Votes at a glance: January 16 Wichita City Council — minutes, grants, zoning, contracts and travel approvals

Below are the formal motions and recorded outcomes from the Wichita City Council meeting of Jan. 16, 2025, compiled from the meeting transcript. Items are presented in order of public importance rather than strictly by agenda order.

• Approve minutes, regular meeting Jan. 7, 2025 — Motion passed (recorded as "Motion passes 6-0 with 1 abstention").

• Selection of Vice Mayor — JV Johnston elected by secret ballot and confirmed by roll call; recorded outcome: 7-0 (see separate article).

• Consent agenda (items 1–25) — Council approved the consent agenda with items 7 and 11 pulled for separate consideration; overall motion passed (recorded as 7-0).

- Consent item 7: Heat resilience cohort grant application (apply for competitive grant with no local match; potential award up to $10,000). Council approved application; motion passed (7-0). Staff noted the $10,000 grant requires no local match and would support planning and tree-canopy/heat-resilience work; any implementation funding would return to council for approval.

- Consent item 11: HOME Program 2022 Chouteau set-aside allocation amendment for Jacob's Ladder, Inc. (contract amendment to extend project completion date). Council approved the contract amendment; recorded outcome: Motion passes 6-0 with 1 abstention (council member disclosed a personal conflict and abstained).

• Board of Bids and Contracts (Jan. 13, 2025) — Council approved awards and change orders across public works, purchasing, police and fire uniform contracts, AV work at Carl Brewer Community Center and other items; motion passed (7-0). Staff summarized multiple contracts and recommended approval.

• PUD 2024-18 (zone change to Planned Unit Development #137 for mixed-use redevelopment at SE corner of E. Central and N. Oliver) — Council approved with modified PUD text (the District Advisory Board’s recommendation to prohibit an on-site car wash was accepted); motion passed (7-0 after council action to adopt DAB modification).

• Conditional Use 2024-242 (allow day care general on property zoned SF-5 at 4640 E. 15th St. N.) — Council approved the conditional use following planning commission recommendation; motion passed (7-0).

• PUD 2024-24 (Empower PUD for entertainment and cultural uses at SW corner of W. 21st and N. Market) — Council approved the requested zone change (planning commission recommendation adopted); motion passed (7-0).

• Zone change (317 & 321 N. Doris) — Council overrode MAPC and approved zone change to TF-3 (per District Advisory Board recommendation) rather than the applicant’s requested MF-18; motion passed (7-0).

• Golf-cart ordinance (Chapter 11.51) — Moved to first reading; roll-call result recorded as 4-3 in favor (see separate article for policy details and debate).

• 2024 Wichita Bicycle Plan — Council adopted a resolution endorsing the plan; vote recorded 5-2 (see separate article for discussion of costs, maintenance and next steps).

• Travel authorizations — The council approved travel authorizations for mayor and multiple council members to attend Local Government Day in Topeka and the State of the State; each travel authorization motion passed (votes recorded as 7-0 on the consent-type travel authorizations in the transcript).

These items reflect formal council votes recorded in the transcript. For the golf-cart ordinance and bicycle-plan adoption, the meeting included extended discussion and public comment; other approvals (zoning, contracts, consent items) were approved largely by unanimous votes as noted. Any item that would require appropriations or design work will return to council for project-level approval and funding decisions.