Bottomline

City commissioners will consider repealing a policy that give the Municipal Court judge the authority to order inmates at the Douglas County Jail to reimburse the city $74.02 per day for the time they spend in the county jail.

Background

The city is charged a daily jail fee by the county for each inmate that is booked into the county jail for violating a city law. City Commissioner Jeremy Farmer has called into question the policy, which began in 2013. He has expressed concern that it may be an undue burden on inmates who are released from jail and are trying to get their affairs back in order.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 01/13/15.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:

• Approve all claims.  The list of approved claims will be posted to the agenda the day after the City Commission meeting.

• Approve licenses as recommended by the City Clerk’s Office.    

• Approve appointments as recommended by the Mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

a) Approve sole source purchase of one CINT Commander System and the 836 Tactical Phone (Deployable Telephone System) for the Lawrence Police Department, from 836 Technologies, for $27,249.  

b) Approve the purchase of static shelving for evidence storage for the Lawrence Police Department from Southwest Solutions, utilizing the State of Kansas Contract #4056, in the amount of $23,766.07.    

c) Approve sole source purchase of 27 desktop computers for the Lawrence Police Department from Dell, utilizing the State of Kansas Contract #WN10ACA, for a total cost of $27,697.39.   

d) Approve the sole source purchase of 15 Motorola MW810 Mobile Data Computers for the Lawrence Police Department from Topeka FM, utilizing the State of Kansas Contract #28440, for a total cost of $65,754.   Staff Memo

• Adopt the following ordinances on second and final reading:

a) Ordinance No. 9082, approving the Special Use Permit, SUP-14-00509, a multi-use facility that includes the following: Personal Improvement and Limited Manufacturing and Production uses, located at 512 E. 9th Street.

b) Ordinance No. 9083, for Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA-14-00516) to Horizon 2020: Chapter 14 (An Area Plan for the Intersection Area of West 6th Street & Wakarusa Drive) to revise the maximum retail cap from 127,487 square feet to 137,490 square feet to permit a commercial/retail development, located at 525 Wakarusa Drive.

c) Ordinance No. 9084, to rezone (Z-14-00515) approximately 2.982 acres from CO (Office Commercial) District to CC600-PD (Community Commercial with Planned Development Overlay) District, located at 525 Wakarusa Drive.

• Approve a Text Amendment, TA-14-00534, to the City of Lawrence Land Development Code to create a use group for short-term loan or car title loan business, or similar business, and establish standards.  Initiated by Planning Commission on 11/17/14.

• Approve Preliminary Development Plan, PDP-14-00511, for Hutton Farms West Phase II, located on 16.4 acres on the north side of Peterson Road between Daylily Drive and Wilma Way. The plan includes 87 units of duplex and detached residential units.  

• Approve revised dedications of right-of-way and easements for Final Plat, PF-14-00143, for Kellyn Addition, located at the northwest corner Queens Rd & Overland Drive. Submitted by Grob Engineering Services, for Prairie Rose Holdings LC, property owner of record.    

• Authorize staff to relocate the City watermain on 9th Street between New Hampshire and the alley to the east (Rhode Island).  This project is necessitated by the apartment complex (North Lofts project) beginning construction at the northeast corner of 9th and New Hampshire.  

• Receive 2014 annual system development charge report from Utility Department.

• Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with the law firm of Fletcher, Rohrbaugh & Chahine to continue indigent defense services in municipal court for an additional two years.  

• Approve as sign of community interest, a request from Pilot Club of Lawrence to place a temporary directional sign at 1600 E. 23rd Street from February 21-22, 2015.  

• Receive city manager’s report.

Regular agenda

• Consider adopting on first reading, Ordinance No. 9086, establishing the revitalization area and approving the NRA plan, and consider adopting Resolution No. 7104, authorizing Industrial Revenue Bond (IRB) financing for the purpose of accessing a sales tax exemption on project construction materials.    

• Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Kansas concerning responsibilities and protocols for sexual violence crimes.    

• Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with ETC Institute, in the amount of $29,950, for the 2015 Citizen Survey.     

• Consider city code provisions on jail fee recoupment.