info2023-01-10T09:15:35-06:00January 10th, 2023|
The Reno County Commission expanded from three commissioners to four on Monday, during the commission’s first meeting of 2023. Voters had extended the commission in November, during a countywide vote, moving the body from three to five commissioners. Due to the resignation of Mark Reese in late December, a new commissioner needed to be appointed. The Reno County Republican Party nominated John Whitesel to fill the vacant position. Source: Hutch News
info2023-01-10T09:13:55-06:00January 10th, 2023|
City leaders will soon discuss policy options to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags in the community, including banning them, charging a fee at checkout or creating an educational campaign. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will once again take up the topic, which has been in discussion for more than four years. A group of elementary students from Kennedy Elementary brought their concerns about the harmful impact of plastic bags on the environment to the City Commission in 2018. Source: LJWorld
info2023-01-10T09:13:14-06:00January 10th, 2023|
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss whether they should ask Lawrence voters about changing the city’s form of government, including the possibility of having a directly elected mayor. The Lawrence City Commission will discuss the potential changes as part of its meeting Tuesday. A task force previously considered the issue in 2021, but the commission did not come to a clear consensus on how to proceed and directed city staff to defer the discussion until this year. The city has not reconsidered its government structure in 70 years, and in 2021 the commission created a task force to study the issue. [...]
Henry Schmidt2023-01-10T09:12:29-06:00January 10th, 2023|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman, Beth Warren and Henry Schmidt.
info2023-01-10T00:20:06-06:00January 10th, 2023|
You may want to avoid swimming in parts of Sand Creek or Slate Creek any time soon. For one, it’s cold. And two, 10,000 of “sludge” from Newton’s sewer system leaked into the waterways this weekend. According to a City of Newton release, “A valve on the line going from the settling basin (clarifiers) to the digesters failed, causing sludge to be discharged on plant property. Approximately 10,000 gallons of sludge made it to Slate Creek via storm sewers. Slate Creek drains to Sand Creek near the Wastewater Treatment Plant.” This prompted the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to issue [...]
info2023-01-10T09:08:08-06:00January 10th, 2023|
Forty-six percent of surveyed Newton residents believed an elected mayor position would be the easiest way for elected officials to focus the public over potential interests. That’s the result of the City of Newton’s first survey conducted through the company FlashVote. Two-hundred-twenty-nine residents answered the question, approximately 1.23 percent of the city population. The city previously said it needed 200 people to be surveyed for a scientifically valid result. The city commission and city staff pushed forward the survey as a way of gauging residential interest to changing Newton’s elected structure. Source: Harvey County Now
info2023-01-10T00:17:12-06:00January 10th, 2023|
The Harvey County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is looking for the owner of two cows who they say are "trying to hitch a ride on the Interstate." "We are working to get them to safety, but we need help identifying their owner," said the HCSO. The HCSO says one cow is all black and that the other is red with a white face and underbelly. Both have green ear tags. "We first received calls on these two last night in the area of Southeast 84th Street and South Kansas Road," the HCSO said. "They're now in the area of I-135 and Southeast [...]
info2023-01-10T09:09:06-06:00January 10th, 2023|
Governor Laura Kelly has ordered all flags in Kansas to fly at half-staff from now until sundown Tuesday. It's to honor former Kansas Attorney General Bob Stephan. Stephan was Kansas's longest-serving Attorney General from 1979 to 1995. He was a graduate of Washburn University’s law school and went on to practice law in Wichita. He served as a district judge in Wichita from 1965 to 1978 before becoming Kansas Attorney General. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Church of the Ascension in Overland Park. Source: KSN-TV
info2023-01-10T00:10:54-06:00January 10th, 2023|
Today is National Law Enforcement Day, and a group of Topeka volunteers is showing its support all day and night. The group is holding a 24-hour meal donation providing law enforcement a free meal any time of the day. Volunteers have been handing them out since midnight, and they will be out until midnight tonight. “The officers, sometimes when you’re out there working in the streets, sometimes you lose track, of how much you’re appreciated. And this is an opportunity for the citizens to show their appreciation for law enforcement,” says Law Enforcement Appreciation Committee Chairman John Sidwell. Source: KSNT 27 [...]
info2023-01-10T00:01:49-06:00January 10th, 2023|
The Shawnee County Commission currently holds meetings every Monday and Thursday to vote on local matters, but that is being changed. Now, every Monday will be a work day where department heads can present their proposals and the commissioners will have more time to discuss it before giving their official decision during the Thursday meetings. “The main thing is it gives us an opportunity to talk amongst ourselves as commissioners to discuss projects and what's the best route to go," said County Commission Chairman Bill Riphan. "It’ll be a good opportunity for department heads to give presentations not in one of [...]
