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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 2003
Page
7
Ottawa OKs special college bonds for OU
Ottawa City Commission approved issuing special revenue bonds for Ottawa University to bridge slow cash flow. Vote was 4 to 1 with Rocky Fleer dissenting and Gene Ramsey absent. Bond authority lowers to 8.5 million. city not liable. Adopt-A-Cat Month declared. retirement recognitions for Diamond and Welton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa University
Charles Gillette
Deb Henningsen
Richard Jackson
Rocky Fleer
Bird
David Diamond
Roger Welton
Hospital highlights efficiency method to cut costs
Franklin County Commission invited Ransom Memorial Hospital CEO Larry Felix to outline value analysis, a system saving waste and money. Training takes four hours, with 16 weeks of team cost reviews and anonymous staff suggestions. initial savings of 30 000 to 150 000 appeared within weeks. Commission seeks department buy in before broader adoption amid looming state funding concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Gassaway
Harald
Franklin County Commission
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Larry Felix
Felix
RMH
Commission
Ed Taylor
Taylor
Agassaway
Ottawaherald
Estate tax repeal faces Senate battle after House passage
The House approved permanently abolishing the estate tax but faces slim odds in the Senate where 60 votes are required. Senate Minority Leader Daschle doubts passage without Democratic support, while Republicans acknowledge the chamber as a hurdle. If not enacted, the tax would vanish in 2010 and return in 2011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Tom Daschle
Stephen Moore
Conservative Club For Growth
Kansas Vote Sees Perma nent Repeal Of Estate Tax
The Kansas delegation supported the 264 to 163 House roll call to permanently repeal the estate tax despite a Democratic challenge to retain it. Republicans argued for full repeal to protect family farms and small businesses while Dems warned of a $162 billion cost and long term debt implications despite 2000 IRS figures showing thousands taxed. President Bush urged Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
House
Tom DeLay
Texas
Bush
Senate
Jerry Kleczka
D-Wis
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Daschle
South Dakota
Ottawa Leader to Fight for Small Cities
Ottawa City Commissioner Gene Ramsey attends a national Small Cities Council conference in Watertown IC to present Ottawa's declaration naming today National Small Cities and Towns Day. He is on the council steering committee as it votes on preserving the council’s autonomy within the National League of Cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Wayne Duderstadt
Presi
Ottawa
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Watertown
8.C
Small Cities Council
National League of Cities
NLC
U.S
Hotel tax hike eyed for tourism
Ottawa City Manager Weldon Padgett proposed raising Franklin County’s transient guest tax from 4 to 5 percent to offset 14,000 yearly funding for the Franklin County Tourism Center. At a joint meeting with the city and school board, he argued the levy would fund tourism without burdening local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Commission
Ottawa
Weldon Padgett
Padgett
Franklin County Tourism Center
Murray McGee
Olathe
Also Mentioned on This Page
National League of Cities’ Small Cities Council
Kansas Independent College Association
Kansas Independent College Finance Authority
Fleer
Ottawaherald.com
Laurie Sisk
Andrew Hancock
Cid Hancock
City Park
Fifth
Main Streets
Dennis Moore
Jerry Moran
Y Dim Ryan
Todd Tiahrt
Te House
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