County considers waste tax break and jail labor plan
Finney County commissioners debated taxing pipelines to fund state revenue for 2006 and paused action on a plan to use county prisoners for odd jobs to aid highway and debris cleanup. Sheriff Bascue will research feasibility with corrections departments before any program. Additional talks covered rodeo facility upgrades, shared funding with Garden City Community College, and a joint air curtain destructor burn site proposal by Palmer Manufacturing.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Kansas Department Corrections
Commission
Roman Halbur
Garden City
Halbur
Olson
Matt Allen
Environmental Issues Board
Steve O’brate
Palmer Manufacturing and Tank Inc
O'Brate
O’brate
City Firefighters union issue awaits budget decision
The city weighs residency policy inspections and keeping the fire department improvement team. Firefighters joined IAFF in July after failed talks with management. Union recognition remains uncertain with a possible vote if the firefighters push for it. Budget questions loom as the 2006 department budget is $1,620,600 and 2007 funding is pending.
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Commission
Fire Department
Perkins
Bob Wing
Ken Seier
Halloran
Energy bills stall as lawmakers weigh insulation and oil incentives
Kansas legislators debate bills on energy incentives amid competing priorities. The House Utilities and Taxation committees consider property tax breaks for insulation and efficient heating systems while also weighing incentives for oil refineries, pipelines, and gasified coal projects. Sierra Club lobbyist Charles Benjamin criticizes the slow pace, citing Kansas’ rising electricity demand and concern over energy imports.
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House Utilities and Taxation
House Utilities Committee
Carl
Dean Holmes
Kansas
Charles Benjamin
The
Sierra Club
House rejects special income tax amendment
The House defeated an amendment to tax wages of noncitizens in Kansas excluding military and diplomatic staff. Otto framed it as fairness, aiming to fund services not for immigrants, especially illegal ones. Rep Nile Dillmore called the plan unconscionably silly, warning it would signal tolerance for hiring undocumented workers.
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Kansas
Otto
Nile Dillmore
Dwichita
New director at helm of Russell Child Feb 27
Berry named director of Russell Child Development Center a southwest Kansas nonprofit serving families. The center oversees Smart Start Southwest Kansas Care Connection and the Child and Adult Care Food Program while Berry outlines plans to keep staff moving forward and build on recent brain research. Berry is Brewster native with degrees from Colby Community College Fort Hays State University and Fort Hays State University education specialist degree.
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Berry
Russell Child Development Center
Kansas
Smart Start Southwest Kansas
Care Connection Resource
Brewster
Colby Community College
Fort Hays
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