Emporia city commission
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Emporia city commission
The Emporia City Commission will meet for a regular action session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the City Commission/Municipal Courtroom, 518 Mechanic St. Items on the agenda include:
• Approve the purchase of outdoor warning sirens.
• Award bid to replace upper level seats in White Arena.
• Adopt the commission’s goals for 2009.
• Approve resolution closing the parking lot at Seventh Avenue and Merchant Street for the Emporia Farmers Market.
• Approve resolution adopting the solid waste management plan.
• Consider a recommendation regarding Broadview Towers’ request to create a downtown historic district.
• Approve changes to city manager compensation package.
• Report from city manager on city activities.
Lyon County Commission
The Lyon County commissioners will meet for a study session beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the Lyon County Commission chambers in the Lyon County Courthouse, 430 Commercial St.
Items on the agenda include:
• Sam Seeley of Lyon County zoning will discuss two applications, one for a change from agriculture to agriculture special use, single family dwelling and one from agriculture to agriculture special use, rock quarry.
• Chip Woods, Lyon County engineer, will discuss a memo from the Kansas Department of Transportation for FY 2009-13 five-year approved construction program and will discuss sending out a request for proposals for structural steel. This material is used for bridges built by county forces. Woods also will discuss the county engineer’s/road supervisor’s annual report.
• Robert Sullivan, Community Corrections, will discuss approval of 32 mobile stacking chairs for the large and small conference rooms in the basement of the Lyon County Courthouse.
• Marc Goodman, Lyon County attorney, will discuss the donation to the summer movie series from the drug forfeiture fund.
• Mark McKenna and Chris Wilkinson, of facilities management, will discuss bids from Emporia Construction for the jail and the health department; and will discuss a building control bid.
• Becky Hadicke of SRS will discuss proclaiming April as Month of the Young Child.
• Gary Post, Lyon County appraiser, will give a GIS mapping presentation and will give a departmental update.
• In other business, commissioners will discuss a resolution repealing a resolution concerning speed limits on Roads U, S and 200 and will discuss a resolution concerning a solid waste management plan of Chase County, the City of Emporia and Lyon County.
Reets (anonymous) says...
For all those people who actually work in downtown Emporia, the parking lot given to the Farmer's Market is where the employees park. It's a total pain in the neck to have to park 3 blocks away to get to work on Wed. & Sat, Don't get me wrong - I love the Farmer's Market & the concept, but the location stinks. Heaven forbid you, wanting to pick up your Rx, mouthwash & AA batteries, wanted to go to the Post Office, Graves', or Dollar General on either day. Why not move the Farmer's Market to the empty spot where Bruff's used to be, or the parking lot across from the Gazette, or the one behind Town Crier/Cable One? Their lovely shade/umbrella/kiosk could be easily moved.
April 1, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
glarson (anonymous) says...
But if you moved to the market to the lot across from The Gazette, where would I park on those days? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
;-)
Gwen Larson
April 2, 2009 at 6:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )