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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 2005
Page
1
The five member Garden City Commission will discuss an ordinance to raise quorum from three to four at a Tuesday meeting. Mayor Janie Perkins is the sole dissenter, urging public vote if the change is to be approved, to answer concerns about private discussions.
Finney County commissioners have not set a plan to alter quorum rules. Roman Halbur notes talks may be considered but the Open Meetings Act restricts private discussion of public matters. Garden City plans an ordinance Tuesday to raise quorum from three to four, enabling a three member majority to talk privately.
Kansas Supreme Court kept schools open after legislators approved a 148.4 million dollar funding measure in response to a 1999 education suit brought by Salina and Dodge City parents. The three page order, while not ideal, approves interim funding to avert a fall shutdown.
Justices keep judges in charge of the case and allow review of future legislative action including a study of costs in progress. Alan Rupe says the ruling is a victory for plaintiffs, Kansas kids, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature as the panel had previously ordered a $143 million funding boost by July 1.
Kansas lawmakers, under court pressure, approved a 148.4 million increase in school funding to push total state aid over 3 billion for 300 districts. The Supreme Court may mandate up to 568 million more next year, with talks of gambling, higher taxes, or school consolidation as possible options. Leaders say everything is on the table when they return in January.
Garden City Commission will discuss Sunday alcohol sales for the first time after Kansas lawmakers allowed packaged beer and liquor sales on Sundays. Dillons Food Stores urged adoption of an ordinance, while local merchants like Miguel Reyes of Third and Kansas Liquor warned Sunday hours could erode rest days.
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