By Ned Seaton

The property tax rate paid by Manhattan residents again ranks in the middle of the pack for comparable Kansas cities, according to data obtained by The Manhattan Mercury.

Manhattan’s rate — which combines the taxes levied by the city government, the county government and the local public school system — ranks 14th among the 26 so-called “first-class” cities in the state, according to a Mercury analysis of data from the League of Kansas Municipalities. Those are the largest cities in the state.

That means residents in 13 cities — including Topeka, Emporia, Garden City, Dodge City, Hutchison and Kansas City, Kansas — have to pay higher overall property tax rates. Twelve have lower rates, including Junction City, which ranks one spot lower than Manhattan.

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City commissioners are expected on Tuesday night to consider approval of a purchase and sale agreement with Amazon, totaling $206,010 for a roughly 15 acre tract of land in the Manhattan Business Park, west of the airport.

The Seattle-based company plans to build a 70,000-square-foot warehouse, which will reportedly serve a broader region around Manhattan for “last mile” delivery services, according to a Monday newsletter from the Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials say they’ve been engaged off and on with Amazon for over five years, to secure a location for the company.

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City commissioners are expected on Tuesday night to consider approval of a purchase and sale agreement with Amazon, totaling $206,010 for a roughly 15 acre tract of land in the Manhattan Business Park, west of the airport.

The Seattle-based company plans to build a 70,000-square-foot warehouse, which will reportedly serve a broader region around Manhattan for “last mile” delivery services, according to a Monday newsletter from the Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials say they’ve been engaged off and on with Amazon for over five years, to secure a location for the company.

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City commissioners are expected on Tuesday night to consider approval of a purchase and sale agreement with Amazon, totaling $206,010 for a roughly 15 acre tract of land in the Manhattan Business Park, west of the airport.

The Seattle-based company plans to build a 70,000-square-foot warehouse, which will reportedly serve a broader region around Manhattan for “last mile” delivery services, according to a Monday newsletter from the Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials say they’ve been engaged off and on with Amazon for over five years, to secure a location for the company.

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Crews began demolishing the downtown Commerce Bank building Monday as part of plans to construct a new retail and residential space in its place.

Manhattan city commissioners in December approved more than $2 million in tax breaks to raze the building at 727 Poyntz Ave., including a 10-year property tax abatement and a sales tax exemption on construction materials.

The request, which came from Hutton Development, also included an appeal to the city government to pay for half the cost of improvements to Poyntz Avenue.

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Crews began demolishing the downtown Commerce Bank building Monday as part of plans to construct a new retail and residential space in its place.

Manhattan city commissioners in December approved more than $2 million in tax breaks to raze the building at 727 Poyntz Ave., including a 10-year property tax abatement and a sales tax exemption on construction materials.

The request, which came from Hutton Development, also included an appeal to the city government to pay for half the cost of improvements to Poyntz Avenue.

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