County to seek funding for courthouse cameras
Douglas County Treasurer Nancy Hempen will ask county commissioners Monday to approve surveillance cameras in her office. The bid totals 9 520 57 dollars with 800 43 dollars cheaper than the July bid. Cameras would run 24 hours in the courthouse and satellite offices with audio recording on demand. Tapes reviewed only if an incident warrants investigation. Overfield Security Systems of Lawrence to install.
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Douglas County
Nancy Hempen
Hempen
Commission
Mark Buhler
Buhler
Lawrence
County proposes surveillance cameras after bid concerns
Ri Hempen proposed installing surveillance cameras earlier this year due to safety issues in the treasurer's office. Initial bidding brought one quote, prompting county commissioners on July 2 to seek additional bids. Nieder warned against relying on a single bid, leading Hempen to solicit three new offers from Lawrence companies Overfield Security, Rueschoff Security, and Surveillance Tech.
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Hempen
Rueschoff Security
Lawrence
Sprint PCS seeks mono pole tower to replace city tower top
Representatives from Sprint PCS discuss a proposal to replace the Judicial and Law Enforcement Building tower with a Sprint built mono pole east of the current unit after learning the county tower cannot support extra equipment. The county will only hear the proposal and no decision is made at this meeting. The agenda also includes contracting for leased copiers, a community corrections grant request of about 66 000 from the Kansas Department of Corrections, a tribute to Wayne Kellum retiring Sept 19 who has served since 1970 as zoning and building codes manager. County staff note Kellum’s replacement process may take weeks to months. Other agenda items include appeals on road frontage and private road easement variations and change orders for three projects coming in 10341.04 under budget.
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Sprint Pcs
Sprint
Kansas Department of Corrections
Wayne Kellum
Kellum
Craig Weinaug
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Floodwaters recede as Dodge City residents return home
More than 100 people fled their houses after heavy storms caused flooding but began returning Saturday. Some streets remained blocked and evacuees were not expected back until morning. No injuries were reported. Preliminary damage was about $1 million with radar showing 4 to 7 inches of rain in the city of roughly 30,000.
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Dooce Crry
Dorothy Faulkner
United Way Day of Caring kicks off with 950 volunteers
United Way of Douglas County launches its 1997 98 drive with about 950 volunteers volunteering on 76 projects around town. The kickoff at Trinity Lutheran Church begins at 1 p.m with a 1 15 p.m program announcing early fundraising totals and the Wallace Gallazzi Volunteer Award.
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United Way
Douglas County
Amy Griggs
Roger Hill
Trinity Lutheran Church
N.H
Joan Golden
Wallace Gallazzi
Griggs
United Fund
United Way Board
Blood and food drives linked to United Way Day of Caring
Today a Red Cross Blood Coach will collect donations from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church 1245 N.H. Donors must schedule a 15 minute appointment by calling 843-3550. A Pelathe Community Resource Center food drive runs 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the center 1423 Haskell Checkers Foods 23rd and Louisiana and HyVee Clinton Parkway Kasold. drop canned goods and nonperishable items.
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United Way
Day of Caring
Red Cross
Trinity Lutheran Church
N.H
Pelathe Community Resource Center
Lawrence Indian Center
Haskell
Checkers Foods
23Rd
Louisiana
HyVee
Clinton Parkway
Kasold
Firefighters' heat-detecting visor sent for repairs
Lawrence firefighters must wait for a Cairns IRIS imaging system after a detached cable forced the helmet mounted heat camera back to Clifton New Jersey for repairs. The 25 300 device aided locating heat behind walls and reducing wall intrusion. Donation honored Edward Kriz by Libby Kriz Fiorito and Laura Kriz of Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Jim McSwain
Lawrence-Douglas
McSwain
Ratus
Libby Kriz-Fiorito
Laura Kriz
Edward Kriz
Kriz-Fiorito
Castle Tea Room
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