Tax-delinquent properties to be sold Dec. 13

About 200 tax-delinquent properties in Wyandotte County are scheduled to be sold at an auction on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.

The owners of the property have until about 4:30 p.m. today to pay their delinquent taxes to get off the tax sale list.

The tax sale begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with doors opening at 9 a.m. at Memorial Hall, 600 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.

A list of the tax-delinquent properties is online at http://www.wycokck.org/InternetDept.aspx?id=17506&menu_id=1384.

There is also a list for properties that have been taken off the tax sale. The final list won’t be completed until after 4:30 p.m. today.

U.S. 69 Missouri River Bridge scheduled to be closed Wednesday

The U.S. 69 Missouri River Bridge is scheduled to be closed between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, for bridge demolition work, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The far south end of the old Platte Purchase Bridge will be detonated, according to a MoDOT news release.

Southbound U.S. 69 will be closed at I-635. Northbound U.S. 69 will be closed at Kindleberger Road in the Fairfax area of Kansas City, Kan.

Motorists should find an alternate route, a spokesman said. All work depends on the weather. A new bridge has been constructed to replace the old Platte Purchase Bridge.

For project updates, visit MoDOT_KC on Twitter, or http://www.modot.org/kansascity/newrelease/District4Release.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=209412.

Lawrence roofer fined

A Lawrence roofer has been ordered to repay more than $46,000 to consumers for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.

Aaron Joshua Damm, who did business as Kaw Valley Roofing, has been ordered by Douglas County District Court Judge James McCabria to repay $46,143.70 to eight consumers. The court also prohibited Damm from advertising, soliciting or selling any services, goods or property – and specifically barred him from engaging in door-to-door sales – in Kansas until the restitution is paid in full.

Schmidt filed suit against Damm in September 2014, alleging violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. In October of this year, the court entered summary judgment in favor of the attorney general. In an order filed this week, the court finalized the remaining provisions of the judgment.

The court found that Damm committed 25 violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, including engaging in door-to-door sales but failing to provide consumers with notice of their three-day right to cancel and accepting payments from eight consumers in Douglas, Jefferson, Osage and Shawnee counties without performing any work on their roofs.

Schmidt reminded consumers to make sure roofing contractors are properly registered with the attorney general’s office, as required by law, before signing any contract or having any work done. Consumers should request a copy of their roofer’s registration certificate and then should check the attorney general’s consumer protection website at www.InYourCornerKansas.org to confirm that the registration remains active.