County considers hiring freeze to save costs
Olson notes a $12.66 per hour county job totals about $37,000 with overhead and benefits and says not filling some posts could save thousands over time. Commissioners weigh open positions against uncertain 2010 budget, sales tax prospects, and local projects like a new high school and highway improvements.
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Olson
Commission
Larry Jones
Jones
Roman Halbur
Don
Budget gridlock as Sebelius gains cabinet post
GOP leaders push for $625 million in cuts or 10 percent reductions to close the budget gap while Sebelius seeks new revenue sources and federal stimulus funds. They question her stance on one-time funds for ongoing programs and note advisory head Parkinson’s GOP background amid transition. Democratic leaders dismiss the criticisms as unfounded.
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Senate
Sebelius
GOP
House Appropriations Committee
Kevin Yoder
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Parkinson
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Tom Sawyer
Wichita
Appropriations Committee
Yoder
Kansas
Sunflower project setback stalls GCCC grant
Kansas lawmakers failed to secure a two thirds majority to override a promised veto, stalling the Sunflower expansion and the grant that would have funded a 300 worker construction trades training program at Garden City Community College. GCCC leaders say the loss hampers welding and other trades, but the college will look for alternative funding to meet Sunflower plant workforce needs.
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Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Morris
GCCC
Holcomb
Judy Crumble
Kansas
Crumble
Governor’s Office
U.S. Department of Labor
Kansas Works Program
Kansas Department of Commerce
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
The
Association of General Contractors
Dick Construction
Lee Construction
Sunflower
Ballantyne
Stimulus bids eyed for Finney County project grants
District Six engineers and Ellermann outline roughly 9 million in stimulus project ideas across 19 counties including Finney. Applications due March 13 with a March 20 project list. the $32 million regional pot split among six districts fuels plans for Jennie Barker intersection and Jones Avenue mill and overlay projects.
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Finney County
Kansas Department of Transportation
District
Larry Thompson
KDOT
Ellermann
Thompson
Larry Jones
Jennie Barker
Jones Avenue
Mary Street
Commission
Allen
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