City crews to start work
City crews will begin work today to remove sediment near a box culvert at 31st and Louisiana streets. Work is expected to last from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day through Thursday.
The removal will clear the box culvert and allow better flow of stormwater in the Naismith channel. The sediment removal has been a joint project between the city and Douglas County. City crews will remove sediment north of 31st Street; county crews recently completed sediment removal south of 31st Street.
The project is being financed by the city's stormwater utility, a fee established to finance drainage projects and maintenance in town.
Residents seek changes in policing of Wellsville
A random survey of Wellsville residents suggests the city's police department should be eliminated.
Wellsville City Clerk Donna Reed said a group recently presented the survey to the city council for review. She said the survey's comments recommend that the city hire the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement protection; it also suggests reviewing the department, including finding ways to reduce costs.
The survey comes about a month after the City Council paid nearly $15,000 in delinquent overtime to police officers and fired the police chief, Randy Hinderliter. Sgt. Mike Reed is serving as interim chief.
Donna Reed said city council members probably would discuss the survey at their next meeting, Thursday.
Heritage task forces begin preliminary work this week
Subcommittees of the National Heritage Area Task Force are starting to meet this week.
The history/sociology subcommittee will meet at 3:30 p.m. today in the Douglas County Commission Chambers at the county courthouse, 1100 Mass., to begin discussion of the historical and sociological issues related to the designation of Lawrence as a National Heritage Area.
The architecture and geography subcommittee will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at GLPM Architects, 1001 N.H., to begin work on issues related to architecture and geography involved in the designation. The meetings are open to the public.
KU tuition committee wins faculty, staff backing
Kansas University faculty and staff on Thursday endorsed a Student Senate plan to create a committee to lead discussions on tuition increases.
In approving the measure Thursday, University Council members said they hoped the board would work with administrators to form a tuition proposal that would please all the groups.
The committee, to be comprised of faculty, staff and students, was approved Wednesday by Student Senate.
KU will present its five-year tuition proposal to the Kansas Board of Regents in April.
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