Shawnee leaders have agreed to add a provision to the city’s charter ordinances that will allow the city to borrow money to purchase the city’s streetlights.
The charter ordinance change permits the city to debt finance the acquisition of streetlights from Every Metro Inc. (formerly KCP&L) through the issuance of general obligation bonds.
City Attorney Ellis Rainey said he was concerned there was some misinformation about the charter ordinance change, so he wanted to provide clarification: By itself, it does not authorize issuance of any bonds or authorize any projects.
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