Shawnee council approves rezoning, daycare permit and series of contracts on 7-0 votes

The Shawnee City Council approved a package of land-use and contract items on Jan. 13, 2025, each recorded as passing by 7–0, according to the city—s meeting wrap-up.

Doug Donahue, communications director for the City of Shawnee, said the council approved the rezoning of roughly a third of an acre on West 60 Fifth Street from "commercial neighborhood" to "duplex residential" to allow future residential development on that parcel. The meeting record provided a parcel size as "a third of an acre" and the address as "West 60 Fifth Street" as stated by the communications director; the city—s official file should be consulted for parcel numbers and legal descriptions.

Donahue said the council also approved a special use permit for a family daycare. He described the action as an approval on the consent agenda but did not provide the permit conditions or the applicant's name during the wrap-up announcement; those details are not specified in the meeting summary and should be confirmed in the official minutes or staff report.

The city transferred a property back to Airtex Incorporated, the communications director reported. Donahue described this as a transfer "from the city's name back to Airtex Incorporated"; the wrap-up did not include the parcel identifier, the reason for the transfer, or any financial terms.

Donahue said the council okayed a final change order for the Gleason Road project and renewed a city contract for 2025 transportation services. The meeting transcript repeatedly records the project and contract names as the "Gleason Road bridal project" and "city bridal transportation services." Those terms appear to be transcription artifacts; this report reproduces the language used in the meeting wrap-up but notes the project and contract names were not verified in the summary and advises consulting the official agenda or staff reports for the correct project and contract titles.

Donahue announced that public comment lasted about two minutes (06:07–06:09 p.m.) and that there was no council committee meeting that evening. He also said Council Member Angela Steens was absent and Council Member Tony Gillette participated virtually; Donahue added that "all votes are based on the 7 members of the council who were eligible to vote this evening," and the wrap-up recorded the five items above as passing 7–0.

The council is scheduled to reconvene on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at 6 p.m. in council chambers at Shawnee City Hall. Agendas and archived minutes are available on the city's website, cityofShawnee.org.