Garden City budget retreat outlines 2006 priorities
City department heads map next year and future needs during a bi annual retreat as commissioners review the 2006 budget. Officials discuss property tax mill impacts, employee raises target at 4 percent pay for performance and health insurance cost controls amid staff shortages and retention concerns.
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Garden City
City Commission
Melinda Hitz
Hitz
Jim Berry
Police
Berry
Gary Fuller
Fuller
Airport board in dispute over unity and action
The airport advisory board faces internal strife as commissioners demand formal airing of concerns and stronger unity. Board member Jeff Crist and Kent Kolbeck defend the group while Fuller and Mesa urge resolution to avoid undermining airport business.
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Jeff Crist
Kent Kolbeck
Fuller
Airport Board
Mesa
Lems
Kolbeck
Joe Erskin
Clancy Kampling
Erskin
Halloran
City Commission
Kampling
Flight Deck
Flower Aviation
Commission
City airport board eyes new air director interviews
The city plans interviews for a new airport director after recent turmoil on the advisory board. Interim administrator Rachelle Powell holds duties while discussions on bylaws and chair selection continue, with commissioners urging respectful debate and orderly procedures.
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Rachelle Powell
Airport Board
Downtown Vision outlines plan to revitalize Windsor Hotel area
Hyett Palma outlines a downtown redevelopment plan focusing on signage, cross promotion, and clustering similar businesses to boost retail, dining, and services. He urges later hours, better communication among merchants, and a push to restore the Windsor Hotel while training committee members for upcoming work plans and evaluations.
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Hyett
Wal-Mart
Target
America
Windsor Hotel
Main Street
Vision
N. Main St
Kendall Kepley
Kep’s Men's Wear
Downtown
Warta
Garden City
Accusations in finance case strain separation of powers
Allegracci, 68, ranks second to Chief Justice Kay McFarland in tenure on the Supreme Court after being appointed in January 1987 by Gov. John Carlin, a Democrat. The remarks accuse a close executive-judicial relationship affecting checks and balances.
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Allegracci
Kay McFarland
Supreme Court
High Court
John Carlin
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Behan
Reynaldo Mesa
Crist
Ron Hall
Finney County
Whartons
Garden Center
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L & L Floor Covering Inc
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