2005 City Commission Meeting Schedule

2005 City Commission Meeting Schedule

April 2005

April 21: Public Incentives Review Committee (PIRC) – 4:00 p.m., City Commission Room, City Hall, 6 E. 6^th Street.

April 22: First Annual Imagination & Place Business Environmental Award Ceremony – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center – Main Lobby, 940 New Hampshire.

April 27: Study Session – New Commission Goals & 2006 Budget Review, City Commission Room, City Hall, 6 E. 6^th Street

April 29: Leadership Celebration Breakfast, sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce – 7:30 a.m., Maceli’s Catering, 1031 New Hampshire Street.

April 29: RIBBON CUTTING: 11:30 a.m. –Lawrence Home Builders Association, Parade of Homes. Location: to be determined. Commissioner Hack presiding.

May 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3 RIBBON CUTTING – Schauner City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	4	5	6 RIBBON CUTTING – Rundle	7
8	9 CHAT Meeting	10 CHAT Meeting City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	11 CHAT Meeting	12 RIBBON CUTTING – Amyx	13	14
15	16 CC mtgs w/dept heads on budget	17 CC mtgs w/dept heads on budget City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	18 Study Session – Quarterly Update and 2006 Budget review CC mtgs w/dept heads on budget RIBBON CUTTING – Highberger	19	20	21
22	23	24 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	25 RIBBON CUTTING – Hack	26	27	28
29	30 City offices closed – Memorial Day	31 City Commission meeting canceled

May 3: RIBBON CUTTING: 4:30 p.m. – American Express Financial Advisors, 1321 Wakarusa Drive, #2000. Commissioner Schauner presiding.

May 6: RIBBON CUTTING: 4:30 p.m. – Hair Experts Salon & Spa, 2100 W. 25^th Street, #B. Commissioner Rundle presiding.

May 9 - 11: CHAT meetings. Details to be announced.

May 12: RIBBON CUTTING: 11:30 a.m. – Tastefully Simple – Carol Hayden, 734 Vermont, #101 – Chamber offices. Commissioner Amyx presiding.

May 16: Commission budget meetings with department heads regarding 2006 budget requests. Location: City Commission Room.

2:00 – Library

2:20 – Administrative Services

2:40 – Planning

3:00 – Neighborhood Resources

3:20 – Legal Services

May 17: Commission budget meetings with department heads regarding 2006 budget requests. Location: City Commission Room.

2:00 – Public Transit

2:20 – Fire/Medical

2:40 – Human Relations

3:00 – Finance

3:20 – Public Works

3:40 – Public Health

May 18: Study Session, 8:00 a.m., City Commission Room, First Floor, City Hall.

Topics: 8:00 a.m. - meet with County Commission regarding annexation policy

9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – City Commission meets with department heads regarding 2006 budget requests

10:30 – City Commission meets to discuss:

2006 operating budget/multi-year CIP/debt review

Receive committee recommendations and provide direction on Contractual Agency allocations

May 18: RIBBON CUTTING: 11:30 a.m. – Schmidt Design Group, 4621 W. 6^th Street, #C. Mayor Highberger presiding.

May 25: RIBBON CUTTING: 11:30 a.m. – Central National Bank, 800 Massachusetts. Mayor Highberger presiding.

May 30: City offices closed in observance of Memorial Day

May 31: City Commission meeting canceled – fifth Tuesday

June 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4 Rotary Arboretum Dedication
5	6	7 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	8 STUDY SESSION – Review multi-year CIP budget & provide direction on operating budget	9	10	11
12	13	14 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	15	16	17	18
19	20	21 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	22	23	24	25
26	27	28 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	29 Study Session – 2006 City Manager recommended budget	30

June 4: Formal dedication of the Rotary Arboretum, 10:00 a.m.

June 8: Study Session – Review Multi-year CIP Budget and provide direction on operating budget, 9:30 a.m., City Commission Room, City Hall, 6 E. 6^th Street.

June 29: Study Session – 2006 City Manager Recommended Budget, 9:00 a.m. City Commission Room, City Hall, 6 E. 6^th Street

July 2005

July 5: City offices closed in observance of Independence Day

July 13: Study Session – 2006 Budget, City Commission Room, City Hall, 6 E. 6^th Street

July 27: Available Study Session date.

August 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	3	4	5	6
7	8	9 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	10 Available Study Session Date	11	12	13
14	15	16 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	17	18	19	20
21	22	23 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	24 Study Session – Quarterly Update	25	26 Lawrence School Foundation Breakfast	27
28	29	30 City Commission Meeting canceled	31

August 10: Available Study Session date. (Planning Commission has a mid month meeting at 7:30 on the second Wednesday of each month. Time of study session would need to be adjusted.)

August 24: Study Session – Quarterly update, City Commission Room, City Hall, 6 E. 6^th Street

August 26: Lawrence School Foundation Breakfast, Holiday Inn – more details to be announced at a later date.

August 30: City Commission meeting canceled – Fifth Tuesday

September 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
4	5 City offices closed – Labor Day	6 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	7	8	9	10
11	12	13 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	14 Available Study Session Date	15	16	17
18	19	20 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	21	22	23	24
25	26	27 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	28 Available Study Session Date	29	30

September 5: City offices closed in observance of Labor Day

September 14: Available Study Session date. (Planning Commission has a mid month meeting at 7:30 on the second Wednesday of each month. Time of study session would need to be adjusted.)

September 28: Available Study Session date

October 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3	4 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	5	6	7	8 LKM Annual Meeting
9 LKM Annual Meeting	10 LKM Annual Meeting	11 LKM Annual Meeting City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	12 Available Study Session Date	13	14	15
16	17	18 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	19	20	21	22
23	24	25 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	26 Available Study Session Date	27	28	29
30 Halloween	31

October 8 – 11: League of Kansas Municipalities Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS

October 12: Available Study Session date. (Planning Commission has a mid month meeting at 7:30 on the second Wednesday of each month. Time of study session would need to be adjusted.)

October 26: Available Study Session date

November 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	2	3	4	5
6	7	8 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	9 Available Study Session Date	10	11	12
13	14	15 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	16	17	18	19
20	21	22 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	23	24 City offices closed – Thanksgiving Holiday	25 City offices closed – Thanksgiving Holiday	26
27	28	29 City Commission	30 Study Session – Quarterly Update

November 9: Available Study Session date

November 24 & 25: City offices closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday

November 29: City commission meeting canceled – Fifth Tuesday

November 30: Study Session – Quarterly update

December 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
4	5	6 NLC Congress of Cities City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	7 NLC Congress of Cities	8 NLC Congress of Cities	9 NLC Congress of Cities	10 NLC Congress of Cities
11	12	13 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	14 Available Study Session Date	15	16	17
18	19	20 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	21	22	23	24
25 Christmas Day	26 City offices closed – Christmas Holiday	27 City Commission Meeting – 6:35 p.m.	28	29	30	31

December 6 – 10: National League of Cities Congress of Cities Conference, Charlotte, NC

December 14: Available Study Session

December 26: City offices closed in observance of the Christmas Holiday