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City looking to launch housing repair assistance program

2025-02-10T09:46:42-06:00February 10th, 2025|

At Tuesday’s work session, Manhattan city commissioners will discuss a housing rehabilitation and repair assistance program. Commissioners in October expressed interest in funding a housing rehabilitation program with the workforce housing sales tax, according to city government documents. Source: 1350 KMAN

City of Wichita set to pay $250,000 to settle case where driver was injured amid police pursuit

2025-02-10T09:41:50-06:00February 10th, 2025|

The City of Wichita is poised to pay $250,000 to a motorist who was hit and injured on Dec. 1, 2020, by a man fleeing police in a stolen vehicle. Wichita City Council will vote on the settlement Tuesday. Kelly L. Sandwell, who was 64 when the wreck occurred, was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries from the wreck, police previously said. The suspect who was fleeing police, Donald Tucker Jr., 36, of Chanute, was thrown from the vehicle and died after he clipped the 2014 Toyota Corolla Sandwell was driving. Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Public comments return to Johnson County commission’s online livestream

2025-02-10T09:39:22-06:00February 10th, 2025|

Public comments at the beginning of Johnson County commission meetings are once again being streamed live along with the meeting. The policy reverses a decision made two years ago by county Chair Mike Kelly, which was later approved by the commission. The decision not to stream public comments became a flashpoint, particularly for conservatives who have made a habit in recent years of showing up to opine on everything from the county’s COVID-19 response to the 2020 election. Source: Prairie Village Post

Municipal Bond Trends for February 7, 2025

2025-02-10T08:50:55-06:00February 10th, 2025|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.

AG Opinion 2025-4: County attorney serving as county counselor

2025-02-10T08:11:37-06:00February 10th, 2025|

When a county has established the position of county counselor and there is a temporary vacancy in that position, a county attorney is not prohibited from receiving a fee in addition to the county attorney’s salary for performing the duties of the county counselor on an interim basis. Source: Kansas Attorney General Opinions

AG Opinion 2025-3: Incompatibility of office

2025-02-10T08:11:43-06:00February 10th, 2025|

The common law doctrine of incompatibility of office precludes a person from concurrently holding the positions of a county hospital board member and a physician in the same hospital. Source: Kansas Attorney General Opinions

Municipal Bond Trends for February 6, 2025

2025-02-07T10:13:46-06:00February 7th, 2025|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.

Manhattan Regional Airport sets several new passenger milestones in 2024

2025-02-07T09:10:30-06:00February 7th, 2025|

Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is pleased to announce 2024 set new records for passengers using the airport. One such record was enplanements, with 81,712 total passengers boarding a flight out of MHK in 2024. The previous enplanement record of 77,553 was set in 2019. Last year saw a 5.3% increase when compared to 2019. Similarly, the airport also set a new record for deplanements, with 81,971 total passengers exiting a flight in Manhattan for 2024. Source: Manhattan - News Flash

Prairie Village keeps teardown-rebuild home design rules untouched for now — Here’s why

2025-02-07T09:09:25-06:00February 7th, 2025|

The potential to rehash a once-fraught debate over neighborhood building rules is not moving forward in Prairie Village. The Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday agreed there is no need to update neighborhood design guidelines first enacted in 2019 that lay out rules dictating what the city wants to see in single-family neighborhoods. Commissioner Jon Birkel was absent from this week’s discussion. Source: Johnson County Post

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