info2019-04-05T09:49:37-05:00April 5th, 2019|
On April 1, 2019, the City of Wellington began only accepting cardboard, office paper and plastic #1 and plastic #2. Other materials including plastics #3 through #7 will not be accepted as there is currently little to no market in this region and some materials are being landfilled by material recovery facilities. (Read more: Sumner NewsCow)
info2019-04-05T09:49:33-05:00April 5th, 2019|
Shawnee County has earmarked $416,275 to replace heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at 18 parks and recreation buildings it maintains. County Commissioners Bob Archer, Bill Riphahn and Kevin Cook voted 3-0 Thursday morning to approve a project budget authorizing that work to be done over four years between 2019 and 2022. County administrative services director Betty Greiner said the budget approved Thursday fits in with steps the county is taking to establish and maintain an annual capital improvement budget. (Read more: Political - The Topeka Capital-Journal)
info2019-04-05T09:47:08-05:00April 5th, 2019|
After an absence of about five years, Chetopa once again has minimum housing standards. In a March 19 regular meeting the Chetopa City Council approved an ordinance to provide a minimum housing code. The council voted 6-0 in favor the ordinance, but Mayor Terry Robison refused to sign it, bringing discussion on how the council should proceed. According to minutes from the meeting that were recently made available, Council Member Betsy Koontz read from the governing body handbook that an ordinance could become effective without the mayor’s signature. Robison said on Wednesday that as a member of the city council in [...]
info2019-04-05T09:43:35-05:00April 5th, 2019|
A potential building code update for Olathe prompted worries from City Council members that residents and business owners would be the ones stuck with rising costs as a result. Tuesday night’s meeting was the council’s first chance to review possible amendments to the approximately 4,000 pages of material that could affect everything from residential lighting to regulations for fire-proofing both residential and commercial buildings. The codes cover a wide swath, including building, residential, existing buildings, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, electrical, energy conservation, swimming pool, property maintenance and fire codes. Possible changes include requiring new residences to illuminate house numbers and requiring [...]
info2019-04-05T09:42:16-05:00April 5th, 2019|
Two separate meeting times were offered on Wednesday to hear opinions on the future of east Douglas Avenue. Douglas has served as Wichita's "main street" for years and with capital improvement dollars set aside for the area for 2022-2023, developers are seeking opinions on how to make the street a hub for dining, gathering and entertainment. "We're trying to rethink the street as as place for commerce for young people and older adults rather than a highway that cuts through the middle of the city," Jeffrey Tumlin, principal of Nelson/Nygaard Transportation Planning said. There is $6 million in the capital improvement [...]
info2019-04-05T09:40:06-05:00April 5th, 2019|
Overland Park aquatics supervisor Renee Reis remembers when cities like hers had to turn down dozens of applicants for summer lifeguards. It was the quintessential summer job — a way for teens and college students to earn cash, work experience and street cred in a position with both fun and responsibility. Not so much anymore, said Reis and staffers from other cities who have watched applicants for such summer jobs dwindle. “Our lifeguard positions have been getting harder and harder to fill over the years,” said Reis, who is responsible for hiring around 225 lifeguards to monitor Overland Park’s indoor and [...]
info2019-04-05T08:26:47-05:00April 5th, 2019|
Before she came to Douglas County, Shannon Bruegge, behavioral health parole officer, worked for eight years in Cass County, Mo., supervising clients with substance use disorders as part of a drug court. “I saw people’s lives transformed,” she told Douglas County commissioners during their Wednesday work session on specialty courts. Bruegge was hired with the 2017 launch of the county’s behavioral health court, which aims to reduce the number of people with serious mental illness in the Douglas County Jail and provide support to them. Now she and others in the county’s criminal justice system are pushing for another specialty court [...]
info2019-04-05T08:24:15-05:00April 5th, 2019|
Kansas’ new Democratic governor promised on the campaign trail to end a protracted lawsuit over education funding by increasing state spending on public schools, and the Republican-led Legislature approved her proposal Thursday evening. It may not be enough. An attorney for the local school districts suing the state certainly doesn’t think so, and his clients have won before the Kansas Supreme Court repeatedly. Even some legislators who backed Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for an increase of roughly $90 million a year think they’ll be discussing another Supreme Court order to boost funding again next year. Others are hopeful the court will [...]
info2019-04-05T08:20:19-05:00April 5th, 2019|
Rural Kansas residents are angered by bad cellphone connection in Conway Springs due to only one service provider working in the area. "It's kind of a monopoly as far as the cellphone service goes," said Clay Murphy, superintendent of Conway Springs schools. A map released by Gov. Laura Kelly showed the broadband connection throughout the state of Kansas. In rural Kansas areas it was the lowest, including Conway Springs. "Even the one's that have the carrier depending on where you're at in town or on the edge of town, you can't get service," Murphy said.
info2019-04-04T08:13:41-05:00April 4th, 2019|
Dakota Patterson has embraced the virtue of living small with a 12-by-32-foot “tiny” house he is furnishing in Florence. While it might be easier to build than a full-size home, there are still safety measures to consider, said Trayce Warner, a Florence city councilmember. “Just using it as a shed is one thing, but if he’s planning on living in it, there are other requirements to be met,” she said. [MORE] (Read more: Marion County RECORD)
