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The Unified Government is trying to keep the lights on at the T-Bones stadium, but the Board of Public Utilities says it won’t waive the baseball club’s utility bill. (File photo) by Mary Rupert An effort to waive utility payments that the T-Bones owe the Board of Public Utilities was rejected last week at a BPU board meeting. David Alvey, a BPU member who is running for mayor, made the motion, which passed 5-0, at the BPU meeting to reject the bailout request. According to Alvey, the Unified Government asked the BPU to forgive $172,700 of $314,000 that the T-Bones…

BPU says it won’t waive T-Bones’ utility payments by Mary Rupert An effort to waive utility payments that the T-Bones owe the Board of Public Utilities was rejected last week at a BPU board meeting. David Alvey, a BPU member who is running for mayor, made the motion, which passed 5-0, at the BPU meeting to reject the bailout request. According to Alvey, … Continue reading BPU says it won’t waive T-Bones’ utility payments Welcome to Wyandotte Daily!

The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Public Utilities was recently presented the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association. This national award is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting, and it represents a significant accomplishment by the utility and its management team. The award was presented to Lori Austin, manager of accounting and finance and chief financial officer of BPU, and her entire department, for the utility’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Judged by an impartial panel of experts, the utility’s CAFR demonstrated a “spirit of full disclosure” and…

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities administrative offices will be closed for the winter holidays on Friday, Dec. 25, and on Friday, Jan. 1. Although business offices will be closed on the holidays, emergency service will be available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. For power emergencies, customers may call 913-573-9522. The water emergency number is 913-573-9622 from 8 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, and 913-573-9522 from midnight to 8 a.m. and during weekends and holidays.

The administrative offices and customer service lobby of the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will be closed on Monday, Jan. 17,  in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Although BPU’s business offices are closed on holidays, emergency service is available seven days a week, 24 hours per day. For power emergencies, customers should call 913-573-9522. The water emergency number is 913-573-9622 from 8 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, and 913-573-9522 from midnight to 8 a.m., and during weekends and holidays.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities administrative offices will be closed on Friday, April 10, according to a BPU spokesman. It is a usual annual day off in the BPU schedule of work days. Also, the BPU’s customer service lobby is currently closed because of COVID-19. Some kiosks are open in area grocery stores for walk-in payment of BPU bills. Although BPU’s business offices are closed on holidays, emergency service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. For power emergencies, customers should call 913-573-9522. The water emergency number is 913-573-9622.

The Board of Public Utilities has opened its BPU Community Solar Farm to commercial utility customers. The solar farm has nearly 4,000 photovoltaic solar panels. Commercial customers now will be able to have access to solar energy through the BPU’s solar farm program, that makes it affordable and accessible to everyone, a spokesman stated. Previously, the community solar farm program was available only to residential customers. “We are pleased to now offer BPU commercial customers the option of utilizing renewable solar energy that is produced right here in Wyandotte County,” said Don Gray, general manager of BPU, in a news…

Robert L. Milan Sr., Board of Public Utilities member, took the oath of office for his 1st District position on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Milan was the board secretary. (Photo from BPU) Jeff Bryant, Board of Public Utilities member, took the oath of office Wednesday after being re-elected to his 3rd District position. (Photo from BPU) A new member of the Board of Public Utilities, Rose Mulvany Henry, took the oath of office on Wednesday after being elected to the BPU member-at-large position No. 3. (Photo from BPU) Norm Scott spoke at the installation ceremony Wednesday. Scott is the outgoing BPU…

by William Crum At tonight’s work session the Board of Public Utilities members discussed the implementation of paperless billing. This is where you go online and pay your bill. Currently it is being tested by the employees at the Board of Public Utilities. The board plans to implement paperless billing in July of this year. Another item that was discussed at tonight’s work session was the sale of bonds so the BPU can make capital improvements. Overall it looks very promising that the BPU will be able to sell the bonds on the investment market. At the regular meeting, Greg…

The Board of Public Utilities had one additional COVID-19 case this week, according to a BPU official at the Wednesday night, July 15, BPU meeting. According to Dennis Dumovich, with human resources at BPU, the KCK BPU found out about one additional positive COVID-19 case on Wednesday and had to quarantine four additional people as a result of that positive case. The four who were quarantined were scheduled to be tested on Thursday, and will be under quarantine until they receive the results from their test, he said. The BPU had only three others quarantined at that point, he said.…