The Hutchinson City Council may take up an ordinance banning conversion therapy within the city if it involves minors.
Councilwoman Jade Piros de Carvalho said she was approached by a member of the Hutchinson Youth Council asking that the city take a look at the issue and she wondered if the council would consider it.
Conversion therapy is an attempt to change the sexual orientation of an individual who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ).
It usually targets youth, Piros de Carvalho said.
The Lawrence City Commission banned the practice in April and the city of Roeland Park did so last summer.
Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on May 3, 2016.
In their first discussion of the city’s 2022 budget, city leaders said they would like to keep the property tax rate flat and were interested in ways to mitigate the city’s rising utility rates.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed 2021 revenue projections and directed staff regarding key policy questions that will affect the 2022 budget. Commissioners agreed that they did not want to increase the city’s property tax rate as part of the budget.
“I definitely want to leave the mill levy flat,” Mayor Brad Finkeldei said. “I think that’s a starting point.”
Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., Thursday, July 7, 2016
City leaders will soon receive an update on revenue projections for this year and begin discussions regarding their priorities for the upcoming 2022 budget.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive 2021 revenue projections on the city’s major revenue sources and direct staff regarding five key policy questions that will affect the 2022 budget.
Partially because of financial uncertainty associated with the coronavirus pandemic, the commission approved a “placeholder” budget for 2021 with the expectation of making quarterly budget adjustments throughout the year. As part of the meeting, city staff will update the commission on revenue projects for the city’s major sources of revenue, such as property taxes and sales taxes, as well as other revenue streams that have been affected by the pandemic.
Lawrence City Commissioner Stuart Boley is pictured Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 outside City Hall in downtown Lawrence.
Commissioner Stuart Boley has filed for reelection to the Lawrence City Commission.
Boley, who is a retired auditor with the Internal Revenue Service, was elected to the commission in 2015 and served as mayor in 2018.
Regarding why he wants to continue his service on the commission, Boley said that with the commission’s new strategic plan and priority based budgeting process, he thinks the commission is making progress in providing excellent city services to Lawrence residents at a reasonable cost. He said he would like to continue that work.