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South Hutchinson names new fire chief

info2018-11-26T14:33:22-06:00November 26th, 2018|

After working an office job for a couple of years, Shae Brooks knew she wanted to do something different. “I saw an advertisement for the Hutchinson Fire Department in the paper, so I started looking at firefighting,” the Hutchinson native said. Brooks joined the Fire Science program at Hutchinson Community College, where she also completed her emergency medical training. “After I got my degree, I ended up working in the St. Joe emergency room for eight years as a medical technician,” she said. She also began teaching medical proficiency skills for HCC’s Fire Science program, which she’s done now for 13 [...]

Gardner creates a parklet

info2018-11-26T14:30:22-06:00November 26th, 2018|

Gardner is one of 129 communities across the nation that was awarded grant funding as part of the AARP Community Challenge for “quick action” projects. This funding was used to help Gardner create a parklet, which is a sidewalk extension that repurposes vehicle space into space for people. The city will use this portable pop-up mini-park as a place for citizens to rest or socialize in the shade along the city’s sidewalk network within close proximity to City Hall, businesses, churches and schools. This accessible parklet will be the first step toward creating civic greens for flexible community activities in the [...]

Manager search continues in Winfield

info2018-11-26T14:29:36-06:00November 26th, 2018|

“Community minded, organizationally focused and (an) engaging leader” are among the qualities sought for the next Winfield city manager, according to a job ad posted last week. Previous city manager searches called for candidates to have a master’s degree, but commissioners decided to open the search to people with a bachelor’s degree and extensive government experience in order to have a wider pool of candidates. “(We) just felt that experience was a large factor, too. While we kind of expect most good candidates to have a degree, we didn’t want to exclude someone with quality experience,” Mayor Greg Thompson said via [...]

Lenexa council approves $1.8 million tax abatement for expanded UPS facility

info2018-11-26T14:27:40-06:00November 26th, 2018|

United Parcel Service Inc. will receive a 10-year, 55-percent property tax abatement valued by the city of Lenexa at $1.8 million for the company’s $40 million expansion of its sorting facility at 14650 Santa Fe Trail Drive. The Lenexa City Council unanimously approved the abatement, to go into effect Jan. 1, as part of its consent agenda at its meeting Tuesday. The council also authorized the city’s issuance of up to $40 million in industrial revenue bonds (IRBs), to close by Dec. 31, for UPS subsidiary BT Property LLC for the expansion. (Read more: Prairie Village Post - Neighborhood news and [...]

City asks Topeka residents to avoid putting leaves, twigs, limbs in street

info2018-11-26T14:23:48-06:00November 26th, 2018|

Topeka’s city government asked in a news release this week that residents avoid putting leaves, twigs or limbs in the street. While Topeka city ordinance enables the city government to take action against people who do that, the city would rather see residents comply voluntarily, said Jaci Vogel, the city’s deputy director of public works operations. “It is a big job to maintain streets without piles of leaves being added to our workload,” she said in the release. “Help us help you and your neighborhood be clean and safe.” Leaves falling from trees each autumn become a major source of litter, [...]

Parsons to take lead in eco devo efforts

info2018-11-26T14:22:33-06:00November 26th, 2018|

The city of Parsons will represent the Great Plains Industrial Park and Labette County in a collaborative economic development effort called Grow Labette County. The Parsons City Commission approved an agreement with the county and Great Plains Development Authority on Monday evening. The commissioners’ approval is contingent upon the other entities signing the agreement with no major changes. It also hinges on Great Plains receiving federal funding. Jim Zaleski, economic development director for the city, said Wednesday the Labette County Commission has approved the agreement as well as the Great Plains Development Authority board, but it hasn’t been signed yet. Great [...]

City of Parsons to trade property with First Baptist on intersection improvement project

info2018-11-26T14:21:06-06:00November 26th, 2018|

First Baptist Church will swap land with the city of Parsons to facilitate an upcoming intersection improvement project. Parsons city commissioners approved an agreement with the church on Monday that will allow the city to take possession of the church’s property at the northwest corner of 16th and Main. The city will get enough land to widen the intersection to add turn lanes. In return, the church will receive land at the southwest corner of 16th and Washington. The city bought that land from Thomas Sprague for $12,500 in May 2017 as a potential right of way for the intersection project. [...]

Park upgrades gain new life in Ark City

info2018-11-26T14:11:50-06:00November 26th, 2018|

City commissioners took the next step toward major improvements of Wilson Park outlined in a master plan that has seen little momentum since last October. The commission on Tuesday approved hiring LK Architecture of Wichita to perform design work for the next phase of that plan, which includes a splash-pad fountain, canopy for the farmers market, two new restrooms, and parking lot construction. The architects will complete all of the architectural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and structural engineering for those improvements at a cost not to exceed $65,5000. City Manager Nick Hernandez said on Tuesday during a commission meeting that the designs [...]

Humble named new Pratt Police Chief

info2018-11-26T14:05:25-06:00November 26th, 2018|

Roy Eckert, Pratt City Manager, said Thursday that Sgt. Nathan Humble has been named Pratt Police Chief after administrative leave was ordered for Interim Police Chief Detective Jeff Ward. Ward filled the position of Interium Police Chief following the recent retirement of Police Chief Gary Myers in September 2018. Ward was involved in the shooting incident in Pratt on November 13, 2018, which left Pratt resident Rene Prieto, 38, unresponsive and in critical condition for several days at a Wichita hospital. He died on November 21 from those injuries. Ward and two other Pratt officers were placed on paid administrative leave [...]

City officials take part in national conference

info2018-11-26T14:01:39-06:00November 26th, 2018|

Council members, the mayor and the city manager say they picked up numerous tips and operation methods during their attendance at a national conference. Council members Jack Hezlep, John McIntosh, Rocky Cornejo, along with Mayor Randy White and City Manager Kathy Sexton, were delegates to the National League of Cities’ City Summit Nov. 7-10 in Los Angeles. Attending the NLC conference is planned every other year. The summit is the largest gathering of elected leaders and city managers in the country. There were more than 3,800 mayors, council members and other delegates from all 50 states present. It is billed as [...]

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