BPU to meet Wednesday

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will meet for a regular and work session on Wednesday, July 7.

The work session will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, followed by the regular session at 6 p.m.

On the agenda for the work session are a board update and general manager update; and future board work session topics.

On the agenda for the regular session is a public comment time, a Central Avenue Betterment Association report, general manager and staff reports, Kansas Emergency Rental Assistance (KERA) program update, preliminary financial presentations, May financial report, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

The BPU meeting on July 7 will be conducted by telephone and the internet, according to a spokesman. Board offices are not open to the public.

There also will be a BPU Finance Committee meeting at 4:15 p.m.

The public may listen to the board meetings through the telephone and internet. They also may make public comments during the public comment portion of the meeting.

The Zoom meeting is at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

To join by telephone, call, toll free, 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

The board meeting information packet is online at https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-7-7-21.pdf.

Members of the community who wish to speak to the board during the regular session must be logged in to the Zoom meeting via the internet using their browser or the Zoom application. Members of the public will be asked to raise their hand to signal they wish to address the board.

During the public comment section of the agenda, community members will be asked to provide their name and address and will then have 5 minutes to speak.

To raise your hand, click on the “Raise Hand” feature at the bottom of the application or window or press *9 if connected by phone only.