Candidates who want to run for City Council or mayor have a lot of information to dissect and understand and a lot of tasks to complete. A detail as small as where you place your yard sign can be dictated by city ordinances. Getting the essential information isn’t easy. It’s not readily available online. It […]
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Most Wichita board and commission members don’t fill out conflict of interest forms. Here’s what other cities do.
Editor’s note: We corrected this story on May 12 to add that the Library Board of Directors also asks its members to fill out conflict of interest disclosure forms. The headline, a photo caption and the story were revised to reflect this update. On May 16, the story was revised to clarify that while the […]
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Wichita has 23 vacant or expired board and commission appointments. That means one board can’t operate.
Nearly six months after the City Council passed its ethics policy, the Ethics Advisory Board meant to enforce it has yet to do any investigating. That’s not because there hasn’t been anything to consider. It’s because City Council members have yet to appoint a full board. In Wichita, there is no legal requirement to fill […]
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Want to serve on a Wichita board or commission? Here’s how.
In Wichita, civic boards and commissions have a litany of powers. The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission — considered the most powerful advisory board in the city — can recommend whether a residential block can be turned into a parking lot. The Board of Park Commissioners can recommend that the city acquire new land for a park. […]