City of Ellis Mayor Dave McDaniel wants Ellis residents to have a say in updating the plan for Ellis County’s growth and development. So he asked for a Town Hall meeting for the city’s residents at 8 a.m. Thursday at Ellis City Hall.
“I requested to have one in Ellis because not a lot of people will want to drive over to Hays,” said McDaniel, speaking from his Trio Home Center business in Ellis on Friday. The hired consultants pulling together the plan are Marvin Planning Consultants Inc., David City, Neb., and MSA Professional Services of Ankeny, Iowa. Starting in December, residents of Ellis County have been asked to fill out either an online survey or paper survey asking for feedback on everything from housing costs and quality of education to priorities and concerns about water quality, taxes, entertainment and rural development.
As of a few weeks ago, said environmental sanitarian Karen Purvis in the Ellis County Environmental Office, about 200 people had filled out surveys.
“I have been surprised with the number of surveys taken,” Purvis said. “I didn’t think it would be that many. Even our consultant was surprised.”
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