City Manager Tom Markus’ recommended budget is proposing the first salary increase for city commissioners in 20 years, but commissioners disagree on how much salaries should go up.
Budget and Strategic Initiatives Manager Danielle Buschkoetter told the commission at its meeting Tuesday that the recommended budget would increase salaries for commissioners to $38,000. Buschkoetter said there wasn't a good ...
City leaders deferred taking action on the city’s first bike boulevards Tuesday, requesting instead to review the project’s finances to see whether one of the two boulevards can be delayed to keep the project within budget.
At its regular meeting, the Lawrence City Commission considered the final conceptual designs for the 21st Street and 13th Street bicycle boulevards and a potential $250,000 increase to ...
City leaders expressed concern about Lawrence City Manager Tom Markus’ budget recommendations to charge entrance fees at recreation centers, increase the property tax rate and significantly increase utility rates.
Markus is proposing a recommended operating budget of about $236 million that includes a 0.5-mill property tax hike and increases in water, solid waste and stormwater rates. Markus, who began his ...
Lawrence Arts Center leaders are requesting special tax revenue to help the center purchase a downtown property to create an outdoor space for public art.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a request from the Arts Center to move forward with a 2012 agreement to use a percentage of the revenues from the Tax Increment Financing district at Ninth and New Hampshire streets ...
City leaders will soon consider designs for Lawrence’s first bike boulevards as well as a change that would significantly increase the project’s budget.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving the final conceptual designs for the 21st Street and 13th Street bicycle boulevards and a potential $250,000 increase to the project’s budget. The budget overage would ...
Utility rate hikes proposed for 2020 would increase the average Lawrence household's bill to about $103 per month, and some city leaders are asking whether such a steep increase is actually necessary.
City utility bills are made up of charges for water, solid waste and stormwater, and rates for all three services would increase as part of the budget recommended by City Manager Tom Markus. The recommended ...
