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The 2024 KCHA Spring Conference will be held on May 20-22, 2024 at the Prairie Band Casino and Resort, 12305 150th Road in Mayetta, KS. KCHA will reimburse the registration fee and up to two nights hotel stay (up to the predetermined block rate) for KCHA members that have never attended a KCHA Spring Conference, and who are the County Department Head (Engineer, Public Works Director, Road and Bridge Director, Public Works Administrator, etc.) This is for one KCHA member per county as long as they have never attended a spring conference. Reimbursement will be issued after the conference concludes with confirmation of actual attendance. The golf event will be held on Monday morning, May 20, at the Firekeeper Golf Course located across the road from Prairie Band Casino and Resort. Event check-in begins at 9:00 AM with a shotgun start at 10:00 AM. More information and registration details for the 2024 Spring Conference will be sent out at a later date. Registration will be online only with the option for you to pay by check or credit card.

KCHA County Membership for 2024 has increased to $100 per county. KCHA is now charging a single membership fee for each county, and your county can add as many individual members as you wish. I encourage each Kansas County to become a KCHA member and to include your assistants, foremen, supervisors, and other employees who wish to excel in their career. Your department will benefit greatly with your employees involvement and networking with other county members from across the state. Membership registration will be online only with the option for you to pay by check or credit card. Please be sure to pay your 2024 KCHA Membership by Friday, March 15, 2024, to ensure your county will receive the member registration rate for the spring conference. To complete your 2024 KCHA membership registration, click here.

The National Association of County Engineers (NACE) is our national organization dedicated to safe and efficient county road systems across the United States. It is important that our KCHA Members also support the NACE organization. For 2024, KCHA will once again collect the NACE membership dues for counties and forward the fees to NACE for you. Like your KCHA membership, your paid NACE dues, allow you to have as many individual NACE members within your county as you wish. Please check out the NACE website at www.countyengineers.org.

The 2024 NACE Annual Conference is scheduled for April 15-18, 2024, in Palm Springs, CA. NACE members receive a $100 discount on their conference registration. The KCHA Executive Board has approved a $1,000 sponsorship for a KCHA member to attend the NACE conference as long as they are a NACE member and serve on a NACE committee. KCHA has also approved reimbursement of the conference registration to any first-time out-of-state NACE conference attendees. If you have any questions about the benefits of a NACE membership, please visit their website or reach out to our Kansas NACE Director Justin Mader, Saline County at maderj@salinecountyks.gov.

The 2024 MINK Annual Conference will be held in September 2024 in St. Joseph, MO. Information on the dates and program will be announced later this spring. If your county is a member of KCHA and an employee attends the 2024 MINK Conference, KCHA will pay the registration fee for one employee per KCHA member county, so please take advantage of this educational opportunity. It just makes sense for your county to be a KCHA member and take advantage of all our membership benefits.

 


Local Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund (LAVTR)

KAC is making an asserted effort to educate counties and the public about the LAVTR and the benefit to counties and how it could provide some property tax relief to the taxpayers in the counties.

There are several articles and information on the KAC Website.  Click here for more information.


2024 KCHA Kansas County Membership and Vendor Membership Registration Renewals NOW ONLINE!

Kansas County Membership Renewal

The KCHA Executive Board voted to create an online membership application for 2024. The online application will be housed on the same platform that KCHA used for the 2023 Spring Conference registration. The membership fee for 2024 has increased to $100 per county. KCHA is now charging a single membership fee for each county, and your county can add as many individual members as you wish. This online application also includes an optional NACE membership. KCHA will collect the NACE dues and forward the dues and county information onto NACE. You will not need to apply again on the NACE website.

To complete your Kansas County KCHA membership application, click here. You can choose to pay by credit card or by check.

Vendor Partner Membership Renewal

Before your organization decides about KCHA membership, please note the benefits and opportunities a Vendor Membership provides for your organization: 

  • Vendor Membership shows that the success of the KCHA is important to your organization.

  • Your organization name will be listed along with a hotlink to your website as a vendor member on KCHA’s website.

  • You will receive special recognition at the Spring Conference.

  • Upon request, each vendor member will receive a list of contact information for KCHA county members.

The KCHA has elected to keep Vendor Membership at $125 per vendor this year. 

You can complete your 2024 KCHA Vendor Membership online here.


2022 KCHA Official of the Year! Phil Nusser          

2022 KCHA Official of the Year!   Phil Nusser - Stafford County         Chip Woods (right) presents Phil Nusser (left) with the 2022 KCHA Official Of The Year plaque.     

 


James Andrew Hague Memorial

James “Jim” Andrew Hague, 86, passed away on the morning of June 13, 2023 in Topeka, KS.

He was born in Oak Park, Illinois on August 10, 1936 to Lewis Willard Hague and Helen Harris Paterson. He graduated from Beloit College in 1958 with a degree in geology. He married Jeane Belcher Adkins on December 20, 1958 and traveled the Midwest while working for the US Geological Survey from 1958-1964. In 1964, he became the Dickinson County Kansas Highway Administrator where he worked until his retirement in 1994. In the 1992, he was awarded the Kansas County Highway Association Administrator of the Year award. From 1968 to the early 1994, Jim was a volunteer fireman for the City of Abilene KS. He also owned and operated two businesses in Abilene, the Eastlawn Mobile Home Park and the Magic Needle Fabric Store. In retirement, he stocked groceries for West’s County Mart and seemed to talk with everyone, often telling his “dad” jokes.

Jim could often be seen around Abilene in his antique cars, Mustangs, or just running. While running in the winter, he always wore red sweats and a Santa hat, causing questions about why Santa was so thin. He was constantly tracking his performance on the Kansas age group records and finished a series of marathons by running the Boston Marathon. He ran the Tinman Triathlon near Topeka for many years.

He is survived by his brother Douglas Hague of Pittsford, NY; four children, Marjory Hague-Ostman and husband Larry of Millville, CA; Jeannette Luedke and husband Tom of Berryton, KS; Kathleen McKee of Manhattan, KS; and Douglas Hague and wife Lynette of Indian Trail, NC; 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He was proceeded in death by his wife Jeane, his sister Linda Schumitzky, and his parents.

Cremation is planned and private inurnment will be at a later date in Abilene Cemetery. Jim’s family will receive friends at a Celebration of Life from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 16, 2023 at the Abilene Senior Center. Memorial contributions may be made the Dickenson County Community Foundation with the Great Plains Theater (GPT) as the designated beneficiary or to the St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

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