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A strategic planning session is on the schedule for Monday afternoon for the Unified Government Commission.
A special session of the Unified Government Commission has been called for 2 p.m. Monday, May 11, in the fifth floor conference room, Suite 515, of City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.
Kansas City, Kan., Public library is in the process of implementing RFID technology at all library locations, according to a spokesman.
The Mobile Library, Turner Community Library, and Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library have all been converted. Main Library and South Library will be converted later this month, the spokesman said.
Implementing RFID technology will require library branches to be closed for up to one week to tag all items with RFID tags and install the new RFID machines.
The Main library will be closed May 19 – 26 and South Branch Library will be closed May 27-31.
This new technology will improve many aspects of the library’s service, the spokesman said. It will create a new patron experience that allows for faster and easier checkout of items, according to library officials. It will also allow staff to more easily inventory and manage the collection so they are better able to meet the information and entertainment needs of the community, the spokesman said.
Since staff will no longer have to spend a large portion of time managing the checkout of items, it will allow them more time to offer their skills and knowledge towards beneficial programs and services both in the library branches and in the community, according to the spokesman.
RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. It is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify certain items. RFID is frequently used for a variety of purposes including store inventory, employee ID badges, pet ID tags, and more. In libraries, the RFID tag replaces the current barcode system, according to the spokesman. Each library item receives a unique tag that allows staff to find, organize, and track the item. It will also allow patrons to check out items on their own, using RFID machines that can easily read multiple items at one time, the spokesman said.
More information regarding the use of RFID can be found on the library’s website at kckpl.org.
In a ruling today, the Kansas Supreme Court reinstated an eminent domain appeal case out of Johnson County District Court.
In Neighbor vs. Westar Energy Inc., the court reversed the Johnson County District Court’s dismissal with prejudice and reinstated Neighbor’s eminent domain appeal.
West had initiated an eminent domain proceeding in October 2011 to obtain an easement over real estate owned by David H. Neighbor. The district court assigned three appraisers to calculate Neighbor’s monetary award for the easement.
After the appraisers calculated Neighbor’s award, he appealed the amount to the district court. After extensive pretrial proceedings, Neighbor dismissed his appeal without prejudice on June 6, 2013.
On Nov. 25, 2013, Neighbor attempted to file a second appeal of the appraisers’ award. In filing his second appeal, Neighbor relied on the state’s saving statute, which generally permits a party to refile an otherwise untimely action within six months of a dismissal without prejudice. But the district court dismissed his appeal, concluding the saving statute does not apply in eminent domain appeals.
A unanimous Supreme Court held the saving statute applies in eminent domain appeals because those appeals are deemed “new civil actions” and the saving statute applies to “civil actions.” The court then clarified that provisions governing civil actions apply in eminent domain appeals unless they contract a more specific eminent domain provision.
The court’s decision is online at www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/opinions/SupCt/2015/20150508/111972.pdf.