The Board of Public Utilities will meet in a special session at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the BPU offices, board room, first floor, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
It will be a closed executive session on personnel and the general manager search. After convening in the board room, the board will recess to the fourth floor video conference room and then reconvene in the board room, either to take action or adjourn the special session.
The BPU also will have a regular meeting at 6 p.m. March 6 at the board offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. On the agenda are a visitors’ time, pre-audit report, customer survey results, preliminary January financial report, board comments, general manager comments and an executive session.
The BPU also will have a Finance Committee meeting from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on March 6 in the board room in the administration building, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
A wind chill advisory is in effect in Wyandotte County through noon today. (National Weather Service graphic)
Wyandotte County is under a wind chill advisory through noon Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
At 8 a.m. Monday, the temperature was 3 degrees with a wind chill of minus 14, according to the weather service. At 9 a.m. the temperature was 5 degrees with a wind chill of minus 11. The high today could rise to 17 degrees.
The weather service said wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia could occur if precautions are not taken. Those who go outdoors should wear a hat and gloves.
Looking ahead at this week’s forecast, light snow is possible Thursday, according to the weather service. The highest temperature this week will be Saturday, at 51 degrees, and there also is a chance of rain and snow for Saturday, according to the weather service.
Today, it will be sunny with a high near 17 and wind chill values between minus 8 and 2, the weather service said. A west northwest wind will be 8 to 10 mph.
Tonight, it will be clear with a low of 8 and wind chill values between minus 4 and 5, with a west wind of 7 to 9 mph, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be sunny with a high near 23 and wind chill values between minus 5 and 5, and a northwest wind of 8 to 13 mph, the weather service said.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 38 and a south southwest wind of 5 to 8 mph, the weather service said.
Wednesday night, there is a 20 percent chance of snow after midnight, with a low of 25, according to the weather service.
Thursday, there is a 50 percent chance of snow before 11 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., followed by chance of rain after 2 p.m., the weather service said. The high will be near 38.
Thursday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low of 27, according to the weather service.
Friday, it will be partly sunny with a high near 44, the weather service said.
Friday night, there is a 40 percent chance of rain after midnight, mixing with snow after 2 a.m., according to the weather service. The low will be around 35.
Saturday, there is a 90 percent chance of rain and snow, with a high near 51, the weather service said.
Saturday night, there is a 40 percent chance of rain with a low of 32, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 43, the weather service said.
Sporting Kansas City suffered a last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Los Angeles Football Club on Sunday night in the team’s MLS season opener at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles.
Krisztian Nemeth gave Sporting (0-1-0, 0 points) an early lead with his third goal in as many matches, but LAFC (1-0-0, 3 points) rallied in the second half behind a 47th-minute strike from Diego Rossi and a 94th-minute winner from substitute Adama Diomande to hand manager Peter Vermes’ side its first loss in eight trips to California.
Three days removed from a 2-0 triumph at Deportivo Toluca FC in the Concacaf Champions League Round of 16, Vermes fielded an unchanged lineup from the side that dominated on Mexican soil.
Sporting’s cohesion was on display early, as a pair of intricate exchanges involving Gerso Fernandes and Johnny Russell resulted in strikes from Nemeth and Felipe Gutierrez that were saved by LAFC goalkeeper Tyler Miller within the first 10 minutes.
A vibrant atmosphere at Banc of California Stadium did little to deter the visitors from asserting early supremacy, and Sporting took a deserved lead in the 16th minute.
Nemeth collected a pass at the top of the box and spread the ball right to Russell, who played it back to his teammate near the penalty spot. Nemeth expertly picked out the far corner on first touch, slotting low across Miller for his third goal of the young campaign.
LAFC responded brightly and utilized Mexican international Carlos Vela as the focal point of their attack. Vela’s curling effort in the 22nd minute was blocked in a crowded penalty area by Sporting center back Andreu Fontas, and although the play underwent video review, referee Robert Sibiga deemed that Fontas did not commit a handball infraction inside the box.
Another foray from Sporting midway through the first half culminated in a thunderous volley from Graham Zusi that dipped just over the crossbar before LAFC threatened twice more.
Eduard Atuesta squeezed a clever through ball into space for Vela, but his ensuing cross was hammered clear by captain Matt Besler, who was making his franchise-leading 300th career start for Sporting in all competitions. Shortly thereafter, Jordan Harvey marauded down the left side and found an open Mark-Anthony Kaye, whose low drive was smothered by goalkeeper Tim Melia.
An absorbing first half saw five Sporting players receive yellow cards, with the final chance before intermission falling to Zusi. The defender pounced on a failed LAFC clearance and fired marginally wide of Miller’s right-hand post from 22 yards.
The hosts restored parity less than two minutes into the second period, breaking Sporting’s 237-minute shutout streak to start the season.
Rossi corralled a looping ball over the top from Atuesta, cut centrally on the left wing and sent an impressive curler inside the far post to make the score 1-1. Seth Sinovic spared Sporting’s blushes in the few minutes that followed, clearing upfield following a Melia save that thwarted Eddie Segura and then retreating to block Vela’s shot on the breakaway.
Center back Botond Barath was summoned into action for his Sporting debut on 69 minutes and helped his team stem LAFC’s momentum for the next quarter-hour.
The push for a road draw was complicated, however, when Roger Espinoza was sent off for his second bookable offense in the 84th minute. Ten minutes later, Diomande drifted into a pocket of space, received a pass from Harvey and blasted high into the roof of the net from 15 yards to decide the match in dramatic fashion.
With a high-intensity MLS opener in the books, Sporting will conclude an unprecedented three-game road trip on Wednesday against Panamanian side Independiente in the first leg of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals.
Vermes’ men will fly 3,000 miles from Los Angeles to Panama on Monday ahead of the pivotal matchup at Estadio Agustin Sanchez in La Chorrera, which will stream live in English on YahooSports.com with a Spanish-language telecast on Univision Deportes.
