The Unified Government Public Works and Safety Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, with discussion of some grant programs on the agenda.
The meeting will be followed by the UG Administration and Human Services Committee, which will include an amendment to the Community Development annual action plan.
According to the agenda, the proposal for the CD plan is to reallocate $400,000 in funding from public facility projects in the Park Drive Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area to an unforeseen public facility project to address the safety and habitability of the county’s only domestic violence shelter. The remaining $170,000 budgeted for NRSA projects is anticipated to be used to install a new disc-golf course at City Park, according to the agenda.
Items on the Public Works and Safety Committee agenda include:
• Approval to submit Mid-America Regional Council grants for 2025-2026, submitted by the public works department. The deadline for the pre-application is April 1, 2022.
• Approval of a National Oceanic and Atmosphereic Administration grant application for environmental literacy and climate resiliency.
• Discussion of the Capital Maintenance Improvement Project weighting system, which is a scoring system for capital improvement projects.
• A resolution to purchase 21 debrifibrillators, 21 reusable sensors and 33 case review subscriiptions over four years for a total of $651,289.44.
• An update from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
Items on the Administration and Human Services Committee agenda include:
• A resolution to amend the Community Development annual action plan to reallocate $400,000 in funding from public facility projects in the Park Drive Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area to an unforeseen public facility project to address the safety and habitability of the county’s only domestic violence shelter.
• An update on the Human Services Department.
The meetings will be on Zoom, and are expected to be carried on the UGTV on cable television and on YouTube. The meetings also are expected to available for viewing in the lobby of City Hall.
For more information on how to participate in UG committee meetings, visit
https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Clerks-Office/Engage-in-Public-Commission-Meeting.
UG agendas are at https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Clerks-Office/Agendas-Minutes.