City leaders will soon provide input on the Lawrence Police Department’s policy for public cameras. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review the policy, which details how public cameras and camera footage will be monitored, stored and potentially released. It’s estimated that it will cost the city $108,000 for the cameras and the computer server expenses related to video storage. Read more: LJWorld.com

City Manager Tom Markus announced in a news release Friday the hiring of Jeremy Willmoth as the city’s finance director. Willmoth received his bachelor’s degree in public administration and his master’s degree in public affairs from Park University in Parkville, Mo., according to the release. He has served in finance and management positions in multiple municipalities throughout his 18-year career and most recently served as city manager in Winfield. Read more: LJWorld.com

Nearly 70 percent of the Greenwood County voters who took to the polls for the 2018 November General election voted in favor of a half-cent sales tax that would benefit the Greenwood County Hospital (GWCH). Earlier this year, Greenwood County Commissioners proposed adding the question, in lieu of 3 mills. The half-cent sales tax should generate a little more than $300,000 annually, which is more than GWCH has been receiving from the mill funding. Source: Eureka Herald.

With a seven-percent margin, Greenwood County voters approved an increase in county commissioners at the polls last Tuesday, November 6. In order to increase from three commissioners to five, Greenwood County will also need to redistrict to accommodate five districts. District one commissioner Chuck Spradlin first proposed this notion at a commission meeting in May. In his proposal, he explained, “The way KOMA (Kansas Open Meetings Act) is set up right now, I can’t pick up the phone and ask one of these guys, ‘What do you think about this?’ It doesn’t work that way. If you have five, yes you [...]

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