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Automated water meters would provide more data to Lawrence customers, allow for tiered rate plans

info2018-08-10T11:35:32-05:00August 9th, 2018|

photo by: Journal-World Illustration Water meters and billing in Lawrence are set to get a multimillion-dollar update, paving the way for changes to the city’s utility rate structure. The city’s 2019 proposed budget, which the Lawrence City Commission is scheduled to adopt next week, includes $4.45 million toward the installation of automated utility meters. That amount is in addition to $6.42 million allocated for the project as part of the 2018 budget, bringing the total amount close to $11 million. Deputy Director of Utilities Mike Lawless said the city has about 34,000 residential and commercial utility customers, and that utility staff [...]

Flexibility and project learning part of school experiment in Wellington

info2018-08-04T13:27:58-05:00April 6th, 2018|

The community of Wellington was ready to redesign its public schools before the state school board picked it as one of the “Mercury Seven” pilot communities in a statewide program for school redesign. This was the opening message of a talk Tuesday evening on the subject of school redesign by Mark Whitener, Superintendent of USD 353 at Wellington. Whitener spoke at the Winfield High School cafeteria. Conversations about redesign had been going on for a year before the Wellington community applied for the statewide program, said Whitener, a former Ark City Middle School principal. Business, industry, teachers, parents and students were [...]