Holcomb budget notes growth and tax reflections
Holcomb Mayor Dennis Lauer cites a 3 percent rise in property valuation to 7.27 million dollars and says budget cuts plus sales tax gains have kept taxes manageable. Council approves 2006 budget and a 2005 budget amendment for a sewage treatment project, while 2004 audit finds no legal violations and recommends improved internal controls and timely bank reconciliations.
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Holcomb
Dennis Lauer
Claar
Lauer
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas
Robin Pena
Pena
Closure of Garden Valley wing stirs dementia care concerns
Garden Valley closes part of its memory unit raising worries about local capacity for high risk dementia patients. Terrace Gardens and High Plains Retirement Village report full or near full beds, with wait lists and limited space if demand surges.
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Terrace Garden Care Center
High Plains Retirement Village
Lakin
Terrace Garden
Wade Gushee
Garden Valley
Garden City
Gushee
McCormick
Garden Val
Ley
Terrace Gardens
Dorothy Burns
Community leaders study Hispanic youth in juvenile system
University of Northern Iowa professor Michael Leiber presented Iowa's three year study on juvenile justice to Garden City leaders. Major concerns included minority arrests, cultural clashes, mobility, and cautious expectations for long term reform spanning 10 to 15 years.
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Michael Leiber
University of Northern Iowa
Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority
Leiber
Iowa
Julie Wright
25Th Judicial District
Lawmakers target school lobbyists in finance debate
Rep Mike O Neal says limiting lobbyist expenditures not his idea but supports the concept and expects it to surface in January A measure blocks districts from using state funds to sue the state while local taxes could still hire lobbyists Schools For Fair Funding leader Kaufman calls it political payback The Supreme Court ruling this year boosted school funding by about 300 million with more possible The Kansas Association of School Boards and coalitions represent most districts Kansas City Wichita and Johnson County districts employ their own lobbyists Senator Janis Lee Duncan Kingston says school lobbyists are a necessary evil
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Mike O’neal
R-Hutchinson
O’neal
Kaufman
Schools For Fair Funding
Supreme Court
Ists
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas City
Wichita
Johnson County
Janis Lee D-Kensington
Senate
Heat pushes crews to start work before dawn
Garden City Roofing & Insulation crews shift schedules to beat extreme heat. Workers hydrate regularly as temperatures hit 104 at Garden City Regional Airport, tying a 1980 record. Attic work is avoided in peak heat, while indoor tasks increase after early morning. The National Weather Service forecasts 103 today, 104 Friday, 103 Saturday, and 99 Sunday.
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Buckholt
Byron Peirano
Garden City Roofing & Insulation
Peirano
Garden City
Tribune
National Weather Service
Dangers in hot weather and heat illness tips
Advice on heat cramps heat exhaustion and heat stroke with symptoms and first aid steps. Cites Kansas Department of Health and Environment guidance and weekly forecast noting temperatures from 72 to 68 degrees.
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The
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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