City of Lawrence sanitation workers will soon vote on whether to unionize. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to adopt a resolution setting dates for the election for later in August. Teamsters Local 696 recently filed a petition with the city on behalf of the city's 70 sanitation workers, whose duties include handling trash, recycling and yard waste collection, ...
City of Lawrence leaders say they are interested in strengthening the city’s rental inspection program, which currently inspects very few of the city’s more than 21,000 rental properties. As part of their work session Tuesday evening, city commissioners all agreed Lawrence’s rental inspection program is inadequate, and that they are interested in increasing the number of units inspected and making other ...
City leaders have approved Lawrence's 2021 budget, which keeps the city’s property tax rate flat and gives the city room to increase all three of its utility rates. However, discussions about those utility rate increases will not occur until next month. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to adopt the 2021 budget, which does not include an increase to the city’s ...
After the City of Lawrence’s finances were red-flagged by auditors last year due to millions in adjustments required to get them in good order, city leaders were hoping for a better showing when auditors came to review the city’s books this year. Instead, outside auditors had to make more than $30 million worth of adjustments to the city’s financial statements before they were comfortable vouching that ...
City leaders will soon consider approving the city’s 2021 budget, which keeps the city’s property tax rate flat but calls for increases to all three city utility rates. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will hold the public hearing for the 2021 budget and consider adopting it on first reading. The 2021 working budget does not include an increase to the city’s mill levy rate, but ...
The City of Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals has voted to uphold a decision that says a longtime family-run tavern in East Lawrence cannot reopen. The question of whether the former Charlie’s East Side Grill & Bar, 900 Pennsylvania St., had forfeited its grandfathered tavern use has gone back and forth between city planning staff and the board twice over the past six months. After the board previously ...