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Shawnee council unanimously approves CDBG plan, funds for community services and several city contracts
Summary
On Oct. 13, 2025, the Shawnee City Council voted 7-0 to adopt its 2026 Community Development Block Grant annual action plan, allocate remaining coronavirus-era CDBG funds for a covered storage project at Shawnee Community Services, and approve contracts for banking, a custom fire truck and 2026 lawn mowing services.
Shawnee’s City Council on Monday unanimously approved its 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and a series of related contracts and purchases, city communications director Doug Donahue said.
The council voted 7-0 to adopt the annual action plan for the CDBG program. At a second public hearing, city staff also proposed using the remainder of the city’s coronavirus-era CDBG allocation to build a covered storage area behind the main building of Shawnee Community Services. Donahue said Shawnee Community Services pledged $7,500 toward the project and the city described the project budget as not to exceed $206,000. The council approved three separate actions related to that project, each on a 7-0 vote; the transcript did not list the individual motion texts for all three votes.
The council also approved moving the city’s banking business to Commerce Bank on a 7-0 vote.
The Shawnee Fire Department’s request to purchase a fully custom tiller (hook-and-ladder) fire truck to replace Ladder 71 was approved 7-0. The city disclosed a targeted delivery year of 2030 and a not-to-exceed total cost of $2,500,000 for the vehicle.
Separately, the council approved a contract with Kansas Land Management to provide lawn-mowing services for city facilities, parks and rights of way for 2026 at $310,000 per year; the contract includes a two-year renewal option and was approved 7-0.
During committee reports, staff presented proposed revisions to several policy statements, including Policy Statement 56, the city’s comprehensive user-fee schedule. The most significant proposed addition is a new standby fee for the Shawnee Fire Department to recover costs for emergency-like equipment and personnel at certain events and non-emergency incidents; the proposal would apply to three vehicle types and include a four-hour minimum staffing/fee.
Donahue said the council would reconvene on Monday, Oct. 27, for final consideration of the policy revisions. He also noted the meeting began about 10 minutes late because of technical difficulties and that the full recordings and archived agendas and minutes will be posted at cityofshawnee.org.
“The full recording of both meetings will be available online later,” Donahue said.
