Category: Wichita city government
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Brookings Metro Monitor and Wichita
A research project by The Brookings Institution illustrates the poor performance of the Wichita-area economy.
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Massage business regulations likely to be ineffective, but will be onerous
The Wichita City Council is likely to create a new regulatory regime for massage businesses in response to a problem that is already addressed by strict laws.
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Reforming economic development in Wichita
In this excerpt from WichitaLiberty.TV: Can we reform economic development in Wichita to give us the growth we need?
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Empowering and engaging Wichitans, or not
Does the City of Wichita really want to “empower and engage citizens by providing information necessary to keep them informed on the actions their government is taking?”
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced little water in December. There were 31 days when river flow was adequate.
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Property rights in Wichita: Your roof
The Wichita City Council will attempt to settle a dispute concerning whether a new roof should be allowed to have a vertical appearance rather than the horizontal appearance of the old.
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced little water in November. There were 30 days when river flow was adequate.
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Wichita checkbook register
A records request to the City of Wichita results in data as well as insight into the city’s attitude towards empowering citizens with data.
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Wichita City Council, December 1, 2015
View video below, or click here to view at YouTube. A few relevant articles from the Wichita Eagle: Wichita city manager proposes eliminating no-bid construction projects www.kansas.com/news/local/article1085721.html Layton said last week that he intends to ask the City Council for a policy change against those no-bid contracts. The contracts became an issue after council members…
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Cash grants still in use
Wichita is moving away from the use of cash incentives for economic development, except for this.
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Wichita to consider tax abatements
Wichita considers three tax abatements, in one case forcing an “investment” on others that it itself would not accept.
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Wichita water and sewer rates proposed to rise
At its Tuesday December 1, 2015 meeting the Wichita City Council is scheduled to consider new water and sewer rates.