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Wellington Council comes to an agreement with developers on Dollar Tree 17th Street project; developer apologizes to council

info2018-12-06T07:49:23-06:00December 6th, 2018|

The 17th Street project, north of the Dollar Tree store in east Wellington has been pretty well resolved, according to city officials at its meeting Tuesday. Wellington Public Works Director Jeremy Jones told the council he has been in touch with the developers and contractors, and have worked out an agreement for the correction. All but 29 feet of the project will have to be repaved and brought to city specifications. At Tuesday’s meeting, Ryan Kiser, a developer for Ridge Investment Group of Wichita, apologized to the council for paving the road too early, and said: “We didn’t educate each other [...]

Osawatomie’s electric shop to serve multiple functions

info2018-12-06T07:45:47-06:00December 6th, 2018|

The city of Osawatomie’s new electric shop and storage building is taking shape on Ninth Street. “We hope to have it buttoned up soon,” Osawatomie City Manager Don Cawby said. The building will serve multiple functions. “It is the new electric shop, but will also house some of our water equipment,” Cawby said. “Water (department) used to operate out of the sewer plant until the bridge was closed in 2011. We have crammed them in since then.” The new structure also will free up space in the existing building for the fire department’s use, he said. “The primary reason was to [...]

Brown county commission suspends permit for local EMT

info2018-12-06T07:43:06-06:00December 6th, 2018|

The Brown County Commission voted Monday morning to suspend the emergency vehicle permit for a local EMT. The matter came before the commission at the Nov. 19 meeting as EMT Jeremy Stover spoke and asked the county to reconsider keeping his permit. They tabled the decision for a week, noting they had not reviewed the citation issued to Stover. At this week's meeting, Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill said he had reviewed a Hiawatha Police Department report on the Oct. 31 incident involving Stover. Hiawatha Police Chief John Defore joined the meeting via telephone and informed the commissioners that Stover had [...]

Sedgwick County Manager Michael Scholes is out after 3-2 commission vote

info2018-12-06T07:41:44-06:00December 6th, 2018|

Sedgwick County has reached a settlement ending the controversial tenure of County Manager Michael Scholes. On Wednesday, the County Commission approved an agreement paying Scholes $205,427 to leave. In exchange, he’s agreed to drop any claims against the county related to his departure. Scholes is the second top county official forced out by commission action in the past month. On Nov. 19, the commission settled out Counselor Eric Yost for a $77,000 payment. (Read more: Politics & Government News |)

City receives KDOT funding for I-35 and Gardner Road project

info2018-12-06T07:38:48-06:00December 6th, 2018|

The City of Gardner announced today that the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) granted funding for improvements to the interchange at I-35 and Gardner Road. The funding will cover the first and second phase of the project. KDOT will provide $3.925M for phase 1, which consists of the realignment of 191st Street west of Gardner Road and signalization of the intersection ramps. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2019. An additional $6M will be granted for phase 2 for the replacement of the existing Gardner Road bridge over I-35 with construction starting in 2022. KDOT is currently designing a diverging [...]

Leavenworth commissioner makes motion to end lawsuit expenses

info2018-12-06T07:37:38-06:00December 6th, 2018|

A Leavenworth County commissioner made a motion Tuesday to not spend any more money on a lawsuit that challenged the contract of a former employee. No vote was taken on the motion. Commissioner Bob Holland made the motion after Kansas Senior Judge Edward Bouker issued a ruling in which he declared the employment contract of former Human Resources Director Tamara Copeland invalid. “Given the judge has made the final ruling, the bleeding needs to stop,” Holland said. Bouker issued a written decision over the weekend. He ruled that Copeland’s employment contract with the county “was an attempt to improperly bind future [...]

German woman training with Derby police

info2018-12-06T07:35:52-06:00December 6th, 2018|

Since she was a little girl, Kimberly Klein wanted to be a police officer. Now that dream is coming true. Klein is spending three weeks as an intern with the Derby Police Department, but when she’s done, she won’t be staying here, but taking her newly found knowledge back home near Frankfurt, Germany, some 4,888 miles from Derby. Klein is enjoying her stint in America. “It’s great here, she said. “I really like the culture and all the Americans are always so nice to me.” The 24-year-old is not a total stranger to the U.S. or the Derby area as in [...]

Derby trash service contract up for bid in 2019

info2018-12-06T07:30:10-06:00December 6th, 2018|

The city will be opening its trash and recycling contract to qualified companies next year. That was a change to the City Council’s list of priorities approved at the Nov. 27 council meeting. Derby has a 10-year contract with Waste Connections that is due to expire Dec. 1, 2019. “We need to issue an RFP (request for proposals) soon to ensure other companies have an opportunity to compete,” Sexton said. The objective is to have a contract in place by May, City Manager Kathy Sexton said. The early lead time is necessary because of the equipment required to provide service to [...]

Community provides valuable input on walkable city in Derby

info2018-12-06T07:28:39-06:00December 6th, 2018|

Virtually every day, Charlene Gonzalez gets outside and goes for a walk, usually for four to five miles, so she knows what walking in Derby is all about. That’s why an open house on the city’s Walkable Development Plan was of particular interest to her. But there are issues, including safety, she said at the gathering, which took place from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at Madison Avenue Central Park. Gonzalez’s comments and input are just what planners from an outside agency, RDG, were looking for at the workshop. “We’re pleased with it,” said project manager Charlie Cowell of the [...]

Reno county wind farm must be operable before end of 2019 to qualify for federal tax breaks

info2018-12-06T07:22:13-06:00December 6th, 2018|

Forty-five seconds of silence following a motion to impose a moratorium on commercial wind development perhaps resounded louder than two hours of an open mic before the Reno County Commission Tuesday morning. Commissioner Ron Hirst’s motion to impose a six-month moratorium died for lack of a second. No other motion followed. NextEra Energy is now free to file its application for a conditional use permit, which will go before the Reno County Planning Commission. The company previously indicated it planned to do so by mid-December. The planning commission could propose additional restrictions or requirements for NextEra’s Pretty Prairie Wind Farm outside [...]