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The Board of Public Utilities will meet for a work session at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the BPU offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
On the agenda for the work session will be a board update, general manager update, and 2019 staffing proposal.
The regular session BPU meeting will follow at 6 p.m. at 540 Minnesota Ave.
On the agenda for the regular meeting is a visitors’ time, a Dogwood update, a Rosedale reliability plan update, board comments and general manager comments.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Kmart store at 7836 State Ave. is on a closing list announced today by Sears Holdings.
About 142 stores nationwide are on the list to close near the end of the year, according to the announcement. The owner, Sears Holding Co., is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
These stores are in addition to a previously announced closure of 46 stores that is expected to be completed by November 2018.
Liquidation sales at the stores are expected, according to the announcement.
The number of employees affected at the Kansas City, Kansas, store is not available, according to a spokesman. A manager at the local store did not have a comment.
A Kmart store at 7100 N.W. Prairie View Road in Kansas City, Missouri, also is on the closing list announced today.
A Salina, Kansas, Kmart store also was on the closing list, along with Kmarts in Florissant, Missouri, and St. Joseph, Missouri.
The closing list also included some Sears stores throughout the nation, none in Kansas and Missouri.
The Kmart store at 78th and State, one of the busiest intersections in Kansas City, Kansas, is up to date on paying its property taxes of $113,391 and it has an appraised value of $2.8 million, according to the UG’s real estate tax information.
A Sears Holdings news release today stated that the company and some of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sears Holdings stated that it is taking a series of actions to establish a sustainable capital structure, continue streamlining its operating model and grow profitably for the long term.
The company intends to continue to pay employee wages and benefits, honor member programs and pay vendors and suppliers as usual, according to the news release. The company’s loyalty programs are expected to continue, according to the news release.
Kmart and Sears plan to remain open through the holiday season, according to the news release.
The company reorganization will include the smaller-store concept, according to the news release.
The news release stated Sears Holdings is in discussions with ESL Investments, Inc. on a stalking horse bid for the purchase of a large portion of the company’s store base.
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Kansas City Kansas Community College had to settle for a 2-2 tie at Johnson County Friday but wrapped up a post-season playoff berth.
Assured of no worse than a fourth place finish in the Jayhawk East, the Blue Devils could move up to third with wins in their final two games this week – both at home.
KCKCC will play host to Allen County Tuesday and Coffeyville Sunday. Both contests follow women’s games at about 7:30 p.m.
Cowley College (8-0) and Neosho County (6-2) have the top two playoff places in the East locked up but Johnson County (4-3-1) has only a one-game lead over KCKCC (3-4-1) and the Blue Devils have the edge in head-to-head play by virtue of a 3-1 win earlier in the season.
A third or fourth place finish would send KCKCC to either Cloud County (10-1) or Barton County (9-0-1) in the opening round of playoffs next week.
KCKCC dominated play most of the way at JCCC Friday only to have JCCC tie the game when the Blue Devils inadvertently kicked in the game-tying goal with less than seven minutes remaining.
“We had a lot of freshmen playing and one of our defenders was trying to clear the ball and it went into our own goal,” KCKCC coach Ruben Rodriguez said. The two teams then battled through two scoreless 10-minute overtimes.
The Blue Devils took a 2-0 in the first 25 minutes on goals by freshman Marcos Cabral and sophomore Hiago Gaspar, both goals coming on assists from sophomore midfielder Reed Axthelm.
Axxel Chazaro scored JCCC’s first goal on an assist from Marwan Bakit at the 67:00 mark before the tying goal which was credited to Victor Choi.
KCKCC had 15 shots on goal with JCCC goalkeeper Pedro Ivaskoski getting saves on 13 including two each in both overtimes.
Meanwhile, freshman Blue Devil goalkeeper Fabia Keiblinger was recording four saves on just six JCCC shots on goal.
“We just have to do a better job of finishing,” KCKCC assistant coach Burke Slusher said. “We really dominated, probably had possession for 70 minutes.”