BPU to meet Wednesday

The Board of Public Utilities will meet on Wednesday, March 5.

There will be a work session at 5 p.m. and a regular meeting at 6 p.m. The BPU finance committee will meet at 4:15 p.m.

The regular meeting will be conducted by telephone and the internet.

At the regular meeting at 6 p.m., there will be a public comment time, general manager and staff reports, a COVID-19 update, preliminary January financial report, national legislative update, a pension board of trustees appointment, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

At the work session at 5 p.m., will be a board update, general manager update on BPU safety program enhancements, and report on senior management succession planning.

BPU facilities are closed to the public to reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, so the meetings will be on Zoom.

The public may listen to the meetings through the internet or telephone.
The public may access all three meetings through the telephone to listen in and if they have access to the Internet, they can also click on Zoom meeting. The website is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

People also may call in to the meeting at toll free 1-888-475-4499.
The meeting ID numbers is 845 2313 9724.

To access the board meeting information packet, visit https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-3-3-21.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 five minutes to speak.

Missing woman found, Silver Alert canceled

A missing Kansas City, Kansas woman has been found, according to Kansas City, Kansas, police.

The woman was found shortly after 6 p.m., and has been taken to an area hospital for evaluation, according to police.

A police spokesman thanked those assisting the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department with the search, including the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, the Kansas Highway Patrol with air support, the Overland Park Police Department, the Jefferson Township Fire Department, the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department, and many of the missing woman’s neighbors who helped in the search.

Food distribution Friday served KCK residents

Volunteers prepared for a food distribution on Friday afternoon at Sunset Hills Christian Church, 6347 Leavenworth Road. (Photo from Leavenworth Road Association)
Volunteers from Sunset Hills Christian Church, the Leavenworth Road Association and Harvesters gathered before a food distribution on Friday afternoon. (Photo from Leavenworth Road Association)

A Harvesters food distribution on Friday afternoon, Feb. 26, at Sunset Hills Christian Church, 6347 Leavenworth Road, provided groceries for about 60 families, according to Lou Braswell of the Leavenworth Road Association.

The event was sponsored by the church, Leavenworth Road Association and Harvesters.

Braswell said it all went smoothly and there were no traffic problems on Leavenworth Road. Police had set up an entrance from a side street to the church, then cars exited on Leavenworth Road.

It was great weather to get out and volunteer, she said.

Braswell said the food distributions are being planned by the church once a month at this location.