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Erin Bader, Director of Exceptional Services, told the council that Paymentus has provided processing services since 2014 and that the council previously directed staff to absorb convenience fees charged to customers. She said online and card-payment adoption has increased markedly and that the city’s cost to absorb those convenience fees is now significant: staff described the annual Paymentus-related cost at roughly $500,000. Bader said the city uses multiple processors for different payment streams (utility billing, animal control, recreation and municipal court) and that a more complete analysis would require additional work.

Councilmembers discussed options. Some asked staff to explore behavior-based approaches to reduce fees, such as promoting ACH/auto-draft (which staff said carries a nominal fee — cited in the meeting as roughly $0.30 per transaction) or passing fees to customers. Councilmember Felter and others encouraged examining what peer cities do and assessing the overall financial trade-offs. Councilmember Gilmore urged staff to include comparisons with sister municipalities. Staff told the council they have begun benchmarking and will return during the budget process with recommendations.

Despite concerns about costs, several council members emphasized the customer-service benefit of fee absorption, noting that for some residents a credit card or online payment provides an accessible way to meet obligations. The council approved the Paymentus authorization on a unanimous roll-call vote (6-0) and directed staff to prepare a broader analysis for the budget cycle.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Olathe - City Council on 2025-05-06 7:00 PM - May 06, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council approved the annual Paymentus payment-processing authorization and asked staff to analyze payment streams and alternatives after hearing the city has absorbed roughly $500,000 in convenience fees since 2014.","taxTitle","Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas","taxId",3606,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6565537,"Council authorizes land acquisition and engineering for Quivira Road improvements between 140th and 150th",388,5663000,6051000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c&start=5663&end=6051","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c/thumbnail_5663000.jpg","/articles/6565537/Olathe/Johnson-County/Kansas/Council-authorizes-land-acquisition-and-engineering-for-Quivira-Road-improvements-between-140th-and-150th","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6565537-dedc5f64a9ac5d22502e62f010465f1b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161550&Signature=b3WmDPVAOFj4B4yv98BuQ39RPmI8EmuHQQ8gp2UKMIKr6YbgvP9eu-p9hanHURiyFUOVVXJCR6M73vyR2b7c2d00jZLxyReD1D7LYdN93HHeyqm0MNMe8Q8gG42Oxl3OT~jNd63taEgbNTT0ZRgaf1r7f9TX8We3QM~xyCAbzhBWmkJ7rlW-e4WraAHhEjurPyegwi6ZP0gCb9cSe8RLwye9nSpwNdKdUOiw5ytAFHEwGKfEJhNwoNSpQ-VCpKM095CtopC1Zx8pmJMONpu6VeoPXEPqmsJOngLY4ydIMlx5Tv~iYFZLWi70Na9xJJIPCslJ~9CtwNykqcwKGpJxsg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Olathe City Council on May 6 approved actions to advance the Quivira Road improvements project (PN 3-C-011-24), including a resolution authorizing a survey and legal description of land or interests to be acquired and an ordinance approving an engineer’s survey to authorize acquisition.

City Engineer Nate Baldwin told the council that the approved project will convert the last unimproved section between the county line and 170th Street into a two-lane divided arterial with turn lanes, a roundabout at 140th Street, a 10-foot side path on one side and a 5-foot sidewalk on the other, dedicated bike lanes, improved street lighting, medians and landscaping. Baldwin said the project addresses long-standing requests for sidewalks, lighting and improved sight distance and noted it will include ADA-compliant crossings.

Councilmember discussion included questions about the bicycle network continuity north of the project; Baldwin said he would confirm details and provide follow-up. The council approved Resolution No. 25-1036 authorizing the survey/description and Ordinance No. 25-13 authorizing the acquisition on separate roll-call votes recorded as 6-0.

Staff said the project will improve pedestrian and bicycle accommodations and add street lighting and other complete-street features. Next steps include right-of-way acquisition, final design and utility coordination before construction.","The council authorized survey and condemnation descriptions and approved an ordinance to acquire land needed for a Quivira Road upgrade that will convert an unimproved stretch to a two-lane divided arterial with sidewalks, bike lanes, medians and a roundabout.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6565542,"Council approves rezoning and preliminary plan for Olathe Police training range on nearly 96 acres",522,4867000,5389000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c&start=4867&end=5389","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c/thumbnail_4867000.jpg","/articles/6565542/Olathe/Johnson-County/Kansas/Council-approves-rezoning-and-preliminary-plan-for-Olathe-Police-training-range-on-nearly-96-acres","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6565542-ab807b8edb56fe9f0736bea084c28295/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161550&Signature=HV7WLaDGpONygSnBmnBbDPMqq1rXwgeavBfxwB6OyfoStncOMVNVin3sy9IcLRlp6dVrEMMw3fa7kq58HsuSmIaswFJRiwsKEqZvhEqgrCssYYx0fj3H2858tAwySYC-UvgvBPgG7~dO720NU3kA6skfKJHxj4Xk7TI~XYHRwM1k9r5pgOPVOeULvzJQjJbQbqdlnXPoySM53Gjz1yG3TOxVYmA9-fCF17KDulxgGTjJhjfxa6usWnKKssWBr-IAzZQzM8vt6~a5ue9g31HYw9hwEI4VDclcLmxLrF3LZ4GObqnO9L0LLDsanSLbWSseAu7aQkoJOWhx4GRwSoq0kA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Olathe City Council on May 6 approved an ordinance rezoning about 95.6 acres from county agricultural zoning to the city’s agricultural district and approved a preliminary development plan for a proposed Olathe Police Department training facility.

Planner Nathan Jurison presented the request and described a three-phase plan. Phase 1 includes an outdoor shooting range with engineered berms and concrete walls and two small training buildings that staff said will be hidden from public view. Phase 2 would add a roughly 21,000-square-foot training facility; Phase 3 would add a driving-course facility. Staff said the plan preserves roughly 98% of existing woodland and protects the Cedar Creek stream corridor. An independent noise study by Avant Acoustics concluded that the outdoor range, with the proposed berming and sound-absorbing measures, would meet the city’s noise ordinance and would be quieter at property boundaries than existing ambient levels that include interstate and railroad noise.

Police Chief Mike B. Todd told the council the site selection team prioritized minimizing impacts on surrounding neighborhoods and noted the site’s existing sound buffers, including a quarry, railroad and Interstate 35. Planning Commission recommended approval 9-0; council members voted to approve Ordinance No. 25-12 on a 6-0 roll call.

Staff recommended no zoning stipulations beyond routine Johnson County coordination because the property is within a mile of New Century Airport; staff recommended a standard stipulation for federal and county coordination. The city purchased the site in 2023 and annexed it; properties annexed from county zoning require rezoning to a city district before development, Jurison said. The council approved the rezoning and preliminary plan after a motion and second, with the clerk recording the roll-call vote as 6-0.

The project will return with any refined building elevations and later-phase site details as those phases advance through review. Staff said the facility is intended primarily for in-house public-safety training and emphasized the preservation measures and noise mitigation detailed in the acoustical study.","Council approved rezoning and a preliminary development plan for an Olathe Police Department training complex, including an outdoor shooting range, 21,000-square-foot training building (future phase) and a driving course to be added later.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6565547,"Council tables Montage Apartments sales-tax-exemption request for two weeks amid calls for an incentives policy",1437,2979000,4416000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c&start=2979&end=4416","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c/thumbnail_2979000.jpg","/articles/6565547/Olathe/Johnson-County/Kansas/Council-tables-Montage-Apartments-sales-tax-exemption-request-for-two-weeks-amid-calls-for-an-incentives-policy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6565547-21c6ad2f5c00dfbaeec8187f59419a77/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161550&Signature=ALFEGd7y5gYsTpvkCNAIjS-8sfokmQ0yHSmH79mKwLF~c1EHtsGiShKXsTEuD~L5RlATaSSvQrW7QR8BukjQfqNZ5qm~IrsHpOQg7~fgpSv84RdBKkhhBTYxWAquPgPw3kctfMZ3-Hxpb15a8-f~qnYkfo0~jRtikVdFaOwvbLUkHW2fj9weZmrvG4kQh-L6pkJ66T-CWY2LxFNreXsWiiIuup4-UB-4QSpB3jGPNntM3lo93f5U1iNWzO4naW70eQNhHwNyIz49aQqlv3Kox18p5qPCmT4ZNBQU5aj-fG2wk5js9jguOvnB8r1ZJyES4r5YN6QFHBRsNF-7d0p~Ig__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Olathe City Council on May 6 tabled for two weeks an inducement resolution seeking a sales-tax-exemption-only industrial revenue bond for the Montage Apartments project at 1051 North Merlin Road. Council members said they wanted more consistent policy guidance and a clearer fiscal analysis before approving a sales-tax exemption for the multifamily portion of a larger mixed-use development.

Councilmember Kevin Schoonover moved to table Resolution No. 25-1034 for two weeks; Councilmember Gilmore seconded. The motion passed on a 6-0 roll call.

Staff and the applicant described the request as a sales-tax exemption specific to the multifamily lot (townhomes and apartments), not the commercial pad sites. Economy Director Jamie Robichaud explained the exemption was tailored to the multifamily portion because the dollar amount there is what would generate a sales-tax-exemption benefit on construction materials. Attorney Chris Maddox, representing the out-of-state developer, said the project has significant off-site infrastructure costs; his firm’s latest estimate for public infrastructure and off-site improvements was described in the meeting as roughly $5.5 million, with two traffic signals estimated at about $1.1 million. Maddox said the previously discussed sales-tax-exemption amount for the project was about $2 million (total sales tax), and noted the exemption was intended to help offset those infrastructure costs so commercial frontage could be developed as the council desired.

Councilmembers who opposed immediate approval said the city needs a clear, even-handed policy to guide incentives for multifamily development. Councilmember Matt Felter pointed to past instances where council had denied similar requests and said the city should provide “a level playing field.” Other council members said they were sympathetic to the applicant’s long development timeline and recognized the project’s potential to add rooftops supporting commercial uses, but nevertheless wanted staff to return with more details on infrastructure costs, the distribution of sales-tax impacts among jurisdictions, and comparable precedent.

The applicant said it could return in two weeks and was prepared to work with staff to provide additional fiscal detail. Staff was directed to prepare a more detailed analysis of assumed sales-tax exemption impacts, the portion of sales tax that would have been collected locally versus county/state shares, and the infrastructure costs that the developer says are required. The tabling does not legally obligate the council to grant the inducement; councilmembers were advised that the application could be modified and resubmitted if needed.","A request for a sales-tax-exemption inducement for the Montage Apartments at 1051 North Merlin Road was pulled from consent and tabled while council asked staff for more fiscal detail and a consistent policy for multifamily incentives.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6565551,"Olathe City Council approves multiple IRBs, road and utility actions; several items pass unanimously",511,2131000,2642000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c&start=2131&end=2642","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3217793-6e4633add9a5a90f3966a9751ad0ea4c/thumbnail_2131000.jpg","/articles/6565551/Olathe/Johnson-County/Kansas/Olathe-City-Council-approves-multiple-IRBs-road-and-utility-actions-several-items-pass-unanimously","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6565551-599eb0ca23c7fd13f25b9919bda2c9f7/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161550&Signature=SKSYaweal9KlMTwCcS2TfinW0Gs4m-wj3J4Kn83GAtz2-rePALCb1g8x5wb-InChqccLfztUv~IOkCkIhm24A1gfSH3yX9RVZWL38jxdi2AqDsXCMfC-D4~SsqWpoyqGxTIqEg0TJfJxBdgBe4-0su-TYuaKb-UNSMlxyGdntcv~Q9q~J2T63O2GuTcpQ3cybUJqrNKHKOsv8rkj6Ffi4Tl-nMsh3e6YRaXjQoQiPmBwOPteTutA04JZFKMW-42J0WgNx1iMvTgmGoowJiayEllEIMsYZDQMDFBmV2PvgDZakOIE94bh5YALt4WjuWbmU0VKTTza7VQ1WbiCVbf5YQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Olathe City Council on May 6 approved a series of resolutions and ordinances covering industrial revenue bonds, right-of-way acquisitions and routine city business, with most items passing unanimously.

The council approved three separate IRB- and development-related measures after public hearings with no speakers. Resolution No. 25-1030 (Blue Spring Safety Storage South LLC) and related documents for a single-series IRB and tax phase-in for a proposed 62,000-square-foot industrial building passed 6-0 after the council closed a hearing with no public comment. The council also approved a master IRB resolution and a first amendment to an annexation agreement for Aspen Funds LLC (Resolution No. 25-1031), and a related resolution for the first building in that business park (Resolution No. 25-1032). Each passed on roll-call votes recorded as 6-0.

On the consent calendar the council approved a range of routine business items following motions to pull several items for separate consideration. Travel authorization for Municipal Judge Kinney to attend the All Rise conference in Kissimmee, Florida, was approved. A real estate contract to sell 114 East Santa Fe Street to Falco LLC was approved after separate consideration. The council approved an annual payment-processing authorization to Paymentus Group, Inc. and authorized engineering and land-acquisition actions for the Quivira Road improvement project (PN 3-C-011-24) by separate roll-call votes. A rezoning and preliminary development plan for a public-safety training facility (the Olathe Range) also passed on a separate vote.

One item pulled from consent drew extended discussion. Resolution No. 25-1034, an inducement application seeking a sales-tax-exemption-only IRB for the proposed Montage Apartments at 1051 North Merlin Road, led to debate over consistency for multifamily incentives and whether the city needs a formal policy. After discussion the council voted to table the item for two weeks to allow staff and council members to gather additional information. The motion to table passed 6-0.

Several items included staff presentations that identified projected public benefits. For example, the Blue Spring project was presented as a $21.5 million investment that would produce an estimated $42,000 in annual city property tax after a 10-year abatement period and an expected 50 indirect jobs over 10 years. The larger Aspen Funds business park was presented as a $140 million project with Phase 1 investment of about $28.6 million and an estimated $104,000 in annual city property tax following abatement.

Following roll-call votes the clerk recorded the outcomes; most measures passed unanimously. Where roll calls were read, the clerk recorded motions passing 6-0 unless otherwise noted. Items formally continued or tabled were recorded in the minutes as such and will return to a future meeting when scheduled.

The council closed the regularly scheduled meeting after new business and acknowledgements.","At its May 6 meeting the Olathe City Council approved a slate of industrial revenue bond (IRB) resolutions, infrastructure orders and routine consent items, voting unanimously on the items acted on that evening. A contentious sales-tax-exemption request for a mixed-use multifamily project was pulled for two weeks.","actionData","errors"]

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