UG Commission to meet Thursday

The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16.

At the 5:30 p.m. meeting, there will be a legislative program update.

It will be a virtual meeting, and it will be on UGTV cable television, on YouTube, and on Zoom. The public also may view the meeting from the lobby of the Municipal Office Building.

On the 7 p.m. meeting agenda will be:

• The appointment of Oliver Singleton to the Housing Authority, submitted by former Mayor David Alvey.
• The appointment of Bridgette Cobbins, assistant county administrator, as the voting delegate for the Kansas Association of Counties special election to be held virtually Jan. 5.
• A resolution to set the two-year meeting calendar for the UG Commission and committees.
• A resolution adopting a cash and investment policy, with no changes.
• A resolution authorizing the offering for sale of municipal temporary notes and general obligation bonds. They total $163.6 million.
• Approving the 2022 budget, marketing plan and five-year agreement between the UG and the Visit Kansas City, Kansas, tourism organization.
• An amendment to the human resources policy on donated sick leave.
• Adding a new policy on paid childbirth and parental leave to the human resources guide.

Also on the agenda are Land Bank applications, including:
New construction, single-family homes, five homes:
Mike Payne, one home, 3306 N. 33rd St.; Jonathan Wilde, one home, 2806 S. 8th St.; Lorena Vega, one home, 8545 Kansas Ave.; and Dr. Barbara Ann Woods, two homes, 2712 Garfield Ave. and 1876 N. 28th St.
Land Bank property transfer, yard extension: Shawn Simmons, 2641 R N. 22nd St.

The agendas are online at https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Clerks-Office/Agendas-Minutes.

The Zoom address for the 7 p.m. meeting is at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82317792501?pwd=akNIM1RjZGJEclN1NE1oeUNJYTBSQT09.

To access the 7 p.m. meeting by phone, call 888-475-4499, toll free.

The passcode is 922101.

The webinar ID number is 823 1779 2501.