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Paul Parker — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:40:21 +0000

County clerk: Recall would require 2,542 signatures

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Residents of benefit districts say special assessments are higher than expected

KROCK Staff — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:29:59 +0000

By Megan Moser

Despite complaints from some residents that they were blindsided about the amount of their special taxes, Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday approved levying special assessments for 14 benefit districts in Manhattan.

These are areas in which work was done to improve a district, and now the city government is levying special assessments against the benefiting properties.

The sites are Candlewood Shopping Center turn lane street improvements; The Highlands at Grand Mere, Unit Two — sanitary sewer, street, and water; Stagg Hill Golf Course waterline improvements; Elijah Addition — sanitary sewer, street, and water; Henry Addition — sanitary sewer, street, and water; Genesis Health Club sidewalk improvements; and Stagg Hill Business Community Addition sewer and water extension.

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McKee shares concerns about bill on city planning authority

KROCK Staff — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:38:01 +0000

By Annie Wolf

Commissioner Dee McKee attended County Government Day in Topeka on Jan. 22 and sat in on discussion concerning the extraterritorial planning authority of cities into counties. A Senate bill would repeal the 3-mile extraterritorial planning authority that now exists for cities.

“There were lots of cities and counties there that had concerns about (extraterritorial expansion) happening with no vote,” McKee said. “Even long-range planning things, the planners coming across from the city and saying, ‘We own 3 miles and here is what you have to do or have to build,’ and there’s no vote. Some people, like in Emporia, couldn’t sell their farms or couldn’t do certain things. And they felt like there was no dialog and no recourse.”

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