Tax levies rise modestly in several districts in 2006 budget
Area districts unveil 2006 mill levies and valuations with Healy USD 468 proposing the largest tax hike. A $100,000 home would pay $637.13, up from $580.98, driven by a $167,836 decline in assessed valuation and enrollment drops. Budget hearings set across Cimarron Copeland Deerfield Greeley County Healy Hugoton Ingalls Lakin Leoti Montezuma Moscow Satanta Stanton Sublette Syracuse Ulysses districts.
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Cimarron
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Copeland
Thatcher
Greeley County
Lawrence
Tribune
Hugoton
E. Sixth St
Ingalls
Lakin
W. Kingman
Leoti
S. Indian Road
Montezuma
Sunnyside Ave
Scott County
College
Scott City
USD
W. Weaver St
Johnson City
Fern. Sublette
Syracuse
Syracuse High School
N. Main St
Joyce
S. Baughman
County moves tax issue to special election and EMS upgrades
County leaders announce a special election on a growth sales tax while securing a four wheel drive Kaiser ambulance for EMS. Purportedly surplus, the 1967 vehicle may aid responses. no sale plans exist. Health department donations begin and July receipts near $200 as open house set for Sept 22. Contaminated wells near Weldon landfill trigger further KDHE testing.
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Bob Prewitt
Kaiser
EMS
Prewitt
Kaiser Ambulance
Kristi Schmitt
Health Department
Commission
Cliff Mayo
John Ellermann
Arkansas River
Moran tour hears concerns on health care rules
Constituents tell Senator Moran about HIPAA and malpractice fears as doctors face strict regulations. J T Jabel of Satanta District Hospital says regulations choke care and compel unnecessary tests. The 69 county listening tour continued in Johnson City Ulysses Liberal and Meade with a schedule across Kansas.
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J.T. Jabel
Moran
Nity
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Ulysses
Liberal
Meade County
Kearny County Museum
S. Buffalo St
Lakin
Northrup Theatre
North Main St
Syracuse
Barrel Spring Hunt Club
Tribune
Museum of the Great Plains
N. Fourth St
Leoti
LSSI appoints interim library director in Germantown
LSSI named an interim director for the Germantown library, pending a permanent replacement. At the library board meeting, Fishback read a letter from LSSI President Frank Pezzanite noting applications from Texas and Pennsylvania. The Friends of the Finney County Public Library will host an appreciation reception for Sitz on August 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the library.
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Germantown
Fishback
LSSI
Frank Pezzanite
Texas
Pennsylvania
Friends of the Finney County Public Library
Sitz
Higher fuel costs squeeze school transportation funds
The state provides transportation reimbursements based on a per square mile formula, leaving districts with no relief for the coming year. Syracuse Superintendent Joan Friend notes a 992 square mile district now funds five buses and notes rising natural gas and insurance costs. The board keeps field trips and athletic transport and expects future legislative funding to cover higher costs.
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Dennis
Joan Friend
Syracuse
Friend
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