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Wichita City staff preview lengthy council agenda including housing vouchers, bonds and judge reappointments
Summary
City staff outlined a packed agenda for the council that includes a 32-unit workforce housing bond hearing, airport financing, a contract correction for a lobbying agreement and reappointment recommendations for municipal court judges; Wichita South High School Madrigals performed at the start of the meeting.
Assistant City Manager Dante Martin opened the agenda review and outlined a lengthy docket that includes public hearings on multifamily housing revenue bonds, several bond and development proposals, and personnel and budget items.
Among the items Martin highlighted was a public hearing related to multifamily housing revenue bonds for a 32-unit workforce housing apartment complex and a letter of intent to issue industrial revenue bonds for a campus expansion that staff said would add jobs. Troy Anderson was identified on the agenda as the presenter for the industrial revenue bonds item.
Staff also flagged a development agreement tied to the former Town West Mall and Phase 3 of the K-96 Star Bond project plan, along with routine annual items: a salary and classification ordinance that incorporates collective bargaining outcomes and merit and cost-of-living increases for non-represented staff, and a year-end 2025…
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