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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2014
Page
5
The Lawrence City Commission meets at 6 35 p m Tuesday at City Hall Sixth and Massachusetts. Meeting documents are available online at lawrenceks org Channel 25 will cover the session.
The City Commission will elect a mayor and vice mayor for one year. The selection sets upcoming leadership with the terms beginning immediately after appointment.
Mayor Mike Dever will step down after a year and remain on the city commission. In April the five-member commission will pick a new mayor and vice mayor. Current vice mayor Mike Amyx is expected to be named mayor with Commissioner Jeremy Farmer slated for vice mayor.
The State of the City address by Mayor Dever opens the agenda. Proclamations cover National Service Recognition Day Public Health Week Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month and other April observances. Consent items approve March minutes claims licenses bid dates awards and budget actions. Ordinances zoning rental licensing site plan hospitality license and a Flea Market special event are on the regular agenda. Traffic no-parking measures and library arrangements are also listed with city manager reports and mayor comments.
William Kilgore, 75, received one year of probation after pleading no contest to charges of aggravated child endangerment linked to events in 2011. District Judge Peggy Kittel barred Kilgore from contacting anyone under 18 as part of the probation.
Leonard Pitts Jr. and Harriet Lerner will headline Kansas University School of Social Welfare alumni event Social Work Day on April 11 at the Kansas Union. More than 350 social workers and KU alumni are expected. lectures at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. require registration by April 4, with a $105 fee and online details at socwel.ku.edu/swday. Lerner is a Lawrence author and psychologist with focus on women and family change. Pitts is a Pulitzer-winning columnist and author of Free Man.
The Journal-World notes a misspelling in April Sheppard's birth report and states corrections are published in this space. Readers may report errors by calling 832-7154 or emailing news ljworld.com for corrections.
Casey and Herschel Weishaar Nortonville welcome a boy Friday Eddie and Beth Meyer McLouth celebrate a boy Friday Brandon and Jessica Robson Eudora greet a girl Friday
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