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UG Offices Closed

Unified Government offices and the Board of Public Utilities will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2014 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

 

City, County and the BPU will open for business during regular hours on Tuesday, May 27th.

 

Get Your Business Online

Join Mayor Mark Holland to "Get Your Business Online" on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 10:00 am at the KCKCC Main Campus Rooms 3619 A/B. 

 

The event is free. Contact Jason Banks at jbanks@wycokck.org to register your business. 

 

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Tax Sale Brings in Millions for Unified Government

The Unified Government conducted Tax Sale #331 in the Commission Chambers on Thursday, May 15, 2014. The cumulative totals generated roughly $2.4 million dollars in delinquent revenues. Over $1.8 million dollars were collected beforehand through property redemptions, previous payment plans and nearly $600,000 was actually collected from the live auction. 

 

"With the success of our recent sale, the Unified Government's Delinquent Real Estate Division has continued to advance the Mayor's, Commission and County Administrator's strategic directive for aggressively collecting delinquent revenues," says Breit Deichler, Director of Delinquent Revenue Collections. "More than $8.6 million dollars in delinquent revenues has been collected through the last 3 tax sales, which has allowed the overall delinquency ratio in Wyandotte County to significantly decrease." 


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2014 BPU Officer Team

Members of the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU) elected new officers to the Board.  New officers include: Mary Gonzales, President; Robert L. Milan, Sr., Vice President; Tom Groneman, Secretary.

 

Before being elected Board President, Mary Gonzales served as Vice President. She has been on the BPU Board of Directors since 2001. 

 

Ms. Gonzales retired from teaching school in 2006 after a 33-year career.  For many of those years she was an eighth-grade language arts teacher at Piper Middle School. 

 

She served as president from 2005 to 2007.  She also served previously as vice president and secretary of the BPU Board. 

 

Besides her BPU Board and other community activities, she serves on the Board of Directors of El Centro and City Vision Ministries. She also is a member of the American Public Power Association and the American Water Works Association.

 

A graduate of Leadership 2000, she was also District 5 Coordinator in the successful effort to consolidate the Wyandotte County/city governments, and served on the advisory board of the Wyandotte County Library.  In addition, she is past President of Delta Kappa Gamma International Educational Society.

 

Ms. Gonzales has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama, and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Emporia State University.

 

Mary is married to John Mendez and has three sons and two step-daughters.

 

Other elected officers include Robert L. Milan, Vice President and Tom Groneman, Secretary. Milan has served on the Board since 1991. Groneman has served on the Board since 2013. Both Milan and Groneman will work closely with Gonzales in their new roles.

 

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Kansas City Regional Bikeway Plan

MARC is working with area partners to develop a Regional Bikeway Plan that will establish a vision for high-priority bikeway and trail investments across the metropolitan area. The plan will be completed by December 2014.

 

Scope of work

 

The scope of the Kansas City Regional Bikeway Plan covers four key areas:

 

  1. Evaluating existing bikeway and trail plans, programs and policies.
  2. Analyzing the bikeway network.
  3. Identifying regional bikeway and trail network priorities.
  4. Developing supportive tools and resources.

Some of the steering committee's initial goals for the plan are to:

 

  • Expand the MetroGreen system where appropriate.
  • Develop a new Regional Bikeway Network map that includes not only current bikeway systems but also greenways and planned expansions of the system.
  • Develop a process for identifying high-priority regional bikeway and trail investments.

This planning effort will be coordinated with the current update of Transportation Outlook 2040 -the metropolitan area's long-range transportation plan - to help clarify regional priority investments and implementation strategies.

 

Upcoming public meetings

The team will host four public meetings to seek additional input into the plan.

 

Jackson/Cass Counties

Monday, May 12 * 5-7 p.m.

Belton Memorial Station

602 Maurer Parkway, Belton, MO 64012

 

Johnson/Miami Counties

Tuesday, May 13 * 5-7 p.m.

Spring Hill Community Center

613 South Race, Spring Hill, KS 66083

 

Clay/Platte Counties

Wednesday, May 14 * 5-7 p.m.

Gladstone Community Center*

6901 North Holmes, Gladstone, MO 64118

 

Wyandotte/Leavenworth Counties

Thursday, May 15 * 5-7 p.m.

Bonner Springs Community Center, Sunflower Rm.

200 E 3rd Street, Bonner Springs, KS 66012

 

Learn more at http://bit.ly/1jAS96i

 

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Hershey Track and Field Competition

Hershey Track and Field will take place at Washington High School on Saturday, May 31st. This free track event is open to youth 14 and under.

Participants have the option to compete in three track and field events. Participants between the ages 9-14 can the opportunity to qualify for the state Hershey Track meet. Pre-registration is available at your local community center or the Parks and Recreation Administrative Office. There will also be registration beginning at 8:00 a.m. the day of the event.

 

All activities will begin at 9:00 a.m. For more information contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 913-573-8327.

 

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Based on information provided by both the UG's Public Works Department and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), we are able to provide motorist living in Wyandotte County an update on road and highway projects.

 

This information can be useful to prepare individuals, commuting to and from work, with early warnings on minor delays. This also encourages motorists to use alternate routes due to land and ramp closures.
  

No Closures to Report

 

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Photo shows the remainder of the former Gibbs Road Bridge, only the bridge piers remain.

I-635 at Gibbs Road Bridge Project

EXPECT DELAYS! 24/7 LANE CLOSURE: Southbound I-635 left lane at Gibbs Road will be CLOSED for eight consecutive weeks, 24/7 round the clock, beginning after morning rush hour on Tuesday, May 20 through late July, for bridge pier construction work on the new Gibbs Road Bridge over I-635.

 

Traffic will be directed through the project work zone via cones, signage and concrete barrier. The posted speed limit will be reduced to 55 mph through the project work zone during this eight-week closure. 

 

Updated daily traffic information for this project and for the entire Kansas City Metro Area can be viewed online any time at: www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp. 

 

The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, and "Give 'Em a Brake!" when approaching and driving through the project work zone. 

 

The scheduled completion date for the entire project is early September 2014, weather permitting. (KDOT Project #635-105 KA-2093-0)

 

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Daily Lane Closure Highway Project Sign

Remember, you can always go to the KDOT website for up to the minute road closures and traffic information. 

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