The Olathe Housing Services Division, formerly located at 201 N. Cherry Street, will relocate to 200 W. Santa Fe beginning November 8. The division will open for business at the new location on Wednesday, November 9. The telephone number remains 913-971-6260. The Housing Services Division is responsible for programs including Taxi Coupon, Housing Authority, Housing Rehabilitation, Community Development Block Grant and Human Relations.

The move is anticipated to improve efficiency and save money as part of a larger City organizational effort. For more information about Housing Services, visit www.olatheks.org/HT/HousingServices.

Due to the unseasonably dry weather conditions, a burn ban was issued for Olathe on Saturday, October 29. The preventive measure excludes grills and recreational activities like fire pits. The ban will be reviewed daily and remain in place until it is lifted by the Olathe Fire Department. Division Chief and Fire Marshal Brad Henson said, “Proactive fire prevention measures such as this are important to helping reduce the community’s risk to fire.”

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Back in August, I voted against the deficit ‘deal’ which raised our debt ceiling to $15 trillion. Instead of tackling Washington’s spending problem, the ‘deal’ struck by President Obama and Congress formed an elite “Super Committee” to secretly meet and write legislation. Instead of passing a solution, Washington passed the buck onto an elite, secretive, bipartisan group of Beltway Insiders. (more…)

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