February 11 meeting.

The PBC is comprised of President Dean Haselhorst and Vice-President Butch Schlyer, who are Ellis County commissioners, along with Secretary Donna Maskus, the Ellis County Clerk, and Ellis County Treasurer Lisa Schlegel as treasurer.