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Agenda for Fort Scott City Commission On August 1

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NOTICE OF AND AGENDA FOR REGULAR        

MEETING OF FORT SCOTT CITY COMMISSION

CITY HALL COMMISSION ROOM – 123 SOUTH MAIN ST.

August 1, 2023 – 6:00 P.M.

 

  1.   Roll Call:
  2.     VanHoecke       K. Harrington      E. Woellhof        M. Guns         M. Wells
  3.   Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation: 

III.    Approval of Agenda:

  1. Consent Agenda:
  2. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 25, 2023
  3. Approval of Appropriation Ordinance 1341-A — $213,912.62
  4. Request to Pay – Bennett, Inc. via Earles Engineering & Inspection, Inc. – 2022 CDBG Sanitary Sewer Project – Project No. 23-409 (22-306) – Contractor’s Application for Payment No. 3 – $553,602.60
  5. Approval of Drinking Establishment City License Renewal – Pizza Republic – 17 S. Main Street – Bret Holder
  6. Approval of Ordinance No. 3748 – Amending Chapter 10.04 of the Fort Scott Municipal Code to Incorporate Standard Traffic Ordinances for Kansas Cities – 2023 Edition
  7. Approval of Ordinance No. 3749 – Adding Section 10.05 Regulating Public Offenses Within the Corporate Limits of the City of Fort Scott, Kansas; Incorporating by Reference the Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities, 39th Edition, “With Certain Omissions, Changes, and Additions; Prescribing Additional Regulations; and Providing Certain Penalties.

 

  1.    Public Comment:

Sign up required.  Comments on any topic not on agenda and limited to five (5) minutes per person, at Commission’s discretion.

 

  1. Old Business:

 

  1. Approval of the date of September 5, 2023, at 6:00PM for City of Fort Scott Budget Hearing – B. Hart
  2. Consideration of MOU with Bourbon County Health in All Policies Task Force and select a representative – TABLED FROM JULY 25, 2023
  3. Selection of date for Certified Local Government Program (CLG) Work Session in August with Katrina Ringler, Commission and Community

 

VII.    Appearances:

  1. Rob Hansen – Son of American Legion Car & Motorcycle Show:  Saturday, September 16, 2023 – Temporary Street Closure of 3rd Street between Main and National – 8:00AM – 1:00PM

 

VIII.   Public Hearing:  None

 

  1.  New Business: 
  2. Consideration for purchase of fire truck – D. Bruner
  3. Amendment 1 to Brick Street Policy – M. Wells
  4. Consideration of bids for Evergy Infantry Substation Sanitary Sewer Relocation Project – J. Dickman
  5. Consideration to set deadlines for City Commission meeting agenda practice and procedure

 

  1. Reports and Comments:
  2. City Manager Comments:
  3. Engineering Comments:
  4. Commissioners Comments:
  5. VanHoecke –
  6. Harrington –
  7. Woellhof –
  8. Guns –
  9. Wells –

 

  1. City Attorney Comments:

 

  1.  Executive Session:

 

XII.     Adjournment:

Business, Entertainment, Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

What’s Happening in Fort Scott

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What’s Happening in Fort Scott! July 28th Weekly Newsletter

The above photo is of the Farmers’ Market which is held every Tuesday from 4-6pm and Saturday’s from 8am-12pm, located at Skubitz Plaza in front of the Fort!

UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Daily Guided Tours: 10am & 1pm

Special activities all this weekend! See link below.

Visit your National Park!

Trolley Tours of Fort Scott

50-minute narrated historical tour

Every Friday & Saturday on the hour

Fridays 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

Saturdays 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

$6 adults, $4 12 & under, leaves from the Chamber

Click this link: The Artificers

August pottery class/workshop

schedule, a creative space for all ages!

Click here for all the FUN activities at the

Museum of Creativity, something for all ages!

BINGO hosted by the American Legion Post 25 every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month unless it falls on a holiday. Doors open at 6pm and Bingo starts at 7pm at Memorial Hall.

Fort Scott Public Library Summer Schedule has ALOT of fun things to do! Click here to see!

The Lavender Patch Farm will be open many days throughout the month of July, click here for specific hours/dates.

7/28 ~ Otis Nixon Youth Baseball Camp, $20/per participant, ages 7-15, call Steve Anthony at 620.215.2392 for more info!

7/28 ~ Special Olympics Golf Tournament Horse Race, come out and be part of the gallery, starting at 5pm, Woodland Hills Golf Course!

7/28 ~ GRAND OPENING of the Splash pad and Sensory Park! Music, food trucks, and so much fun for all ages, RIBBON CUTTING is at 5:30pm with the opening of the splash pad to follow, Skubitz Plaza, click here for more info!

7/28 ~ Friday Night Concert in the Park will be held at the First United Methodist Church this week for a special Branson Show, concert starts at 6pm, click here for more info!

7/28 ~ Uniontown Live Music Event Featuring Country Singer Rick Hite, Ice Cream Social starting at 6:15pm, music @ 7pm, Uniontown Park, click here for more info!

7/28 ~ Book Signing Meet & Greet at Fort Scott Munitions featuring Jessica Lynch Former POW Iraq 2003, books will be available on site for purchase, starts at 3pm, click here for more info.

7/28 ~ Absolutely Country, Definitely Gospel Faith’s Journey in Concert at First United Methodist Church, 6pm, click here for more info!

7/29 ~ Rumble on the Bricks, family friendly car meet on Skubitz Plaza, all vehicles are welcome, 3pm, click here for more info!

7/29 ~ BBCO Golf Scramble for Special Olympics Kansas, starting at 7am, awards/raffle prizes/ and silent auction will be later in the evening,

click here for more info!

7/31 ~ Sports Physicals and Immunizations at Bourbon County Health Department, call the health department to schedule an appointment time, or click here for more info!

8/2 ~ Mammography Event hosted by Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, no appt or referral needed, 7am-7pm, click here for more info!

8/2 ~ Wednesday Writers at Hedgehog.INK! Bookstore, all are welcome with an interest in writing, 1:30-3pm, click here for more info!

8/3 ~ Chamber Coffee and Ribbon Cutting hosted by Laree + Co, 3 S. National Ave, 8am

8/4 ~ Backroom Art Gallery 1st Friday at Hare & Crow, 118 S. Main, 1-9pm, click here for more info!

8/4 ~ First Friday at the Artificers, 8 N. National, stop by browse art/have light refreshments/enjoy good company, 5-8pm, click here for more info!

8/4-5 ~ Sales Tax Holiday Weekend, customers receive a discount equal to the sales tax of 9.4% on purchase, see flyer below for details.

8/5-6 ~ Woodland Hills City Championship, $65 per person, Men’s (18-50)/36 holes, Women’s/18 holes, Senior 55+/27 holes (completed on Saturday), Juniors 12-17/18 holes, click here for more info!

8/5 ~ Grand Re-opening and Lillian’s 7th Birthday at Laree + Co, enjoy treats/food trucks/door prizes/vendors, 10:30am-3pm, click here for more info!

8/5 ~ First Saturday Story Time at Hedgehog.INK! Bookstore, come enjoy a guest reader and an activity, 2:30-3:30pm, click here for more info!

8/5 ~ End of Summer Craft Creations, River Room, 8am-5pm, click here for more info!

8/5 Keith Meech Benefit, Fort Scott Elks Lodge, 12pm Scottish Doubles Pool Tourn, 3-5pm Pulled Pork Sandwich Meal, 5-6pm Live Auction, click here for flyer.

8/6 ~ Champions Forever Event by Advance Bourbon County, Fort Scott High School, 7-10pm, click here for more info!

8/10 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by Old Fort Genealogical Society, 221 S. National Ave, 8am

8/12 ~ Poverty Paradigm by Core Community of Bourbon County, Tickets are $10, all are welcomed and encouraged to attend, Fort Scott Middle School, click here for more info!

SAVE THE DATE!

8/24 ~ Chamber Coffee and Ribbon Cutting at Structure by Margo, 19 S. National Ave.

8/26 ~ Todd Royce Comedy at Memorial Hall, 7-10pm, click here for more info.

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SHOPPING ~ SUPPORT LOCAL!

Boutiques-Antiques-Flea Markets & more!

Click here for Chamber member

specialty shopping & other retail in

Downtown & other areas of the community.
Fort Scott Area
Chamber of Commerce
620-223-3566
In This Issue

Calendar of Events

Special Event Features

THANK YOU Chamber Champion members!!
Chamber Highlights
Click here for our
Membership Directory.
We THANK our members for their support! Interested in joining the Chamber?
Click here for info.
Thinking of doing business in or relocating to Fort Scott?
Contact us for a relocation packet, information on grants & incentives, and more!
Seeking a job/career?
We post a Job of the Day daily on our Facebook page, distribute a monthly job openings flyer, and post jobs on our website.
Many opportunities available!
Housing needs?
Click here for a listing of our Chamber member realtors.
Click here for our rental listing.

Book Signing with Jessica Lynch Former POW Iraq 2003, Fort Scott Munitions!

Friday Night Concert in the Park

will be held @ First United Methodist Church tonight, July 28th, 6pm!

Click here for info.!

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of the Splash Pad and Sensory Park! Come out and enjoy music, food trucks, and so much fun for ALL ages!

Sports Physicals & Immunizations at Bourbon County Health Department!

Mammography Event hosted by Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas!

Keith Meech Benefit – Pulled Pork Dinner – Live Auction – Raffle!
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Business, Clothing, Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Grand Reopening and Expansion of Laree & Co on August 3

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Sending on behalf of Chamber Member

Laree + Co….

Save the Date!

Join us for a Chamber Coffee & Ribbon Cutting

to celebrate the Grand Reopening & Expansion of

Laree + Co, Downtown Fort Scott!

Thursday, August 3rd, 8am

3 S. National Ave.

PLUS, exclusive access to shop before the

public reopening event on Saturday, August 5th!

*Door Prizes

*Breakfast Charcuterie Board

*Juice & Coffee

Laree + Co is also hiring for a full-time Sales Manager and 2 Sales Reps. If you or anyone you know is interested in these position, they can click here to apply!

Click here for the Laree + Co Storefront Facebook Page!

Click here for the Laree + Co Facebook Page!

Click here for the Laree + Co Community FB Group!

Click here for the Laree + Co website!
Bourbon County, Fort Scott

Bo Co Coalition Agenda for August 2

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We will have our regular General Membership meeting on Wednesday, August 2, in the Conference Room at the Scottview Apartments, 315 S. Scott

Bourbon County Inter-Agency Coalition

General Membership Meeting Agenda

 

August 2, 2023

 

 

  1. Welcome: 

 

 

  1. Member Introductions and Announcements:

 

 

  1. Program:  Narcon training presented by April Jackson.  The September program will be presented by Cynthia Tucker, Community Coordinator for Loving Grace.

 

 

  1. Open Forum:

 

 

  1. Adjournment:  The next General Membership meeting will be September 6.

 

Opinion

Counterfeit Religion by Patty LaRoche

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Patty LaRoche. 2023

Counterfeit religion is not in short supply.  Too many church-goers have been tricked into believing that they are going to Heaven because they do good works or fake behaviors that deceive.  They are in trouble.  There is no relationship with God.  There is no “new creation” after they claim they accepted Jesus into their lives.  There is no fruit blooming as a demonstration to others that they have matured in their walk with the Lord.

Oh, they go through the motions.  They take brownies to an ailing neighbor.  They bow their heads in prayer and are slightly bothered when someone takes God’s name in vain.  They promise to pray for hurting friends and volunteer at the church food bank.  Their Bibles lie open on their coffee tables, and they host prayer groups in their homes.  Still, no heart change exists.  There is no desire to become holy, even though 1 Peter 1:16b makes no bones about it when he repeats what God told the Israelites:  You shall be holy, for I am holy.

Before you decide to throw in the spiritual towel, please know this:   A pretend Christian is not a struggling Christian.  The latter describes every one of us; we all sin and mess up.  (Thank you, Jesus, that I’m not alone in this.)

But notice the clarity of God’s demand.  There is no “consider holiness” or “think about acting holy” or “hope you find holiness before you die.”  No such luck.  God wants more.  You. Shall. Be. Holy…

If you’re like me, you’re squirming.  Wouldn’t it be better if we were told just to “try a little harder” or “be nice” or “figure out a way to make people like you”?  Asking us to be “HOLY” seems a little too much, don’t you think?

Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter what we think.  It matters what God thinks, and that is the goal He has set for each of us.  We must pray for God to help us resist temptation and choose purity, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal areas where we are displeasing our Creator, and study the Bible to know what is expected.

Counterfeit/pretend religion deceives.  It keeps us in acting mode.  We play the part well, while hiding the real us from others.

  • Our Cheshire grins, saved for neighbors or pew-mates, belie the alley-cat fights dominating our homelife.
  • A daily fix of Facebook draws us into quarrels as passions are ignited over differing political opinions or self-righteous, judgmental calls.
  • We belt out “Amazing Grace” from the first row of pews but once inside our car, tune our radios to secular music about sex and booze.
  • We cry out to God when an emergency arises but completely ignore Him once our prayers are answered.

Counterfeit Christians want the most of God with the least effort.  They desire to keep one foot in their daily pleasures and one foot in spiritual considerations.  James 4:4 addresses such a contradiction: Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Our goal needs to be to draw closer to God. But here’s the awesome part—that’s God’s goal too!  He is waiting with open arms for us to ask for His help to make us holy.  We are not left floundering, hoping we get smacked upside our heads with a halo.  All we have to do is ask with a sincere heart, “Heavenly Father, please teach me how to be holy.”  That’s my prayer.  I hope it’s yours too.

 

 

 

Art, Business, Fort Scott

The Artificers In August  

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The Artificers In August

August is almost here! Check out the calendar below for all the

classes and events happening this next Month!
Register for Classes Here!

Summer Review

All of your Favorite master and guest artist are sharing a show this First Friday! Come in during August 4th to have a last chance to see all their work together!

Classes Are Available On The Website!

All of the classes for the rest of the year are up on our website!

Go check them out and get in before everyone else!!
Check out all of our awesome classes here!
Obituary

Obituary of Chester Bower

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Chester “Chet” Eugene Bower, age 79, resident of Fort Scott, KS, died Tuesday morning, July 25, 2023, in his home after battling cancer. He was born on November 6, 1943, to Jesse and June Dunbar Bower.

He graduated from Uniontown High School in 1961, and married Linda Morilla in 1965. He worked the majority of his career in bridge building construction and after retiring, worked in house construction for a few years.

For the last 20 years he has enjoyed gardening and selling produce to the community through the Fort Scott Farmer’s Market.

He was a member of the Community Christian Church.

Throughout the years, he enjoyed coaching baseball, hunting, fishing, camping, playing cards, and spending time with his grandkids.

Survivors include his wife, Linda of the home; his son, Jerod Bower, Devon, KS; his daughter, Belinda Smith (Nathan), La Monte, MO; five grandchildren, Paige Stainbrook, Brenna Bower, Jenna Smith, Ethan
Smith, and Tyler Smith; and one sister, Roberta Rickman.

He was preceded in death by his father, Jesse Bower; his mother, June Dunbar Bower; four sisters, Mabel Bower Green, Margaret Bower Rhodes, and  two infant sisters; and five brothers, Jay Bower, Floyd Bower, Perry Bower, John Bower, and Leroy Bower.

There was cremation.

Rev. Dusty Drake will conduct memorial services at 11:00 AM Saturday, July 29 th , at the Community Christian Church. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until service time at the Church.

Memorials are suggested to Show-Me Christian Youth Home or Community Christian Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS
66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Obituary

Obituary of Naomi (Sweeney) Snow

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Naomi Carol (Sweeney) Snow, age 85, resident of Pittsburg, KS died Wednesday morning, July 26, 1937, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg.  She was born on September 17, 2023, in Deerfield, MO, the daughter of Archie Carl Sweeney and Gertrude G. (Relaford) Sweeney.  She lived in the Kansas City area, Warsaw, Mo, and later Pittsburg, KS.

 

Survivors include her husband Victor J. Snow, Jr.; her children, Donetta “Donita” Schuler, Pleasant Valley, MO, Daniel “Danny” Seeley, Warsaw, MO, Sheila Palmer, Kansas City, KS, and Glendale “Glen” Tippin, Kansas City; her brother, Vernie Sweeney, Kansas City area; her step children Victor Snow III, Vicky Henderson, Mike Snow, and Robert Snow of the Kansas City area; as well as many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family, friends, and a World that loved her.

 

She will be sadly missed by all, leaving a great void in our lives.  All who knew her have no doubt that she has reached her Mansion in the Sky with the Lord.

 

Pastor Danny Brown will conduct services at 10:00 AM Wednesday, August 2nd, at the Cheney Witt Chapel.  Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery, Fort Scott, KS.  In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Naomi Snow Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701.  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Bourbon County, Fort Scott, Sports

Inspirational Basketball Show August 6 at FSHS

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CHAMPIONS FOREVER- Are you ready to be inspired?! They were finalists on America’s Got Talent!! — Bruce, Diane and their family of 12 children have been in 40 countries, using their Spin-tacular Basketball Show to entertain and share a message of HOPE to this generation! They had even been invited to perform for 3 back to back NBA Finals Games. This show is an awesome way to tie up Summer with your family, right here in Fort Scott. Champions Forever will be at Fort Scott High school on Sunday, August 6th at 2:00 p.m. Get your tickets at www.advancebourboncounty.com
Bourbon County, Entertainment, Fort Scott

Friday Night Free Concert: Faith’s Journey

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Faith’s Journey. Submitted photo.

This week’s Friday Night Concert will be a special performance by Faith’s Journey, a trio from Branson, Mo. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. National Ave., which is bringing this concert to the public.

A free-will offering will be accepted.

Faith’s Journey is a ministry of music that performs over 120 dates a year from coast to coast. This ministry is comprised of Jonathan Edwards, MC and baritone for the group; his wife Deana Edwards soprano; and Scott Roberts, tenor and pianist.

Faith’s Journey has ministered on small and large stages across the country singing great traditional gospel music. They have been featured performers at Branson’s Silver Dollar City as well as had their music played on radio stations across the country.

Friday Night Concerts are organized by Ralph Carlson and sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. Sound support is provided by Dave’s Music and Jim Butler.