Ottawa Commission weighs tax abatements for new jobs
Ottawa officials discussed a revised industrial tax abatement plan offering 50 to 90 percent property tax reductions by job growth bands and considered a wage-based add-on. Mayor Finch questioned tying abatements to wages, while others urged realism. a prevailing Ottawa wage study was authorized for future discussion. The board also approved an FAA grant to seal the airport apron, set a tax break hearing for Ottawa Truck, and moved to study parking limits, traffic stops, and zoning changes for towers and bolts.
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Ottawa City Commission
Gene Ramsey
City Commission
Blaine Finch
Finch
Matt Matthews
Lambers
Ottawa
Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
Ottawa Municipal
Andy Haney
Ash
14Th
15Th
Eisenhower
First
Walnut
Kansas Department of Transportation
Planning Commission
Ludwick seeks fair rent for city office lease
Ottawa school board Superintendent Harvey Ludwick plans to establish fair compensation for leasing the former city hall at 123 W Fourth. After three years at a token $1 annual rate, the district considers a market rent and possible permanent space, including a carpentry student project on a new building. The board also accepted resignations, extended administrator contracts, and set a school calendar discussion for April.
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Ottawa School Board
Harvey Ludwick
Ludwick
Eisenhower School
Septem
Ber
Bertha Coward
Patrick Graham
Fred Wolf
Graham
Poisoning case prompts SRS review in Kansas
In Culver Kansas AP report the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services will review the handling of a case in which Donald Ayres 29 allegedly tried to poison his daughters with antifreeze. The 8 and 9 year old girls have left the hospital for a Saline County foster home. Ayres faces charges of attempted first degree murder child abuse and child endangerment with a preliminary hearing set for May 3 in Ottawa County District Court. Joyce Allegrucci commissioner called the case disturbing noting construction of safeguards over time. The girls were placed in foster homes in 1991 and 1997. A month before the antifreeze incident Ayres was arrested for choking slapping and threatening to kill their stepmother Angie Stanley.
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Culver
Kan
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Donald Ayres
Ottawa County
Ottawa County District Court
Minneapolis
Saline County
Joyce Allegrucci
SRS
Children,and Family Services
Allegrucci
Ayres
Angie Stanley
Trucks Carry Grain Harvest In Kansas Shift To Trucking
Kansas shifts grain movement from rail to truck with 58 percent of shipments by truck in 1997 98. The study covers wheat corn sorghum and soybeans with 87 percent of corn and 77 percent of soybeans moved by truck while railroads retain 47 percent of wheat. Rail service declined from 84 to 71 percent of elevators, prompting calls for a balanced transport system to keep rates competitive.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Reports
Doug Ohlemeier
Kansas Wheat Commission
Ohlemeier
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