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The Great Bend City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, at the Great Bend Events Center, 3111 10th St., and the meeting will be open to the public.
But, due to COVID-19, the meeting may also be viewed on Access TV via Cox Cable Channel 20 or live online at www.facebook.com/gbcitycouncil/. The meeting will be recorded.
The agenda includes appointment of Davis Jimenez as Ward 3 council member, repairs to the city’s levees and the Most Generous City award from the Golden Belt Community Foundation.
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The Barton County Commission will meet Monday morning and the Great Bend City Council will meet Monday evening.
The Barton County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at the Barton County Courthouse, 1400 Main in Great Bend. The meeting will be open to the public but will also be streamed live due to COVID-19. It will be live-streamed through Microsoft Teams. Citizens may view the meeting through their own sign-in or by signing in anonymously.
Giving Tuesday nets more than $249,000 in central Kansas
Mackenzie Mitchell/Golden Belt Community Foundation
Special to Gannett
GREAT BEND – Golden Belt Gives 2020 campaigns raise over $249,000 for area non-profits Golden Belt Community Foundation just completed its seventh Giving Tuesday campaign, wrapping up and announcing the results during a Virtual Great Bend Chamber of Commerce Coffee Thursday morning.
During the regular Giving Tuesday Campaign, held November 1 to December 1, over 1,000 gifts were made to support 93 central Kansas charitable organizations and endowment funds raising a total of $183,345.25.
“This year marked GBCF’s 7 th year to be a Giving Tuesday partner,” stated Mackenzie Mitchell, Development and Communications Coordinator, “and again this year we invited all charitable organizations in Barton, Pawnee, Rush, and Stafford counties to participate.”