City of Wichita

Mayor Lily Wu said a new sales tax vote is not on the horizon, but city leaders will talk during the budget process about how to pay for several of the initiatives the sales tax would have funded.

Residents could vote in March whether to enact a 1 cent city sales tax for the next seven years. The revenue would be directed at public safety, housing and cultural investments.

Wichita residents will get a chance to meet and ask questions of the finalists at a community forum next week at Botanica.

Layton has been serving as Wichita's city manager since 2009.

An analysis by KMUW found the city fined fewer than 200 property owners it took to court between 2019 and 2023 for housing and building code violations.

The new plan removes most references to climate change, greenhouse gases or environmental justice. But many of its goals, outside of the community-wide greenhouse gas reduction target, remain unchanged.

The Multi Agency Center Board Inc. will take over operations of the current emergency winter shelter on April 1, the first step in establishing the multi-agency center.

The plan sets a target of reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from a 2021 baseline within the next 10 years.

The city says nearly 77,000 records, including incident and traffic reports, were breached during the attack.

The for-profit and nonprofit developers will ultimately sell or rent the homes to low-income households.