Topeka leaders reject term limits, approve vacant property registry

Topeka’s mayor and city council voted late Tuesday against giving Topekans a November 2020 ballot question vote on whether to impose term limits upon the mayor and council. In a separate vote, the council established a registration program for owners of properties that are foreclosed, or chronically vacant and underutilized. Each of the 10 members of the city’s governing body — consisting of the mayor and the nine council members — had a vote on the term limits […]