info2018-06-05T10:07:08-05:00June 5th, 2018|
Three months after getting permission to start raising funds for the program, the Roeland Park Police Department has acquired a dog for its new K-9 unit. Rango, a German shepherd from Minnesota, arrived in Roeland Park late last week. The department will use the K-9 unit for building searches, tracking, officer protection and drug detection. (Read more: Prairie Village Post - Neighborhood news and events for Prairie Village, Fairway, Mission Hills)
info2018-06-05T08:30:55-05:00June 5th, 2018|
Beginning Monday, the Ellis County Road and Bridge and Noxious Weed departments will begin implementing a four days per week, 10 hours per day work schedule. Public Works Department Administrative Manager Rick Rupp said, “During the duration of this summer schedule our work days will be from Monday through Thursday each week and our work day will commence at 7 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m.” The one exception will be the work week of July 2 to July 6. The department will go back to a five-day work week because the Fourth of July holiday will be observed on Wednesday, [...]
info2018-06-04T06:51:28-05:00June 4th, 2018|
The Kansas Power Pool is considering a measure that would make it easier for member cities to take on community solar energy projects, a KPP representative told the Winfield City Commission on Thursday. The measure, if approved, would allow the power pool to cover half the cost for member cities to install a small solar facility of 25 kilowatts or smaller, KPP director Mark Chesney said. This size facility would take up less than a half acre of land, maybe even only one-tenth of an acre, Chesney said. Currently, KPP representatives are visiting member cities to gauge interest in the project. [...]
info2018-06-04T06:47:13-05:00June 4th, 2018|
Dispatchers may be the “spokes” people of emergency services. While law enforcement, firefighters or ambulance crews are the ones visible on the scene, like the outer rim of a wheel, the dispatchers are at the center. “We’re the little hub in that wheel,” 14-year dispatcher Barbara Stich told Neosho County commissioners Friday morning. Incoming 911 Director Lori Nally has introduced five of the county’s eight dispatchers to county commissioners, and Stich, Kim Wilson and Alicia Myers met the board Friday morning. “Our voice is at the dark,” Stich said. She answered questions from the commission about how the dispatch center works. [...]
info2018-06-04T06:43:00-05:00June 4th, 2018|
Parsons city commissioners on Monday evening again will discuss making most of the parks smoke-free. The commissioners have talked about smoke-free parks for the last several weeks after Commissioner Bill Hogelin introduced the idea about a year ago. The commission at first wanted to designate a certain distance around play equipment as smoke-free areas, but Parsons Police Chief Jason Sharp said it would be easier to enforce an ordinance that created areas where smoking would be permitted. In their last regular meeting and the work session preceding it, the commissioners informally agreed to create a couple of smoking sections in Forest [...]
info2018-06-04T06:41:42-05:00June 4th, 2018|
Neosho County’s budget forecast looked mixed after Appraiser Bob McElroy gave county commissioners the preliminary valuation figures Friday morning. The overall taxable property is up $2.7 million, but that does not count the impact of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program. McElroy said a lot of the new construction is under the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, and that worried Commissioner David Bideau. He said the NRP might cause a net decrease in the tax base. “We’re underwater,” he said. The Neighborhood Revitalization Program provides development incentives by rebating a percentage of the tax increase caused by improvements. The county collects the increase, then refunds [...]
info2018-06-04T06:23:13-05:00June 4th, 2018|
The Hays City Band is organizing for the summer season on the direction of new Fort Hays State University professor Peter Lillpopp. The band accepts community members high school age and older of all skill levels. The band will play a range of music, including Sousa marches, jazz, movie scores and tunes from Broadway musicals. “I really like it when I go into to communities and they have something going on downtown, and if it is great music, even better,” Lillpopp said during an interview this week on the KAYS Morning Show. “It really showcases the community and community pride. It [...]
info2018-06-04T06:17:28-05:00June 4th, 2018|
The longtime city manager in Salina will take over the top administrative job in the city of Springfield, Missouri. Gage has been city manager in Salina for 13 years. Before that he was city manager in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and De Soto, Missouri. Gage is a graduate of Missouri Southern State College in Joplin. He has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the selection of Jason Gage as city manager was announced Friday. (Read more: The Salina Post)
info2018-06-04T05:33:46-05:00June 4th, 2018|
Cowley County commissioners on Tuesday approved a four-year contract for Cowley County Administrator Lucas Goff ... Goff said his previous contract was for two years, but he requested this one be for four years because “I didn’t want to go anywhere. I think a lot of good things can be done. Four years is security for the board and for me.” The four-year contract does not include a pay increase but has some minor changes to it, Goff said. He was hired in January 2017, replacing former administrator Jeremy Willmoth, who is now city manager of Winfield. Commissioner Wayne Wilt said [...]
info2018-06-04T04:59:41-05:00June 4th, 2018|
Salina city commissioners will hold a public hearing on whether to adopt changes to the Neighborhood Revitalization Area when they meet in regular session at 4 p.m. Monday in Room 107 of the City-County Building. Changes include some boundaries and the addition of a new classification, Projects of Exceptional Community Significance. That classification would allow the developers of Lee Hardware Lofts to take advantage of additional tax incentives. (Read more: News - Salina Journal)
