Sound Off on sales tax and sustainability coordinator pay
The Kansas Department of Revenue lists sales tax rates online. City and county officials discussed a sustainability coordinator salary around 60 000 annually with funding split since 2009. The Douglas County ad shows salary to be negotiated in the 60 000 range. The new hire will study energy savings, carbon footprint reduction, and green issues including local foods.
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Kansas Department of Revenue
Ksrevenue
Douglas County
Greeting cards seen at Lawrence post office
At the Lawrence Post Office residents discuss card giving. Frank Krizman says he still sends mostly for birthdays and Christmas because the card holds meaning. Melissa Warren notes she rarely gives cards and has stopped receiving them, finding them pricey and preferring email.
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Lawrence
Lawmakers propose furloughs and pay cuts on weekends
A plan would furlough the Kansas Legislature and cut pay. Lawmakers get 88.66 per day plus 116 per day subsistence during the 90 day session. Critics warn the move could pressure state employees into unpaid furloughs while Republicans push a 5 percent pay cut and reduce per diem for meals and lodging.
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Jane Carter
Kansas Organization of State Employees
Carter
Senate
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Legislative
City delays airport deal to lure bioscience growth in Lawrence
Lawrence commissioners paused a deal delaying an airport project seen as a gateway for aviation development while approving a 2.9 million bond sale to buy the former Dread Labs building. The joint city county plan targets Bioscience Authority control and CritiTech tenancy with an option-to-purchase removed to simplify the agreement. They also asked staff for a report on potential neighborhood school closures and impacts on city operations.
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Dread Labs
West Lawrence
Lawrence
CritiTech
Lawrence-Douglas County Bioscience Authority
Pare
Mike Amyx
Aron Cromwell
Plan to invite Obama to Kansas for 2011 event alive yet revised
About 25 people met in Lawrence to discuss hosting a presidential address in 2011 as part of the Sesquicentennial. The plan shifted from an outdoor event at Sesquicentennial Point to indoor venues in Lawrence, with a letter to city and county commissions in two weeks. The 2011 date also marks the Civil War start anniversary, potentially boosting Obama’s visit. Meanwhile a H1N1 vaccine clinic opens in Lawrence with walk in hours at the Community Health Facility, and rescheduled clinics in Eudora and Baldwin City are planned after weather delays.
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Lawrence
Clenece Hills
Hills
Sesquicentennial Point
Clinton Lake
Obama
Kansas
Lawrence-Douglas County
Maine
Lisa Horn
Health Department
Eudora
Baldwin City
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