The mayors of Kansas City, Kansas, Edwardsville and Bonner Springs on Wednesday announced plans to form a task force that could reshape Wyandotte County’s consolidated government structure. Edwardsville Mayor Carolyn Caiharr said a “citizen-focused” group will begin neighborhood discussions in November to hear resident concerns about the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, which consolidated in 1997. “What has served you well over the last 25 years, and what improvements need to be made?” Caiharr asked during a press conference outside Memorial Hall in downtown KCK. “We are not only looking for complaints, but solutions.” The group will consider recommendations for governmental change, which will then be sent to the Unified Government’s 11-member Board of Commissioners. That could include de-consolidating the governments of KCK and Wyandotte County.
Source: KC Star Local News
