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Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on May 3, 2016. Citing a need to keep up with infrastructure projects, Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with changes that would add another seven staff positions, bringing the total number of newly requested positions to more than 20. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to direct staff to include the new positions in the quarterly 2021 budget adjustment that is expected to come back to the commission next week. The seven positions are in addition to the 13.5 administrative and planning department positions the commission previously directed city staff to include in the amendment. ....
The Kansas River rushes over the dam near downtown Lawrence, Thursday afternoon, May 9, 2019. City leaders have decided not to move forward with a contract to make repairs on the Bowersock Dam after the proposal came in around $400,000 more than anticipated. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Mayor Brad Finkeldei opposed, to authorize city staff to advertise a request for proposals for engineering services for the design of the dam rehabilitation. The city previously negotiated a contract with J.F. Brennan Company Inc. and Barr Engineering Co. for the project, but the companies were projecting that it would cost the city $1.9 million instead of the $1.5 million that the city anticipated. ....