When Jade Vargas was evicted from her apartment and went to the local homeless shelter for a place to stay, she said she was turned away. So instead, she’s been sleeping in the stairwell of a parking garage in downtown Lawrence. “I’ve been trying every day to get in and every day they ...
CONSENT AGENDA: 1. APPROVE CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Consider approving City Commission meeting minutes from 8/13/19. 2. BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Receive Affordable Housing Advisory Board meeting minutes of 07/01/19 and 07/08/19. b) Receive Lawrence Cultural ...
Community members will soon have the opportunity to learn more about a planned Douglas County study on the racial breakdown of law enforcement contact for traffic and pedestrian stops. The county’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, or CJCC, will host a presentation about the upcoming ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 2201 Kresge Road, will soon resume accepting hazardous waste. The facility will return to normal business hours and start accepting waste on Tuesday, the city announced in a news release. The facility temporarily stopped accepting ...
The Lawrence City Commission has unanimously chosen to adopt the firefighters union's proposal for an employee contract instead of the plan proposed by the city. The union’s proposed contract maintains longevity pay for all firefighters, removes a cap on sick pay, and maintains the level of ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, located at 2201 Kresge Road, will temporarily stop accepting hazardous waste effective immediately. The city announced in a news release that beginning Wednesday, the facility would halt its acceptance of hazardous waste ...
After mediated negotiations failed to resolve disagreements between the city and the firefighters union regarding a new employment contract, the Lawrence City Commission will now have the final say. Representatives of the city and the union, the International Association of Firefighters Local ...
City leaders indicated Tuesday that they are interested in pursuing a proposal to charge people for disposable grocery and shopping bags in an effort to reduce waste and help the environment. As part of a study session, the Lawrence City Commission discussed the Sustainability Advisory ...
Lawrence city commissioners have finalized the city’s 2020 budget, which holds the property tax rate flat and increases utility rates, parking rates and commissioner pay. Commissioners gave preliminary approval on the budget last week, and they made no further changes at their meeting on ...
City leaders will soon discuss a proposal to charge people for disposable grocery and shopping bags in an effort to reduce waste. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss the Sustainability Advisory Board’s recommendation that the city develop an ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon finalize the city’s 2020 budget, which as proposed would hold the property tax rate flat and increase utility rates, parking rates and commissioner pay. The commission will finalize the budget and the ordinances required to increase the rates as part of ...
The city of Lawrence’s finances have been red-flagged by auditors after they had to adjust more than $60 million worth of transactions in the city’s 2018 financial records. Among the most serious of findings: Auditors determined that for 12 months, the city was unable to reconcile its ...
Consent agenda BID AND PURCHASE ITEMS: a) Consider approving professional services in excess of $100,000 per the purchasing policy with Columbia Capital for investment management services. ACTION: Approve professional services in excess of $100,000 per the purchasing policy with Columbia ...
The Lawrence Community Shelter plans to cut the number of guests it serves by nearly half next month, the shelter board’s president announced in a statement Friday. The decision to reduce the shelter’s capacity from 125 to 65 by Sept. 1 ultimately comes down to a lack of funding, shelter ...
Before any companies are allowed to bring rentable electric scooters to the streets of Lawrence, the city’s Transportation Commission wants a pilot study to be conducted. Two companies have already requested permission to bring scooter rental businesses to Lawrence, and the Transportation ...
After a week of mediated negotiations, the City of Lawrence and the local firefighters union have been unable to resolve disagreements regarding a new employment contract. The city announced the end of the mandated seven-day mediation period in a news release Thursday. The city and union, the ...
City leaders voiced support Tuesday for a private-public partnership to build a first-of-its-kind neighborhood of small homes in eastern Lawrence, but some residents said they were concerned that the city's affordable housing efforts weren't being spread out enough. As part of its regular ...
Lawrence city commissioners have given their first approval to the city’s 2020 budget, which would hold the property tax rate flat and increase utility rates, parking rates and commissioner pay. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission voted unanimously to approve next year’s budget, ...
The state of Kansas has lifted health warnings for several Lawrence waterways following sewage releases last week, but one local stream remains under the advisory. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment lifted health advisories for the Kansas River, Wakarusa River, Brush Creek and ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon consider two requests related to the city’s first proposed development of small homes. The city already allows the 3,000-square-foot single-family lots the project requires, but the proposed site requires a rezoning from industrial uses to that zoning type as ...