City budget hearing set for Tuesday night at city hall
Agenda highlights a public budget hearing at 6 45 p m Tuesday in city hall. The proposed 1999 budget at 79 3 million calls for a tax rate decrease and 5 2 million more spending with several rate hikes approved. Sanitary sewer rates rise 16 percent to fund system upgrades, trash service up 3 percent for a new truck and crew, and wholesale water rates to rural districts and Baldwin up 3 8 percent to 1 62 per 1 000 gallons.
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Baldwin
City budget set for approval and rate hikes
Commissioners plan to approve the city budget on August 18 and forward it to the Douglas County clerk by August 21. The plan covers dozens of departments and construction projects while considering rate increases to fund sewer upgrades, wastewater plant expansion, relief sewers, and trash collection costs amid rising health insurance and inflation. Rod Bremby notes wholesale water rates will rise to align with expected levels.
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Douglas County
Rod Bremby
City approves multiple appointments and contracts in expanded agenda
City commissioners authorize appointments to the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging and the Board of Zoning Appeals, approve a heavy duty truck purchase for public works, hire firms for rehabilitation projects, buy carbon for the Clinton Water Treatment Plant, and accept several easements. They consider executive session on real estate, environmental code amendments, and study sessions on K 10 Smart Corridor and sewer district plans.
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Kansas
Tom Gallegas
Jayhawk Area Agency On Aging
Mia Kennedy
Eee Ag
Mildred Harkness
Pat Lehman
Ron Hurst
Stanley Rasmussen
Board of Zoning Appeals
Sign Code Board of Appeals
Marty Kennedy
Westfall Gmc
Public Works Department
L&s Sales Service Co
Tenn
General Construction
Belle Haven Cdr
Hilltop Rd
Prospect Ave
General
Rockledge
G.5
Robbins
Clinton Water Treatment Plant
Thomas P. Waner
Minnesota
At&t
Riverridge Road
Lonetree Drive
SMSA
West Sixth Street
W. Sixth
Black & Veatch
Myers
East 19Th
Harper Streets
Delaware Street
First State Bank
Monterey Way
Alcohol Tax Advisory Board
Fountain restoration eyed for historic Theodore Roosevelt fountain
A group of Lawrence residents and city officials seeks to revive the 1910 South Park fountain dedicated by President Roosevelt. Deteriorated pumps and wiring would be replaced with an estimated 25 000 to 30 000 dollar cost. A private fundraiser and city support are discussed as plans move toward possible restoration by the turn of the century.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Lawrence
South Park
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Rec
DeVictor
Humane Society of the United State
Mary Y. Allen
Lawrence Flower Club
Ninth
New Hampshire
Allen
Robinson Park
City Hall
Kansas River Bridge
Larkin Aquatics
Larkin Consulting Engineers
Kansas City
Volunteer aims for international aid work
Wendy Marshall volunteers with the Douglas County Red Cross disaster action team as a path to nonprofit administration. She plans a master’s in nonprofit management and has worked in Ivory Coast and Morocco with rights groups and Peace Corps experience.
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Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Marshall
Red Cross
Ivory Coast
West Africa
Women’s Rights
Morocco
Peace Corps
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