Budget workshop, BPU bonds, development projects on Thursday evening’s UG Commission agenda

A budget workshop is planned at the 4 p.m. Unified Government Commission meeting on Thursday, July 9.

Following will be a 7 p.m. July 9 meeting with several items on the agenda.

On the 7 p.m. agenda are Board of Public Utilities utility revenue bonds and refunding utility revenue bonds; and resolutions advancing the Yards apartments and riverfront development.

Other items include:

• Extending the local health emergency through Sept. 15, along with a Health Department report on COVID-19.

• A resolution stating the UG will comply with guidelines for accepting federal funding from the CARES Act.

• A resolution naming a tributary after Chief Ne con He con.

• Approval for a federal grant for up to $1 million for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

• Approval for the UG Health Department to accept a $750,000 COVID-19 Metro Rapid Response Fund grant.

• Changing the name of the UG Urban Planning and Land Use Department to the Planning and Urban Design Department.

• Plat of the American Royal development at 118th and State.

• Plat of the Jones Addition, 66th Terrace and Wood Avenue.

• Plat of the West Ridge Estates, Second Plat, Hollingsworth Road east of 115th.

• The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report also will be presented.

• Nominations to boards and commissions include:

• Roderick Bettis to the Self-Supported Municipal Improvement Disrict Advisory Borad, nominated by Commissioner Melissa Bynum;
• Billy Brame to the UG Board of Park Commissioners, nominated by Commissioner Bynum;
• Susan White to the Wyandotte-Leavenworth Advisory Council on Aging, nominated by Commissioner Bynum
• Jimmie Banks to the Housing Authority, nominated by Commissioner Harold Johnson;
• James Connelly to the Board of Zoning Appeals and Kansas City, Kansas, City Planning Commission, nominated by Commissioner Johnson;
• James Echols to the Advisory Committee on Human Relations, nominated by Commissioner Johnson;
• George Gates to the Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District Advisory Board, nominated by Commissioner Johnson;
• Beatrice Lee to the UG Board of Park Commissioners, nominated by Commissioner Johnson;
• Dennis McWilliams to the Golf Advisory Board, nominated by Commissioner Johnson;
• Paul Soptick to the Law Enforcement Advisory Board, nominated by Commissioner Johnson;
• Ty Collins to the UG Board of Park Commissioners, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• Stephen Craddock to the Landmarks Commission, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• Jim Ernst to the Board of Zoning Appeals and Kansas City, Kansas, Planning Commission, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• Karen Greenwood to the Advisory Committee on Human Relations and Disability Issues, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• George Hurtado to the Golf Advisory Board, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• Jim Jarsulic to the Wyandotte County Library Board, nominated by Commissioner Markley’
• Don Jolley to the Law Enforcement Advisory Board, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• Tim Rhodes to the Housing Authority, nominated by Commissioner Markley;
• Joan Spero to the Wyandotte-Leavenworth Advisory Council on Aging, nominated by Commissioner Markley.

The meetings will be remote, using Zoom, internet and telephone. They are expected to be shown on UGTV, cable channel 2 on Spectrum and channel 141 on Google TV, as well as on YouTube. For more information, visit https://www.wycokck.org/Clerk/Agendas.aspx.

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