The Harvey County Health Department is anticipating getting 300 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. It says the county is moving into Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination plan which includes people 65 and older, people in congregate settings, and high-contact critical workers. Harvey County says those 300 doses will be directed toward law enforcement, other first responders and K-12 educators.
Source: KSN-TV
EagleMed transports critically ill or injured patients by land or air to hospitals across the midwest. “You never know, we might have a COVID patient this time and then the next one might be a young child with Leukemia. You have to be prepared and keep it safe for everyone,” says Kurt Burkhart, EagleMed flight nurse. During the pandemic, staff are seeing new challenges, leading to more stress on themselves and the patients. “It’s a lot more strategy and logistics, we have to figure out, can we do the transport? Do we have the fuel capacity? If we have to get fuel, where do we get it?”
Source: KAKE – News
Main Street Chanute and Main Street America have started two programs to help brick-and-mortar businesses in Chanute. The Board of Directors of Main Street Chanute approved guidelines Wednesday for its Main Street Revitalization Program, and Main Street America, in conjunction with Brother International, begins taking applications today for the At Your Side grant program. The MSRP loans are funded through $100,000 provided by the Neosho County Commission for business revitalization and safety improvements. Main Street Chanute will administer the loans at no interest, but the loans have a small origination fee that will go back into the fund.
Source: The Chanute Tribune
Despite a utility assistance program, past-due utility bills continue to pile up for Lawrence residents. As of this month, 3,570 Lawrence households still have utility payments that are more than three weeks past due, amounting to $1.28 million in delinquencies. The city provides water, solid waste and sewer services, and during the City Commission’s meeting Tuesday, Finance Director Jeremy Willmoth told the commission that a utility assistance program funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES, was under utilized, and that the average month-end delinquent balance per household has continued to grow since March.
Source: LJWorld.com.
The longest serving clerk in the history of the City of Scott City has announced she will be retiring from that position. During Monday’s city council meeting, in a letter read by Mayor Everett Green, City Clerk Brenda Davis announced she will be stepping down effective April 20. Davis cited a desire to spend more time with her family as the reason for ending her 22-year tenure with the city. … “I want to thank all the former mayors and city council members with whom I’ve had the pleasure to work with so closely over the years,” Davis said in her retirement letter.
Source: Scott County Record.
Twin Valley Electric Cooperative has broken ground on a 10-acre solar farm totaling 1 megawatt. The solar farm will be built next to a Twin Valley substation south of Mound Valley on Elk Road. Construction is expected to be completed in May. The solar farm will benefit the cooperative’s members in rural Labette, Neosho, Montgomery and Cherokee counties. Through a partnership with 11 other rural electric cooperatives in Kansas, the group will add over 20 megawatts of solar energy to a power source portfolio that powers 80,000 rural Kansas homes and businesses.
Source: Parsons Sun
Several community partners have joined forces to offer families an innovative, active, educational and COVID-safe opportunity. A new StoryWalk display has been installed by the City of Arkansas City at the Poplar Walking Trail in Arkansas City and runs along the first quarter mile of the trail. The new display is a joint effort between the Ark City Public Library, the City’s Public Services Department, USD 470 Early Literacy Initiative and RISE Cowley. Each entity has contributed time and funding to help make the storywalk available to community residents.
Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
In 2010, a master plan for Wichita’s downtown was given the green light. Project Downtown celebrates ten years of an ambitious fifteen year plan to revamp the Air Capitol’s inner core. Many locals, like Marcus Baysinger, feel the project has changed the vibe in downtown for the better. “You’re seeing job availability come along and so I think, and I think that mixed with kind of a new vibrant culture downtown with younger people, it’s, it’s starting to get better, which is really cool,” said Baysinger.
Source: KSN-TV
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 and Beth Warren.
As part of the funding from the CARES act, the City of Sedgwick will soon be using new technology to live-stream their city council meetings. If everything goes to plan, everything should be up and running by the next meeting on Feb. 1, according to City Administrator Joe Turner. … A year ago the city council meetings were not available online. The city began streaming them on Facebook using an Ipad to encourage people to watch from home, in a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the new equipment, those interested should be able to watch the meetings for years to come.
Source: Harvey County Now
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