August ticket-getters in Mulvane will be able to cover a portion of their fines by donating school supplies.
Public Safety Director Gordon Fell proposed the supplies-for-fines program after reading of a similar effort by the Shawnee Municipal Court. Mulvane council members approved it at their Aug. 5 meeting.
“Not only does it help on the fines they owe but it also helps parents [and] students in the community,” Fell said in a memo to the council.
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