City briefs
Mayor names task force
Mayor David Dunfield on Tuesday named a task force that will develop policies to give City Hall a stronger hand in guiding the city’s development.
Members of the Public Improvements Task Force are Ron Durflinger, a home builder; Phil Struble of Landplan Engineering; Douglas County Commissioner Bob Johnson; Lawrence school board member Rich Minder; East Lawrence Neighborhood Assn. leader Ed Tato; and Melinda Henderson, coordinator of the Progressive Lawrence Campaign.
The committee meets at 8 a.m. Sept. 16.
City to study options for Carnegie Library
The Lawrence City Commission did not set a procedure Tuesday to determine the next occupant of the former Carnegie Library at Ninth and Vermont streets. Commissioners decided to have a study session first.
The study session will be Sept. 24.
City Government
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