Category: Transparency
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Charlton had the strongest performance during the FY2027 budget hearing. He did more than state whether he supported the budget. He picked up a specific concern raised by a resident and asked staff to address it publicly.โฃโฃThe issue was Lenexaโs reserves. A resident argued that the city could move reserves from roughly 38% toward its…
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The annual budget hearing is one of the biggest meetings of the year. It is where the governing body decides how much the city will spend, how much property tax revenue it will collect, whether to exceed the revenue-neutral rate, and what financial priorities will shape the year ahead.โฃโฃBecause of that, the public should be…
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The Police Community Advisory Board meets Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at the Lenexa Justice Center.โฃโฃThe agenda includes a FIFA after-action, community policing update, technology update, policy updates and roundtable discussion.โฃโฃThis agenda does little to provide transparencyโฆ What came out of the FIFA review? What technology is being discussed? Which policies are being updated? Is the…
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Lenexa can make a City Manager raise retroactive. Apparently livestreaming takes longer.โฃโฃOn ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐๐๐ the Committee of the Whole formally discussed recording and live-streaming City meetings. The City memo says staff had already been directed to research the legal, practical and financial impacts and bring back recommendations. The equipment has since been installed.โฃโฃBut on…