All other voters who may be concerned about contracting or unintentionally transmitting COVID-19 may cast mail-in ballots in both elections, but their signatures will have to be notarized.
After the most pressing immediate needs for new vehicles are met, the additional funding will allow the department to implement a phased replacement program for its entire fleet including 32 pumper trucks, 12 aerial ladder trucks and 4 rescue/hazardous material response vehicles.
Projects that are slated to receive funding if the tax is extended include conversion of the I-49 outer roads to two-way traffic, a new Kansas City Southern railroad overpass over Blue Ridge Blvd., Blue Ridge Blvd. upgrades and construction of a new bridge on Raytown Rd. just south of its intersection with Harry Truman Dr.
That relatively small increase could be in jeopardy due to the recent steep downturn in the local economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic which could cause city tax revenue and expenditures to drop for the next fiscal year if the rapid spread of the virus is not quickly brought under control.
Demolition of all the buildings at the former Bannister Federal Complex is now nearly complete and grading to prepare the west side of the 227-acre site for redevelopment has already started.
The new Stop n Shop convenience store at Red Bridge and I-49 offers New Orleans Chicken & Seafood, Crazy Italian Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts pastries and coffee.
Goodwill’s newest Good Going Donation Center at 12900 State Line Rd. is now open and accepting donations.
The KCMO Fire Department is accepting applications to become a firefighter through 5 p.m. Friday, March 8.
A survey showed 79 percent of respondents felt biking in Kansas City was not safe, convenient or practical. The revisions to the plan are aimed at making biking in the city more appealing.
A third of the site may be ready for redevelopment as early as August, more than a year earlier than originally forecast.
