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WPD leaders share plan update for ‘real time’ information center

2024-08-02T09:20:26-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

Leaders of the Wichita Police Department hosted a town hall on Wednesday to discuss the “real-time” information center that they want to have up and running by next spring. Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan said advancements in technology, which are used every day, will keep people and officers safer. “It’s going to be a game changer for crime fighting here in Wichita,” said Sullivan. Chief Sullivan said they will soon have the technology, already used by departments across the country, to allow 911 calls to be heard from officers in that specific area in real-time. He also said they will have [...]

Reno County Commissioners approve Yoder water deal

2024-08-02T09:18:23-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

On Wednesday, Reno County Commissioners approved the purchase of water from Hutchinson for the Yoder water district. Commissioners said there isn’t enough water to meet the district’s needs without the purchase. County documents show the agreement has been in the works for months. According to those documents, Hutchinson will provide a monthly average of 32,000 gallons to Yoder, a town that has dealt with high nitrate levels in its water for a while. The purchase still has to be approved by the Hutchinson City Council. If it is approved, water rates in the district may go up because of the cost [...]

Topeka releases results of new homeless population count

2024-08-02T09:16:30-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

The City of Topeka released the results of its summer Point in Time Homeless Count Thursday. City spokesman Daniel Garrett issued a press release on Aug. 1, 2024 containing the results of this year’s second count of the homeless population in Topeka. As a result, city officials found nine additional homeless people living in the city since January 2024’s count. This second count of the homeless took place on July 17 and is meant to give a snapshot of conditions and circumstances surrounding the local homeless population. More than 40 people helped conduct this count. Garrett said 546 people and 433 [...]

New housing options coming to Topeka

2024-08-02T09:13:52-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

New options for housing are coming to Topeka. Tuesday, July 30, Topeka’s City Council approved having accessory dwelling units (ADU) within single-family zoning districts. ADU’s are already legal in multi-family districts and downtown districts. This will allow for a smaller independent houses to be on the same lot as a single-family home. The goal for this is to fill gaps in the city housing market and increase affordability. “We’ll have standards related to size, so there will be size limitations,” Planning Division Director Dan Warner said. “We’ll have requirements that one of the two units has to be owned or occupied, [...]

Reno County drug diversion offers some another chance

2024-08-02T09:12:25-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

The Reno County first-time drug offender diversion program began at the beginning of this year. Since then, 21 people have been involved with the program, and only one has not succeeded so far. “The best benefit is that they move away from drug use and become productive citizens,” District Attorney Tom Stanton said. “If they’re successful and become productive citizens, we’re not spending money on prosecution, arrest and detention, jail and court costs and so on. We don’t use jail as a sanction much in this program, so we’re saving money in the county jail.” If people complete the program and [...]

To find out where Lawrence residents don’t want cuts, the city has been using an online budget simulator tool

2024-08-02T08:56:33-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

When it comes to balancing municipal budgets, those same tradeoffs come at a scale of millions of dollars, and with more far-reaching effects. To figure out how Lawrence residents would make those tradeoffs, the city government has given them a tool to share their thoughts online — an interactive budget simulator called “A Balancing Act.” Alley Porter, the budget manager for the city’s finance department, said the tool has given the city some information on what services residents value most as it has crafted its 2025 budget proposal. Source: LJWorld

Osawatomie’s wastewater treatment plant is now complete

2024-08-02T08:26:18-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

Improvements to Osawatomie’s wastewater treatment plant have been three years in the making, but the $2.5 million project is now complete, and council members recently toured the finished product. ... City Manager Bret Glendening said supply chain issues delayed the project early on, and a few issues with the new UV units also took time to resolve. Source: Miami County Republic

Surrounding cities that use Wichita water also working to conserve

2024-08-02T08:18:14-05:00August 2nd, 2024|

Surrounding cities that buy water from Wichita, like the City of Derby, say they will follow Wichita’s lead when it comes to conserving. “When Wichita decides to announce, trigger going into stage two of their conservation plan, we go into phase two of our conservation plan,” said Derby City Manager Kiel Mangus. Like Wichita, Derby residents could face penalties if they don’t follow the rules, like limited outdoor watering. Source: KWCH

De Soto expecting significant 2025 property tax reduction

2024-08-01T09:39:46-05:00August 1st, 2024|

Even before Panasonic’s $4 billion EV battery plant opens in De Soto, Kansas next year, city residents are already getting a better idea for how that massive investment will change their property values and property taxes. “We are in the extremely enviable position of being able to present to the public a 2025 budget that reduces the city property tax mil rate by a third,” De Soto City Administrator Mike Brungardt said. Source: Fox4KC

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