City Commission Worksession

City Commission will start its worksession early today, at 4 p.m. They will be talking with the company that did the recent audit about specific things the city can do to save money.
The normal worksession will be held after that. Again, I hope to have the live blog going.

Looks like the Bike Path might finally become a reality, A supplemental agreement for engineering is on the agenda for Tuesday and that will be talked about tonight. The material given with the agenda says this is the fianl step before contracts are let. Some of the federal money to stimulate the economy is available for the project, which means the city's share of the cost should go down. No idea how much at this point, but City Manager Steve Archer says the city's share will be reduced "significantly."

This has been in the works for years. It will be good for the city on many levels. Hope it finally gets done this time.

Items on the agenda:

• Appeal of Bruce Pendley, Landrush Leather, to the state historical preservation office regarding his sign. This is where Bryants used to be. 
• Uniform Public Offense code. This is passed each year to bring city ordinances in line with state ordinances.
• Standard Traffic Ordinance .. Same thing
• Floodplain Management Ordinance, Again pretty much a formality to be in line with state and federal rules.
• Consider transferring land from the city land bank to Habitat for Humantiy, at 912 North D.
• Construction and maintenance agreement between the city, KDOT and BNFS Railroad.
• Asking the state legislature to consider changing the deadline for municipalities to report tax information to the county clerk
• Bike Path agreement.