Roundabout Price Increases

As plans for the 15th & "A" Roundabout are progressing, the rising cost of materials now indicates the roundabout may cost as much as $1.2 million, up about 50% from original estimates of $800,000. While the City is steadfast in keeping the project a 90-10 split with KDOT, it still means the City's share of the cost will rise from $80,000 to $120,000. Construction is still scheduled to start in 2009.

F. W. Woolworth Lunch Menu

While there is no way to directly link this particular lunch menu with the F. W. Woolworth store in Wellington, it is a pretty safe bet that our downtown Woolworth's offered the same menu. I've added it to my Historic Photos webpage at http://www.johntracy.net/historic_photos.html. Enjoy the trip down Memory Lane.

Thanks to the United Country Theurer Team!

Hats off to the United Country Theurer Team who planted beautiful American flags over the community for the Independence Day weekend. For the third year in a row, associates and their family members of the Theurer Team have worked late into the night on July 3rd, placing the flags along roadways. It truly is a beautiful sight, inspires patriotism, and is a genuine display of community spirit. Thanks guys!

2009 Budget

City Staff and City Council have been working diligently on the 2009 Budget. The Council has thus far met three times to discuss and hash over the five-year Capital Improvement Plan and to give a preliminary nod for the 2009 Capital Outlay. The operational budget should be distributed to Council Members next week, then the Council will convene in a special worksession to review the various funds. As soon as I can get it posted, I will provide a preview of potential Capital Improvements and Capital Outlay items for the 2009 year.

New Blog

I've had trouble with the RSS Feed URL on my weblog converting to HTML so I can post a widget on my website. Because of this, I've started a new weblog and have corrected the problem (thanks Blogger!). Hopefully, it will now be easier to update my blog as well as display it on my webpage.

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog!