The attached 2024 Budget is not the final 2024 Budget. This is the proposed budget to exceed the City’s Revenue Neutral Rate while still adjusting the budget that will be finalized prior to October 1st.

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Please donate your grain to 202 on Washington during the 2023 Bushels Build Dreams fundraiser campaign.

The previous 2020 and 2021 donations were successful and raised $7,400.00 to help restore the original historical ceiling in the Hardt Gallery. All donations this year will be designated to replace the acoustical ceiling for the developing community event center in the 202 building.

Here’s how to donate:

·      Deliver grain to a local elevator in the name of Cheyenne Center for Creativity (CC4C), 501(c)(3).

·      The gift should be from unsold crop inventory (not warehouse receipts) with no sale or pricing commitment made prior to the gift.

·      The elevator will notify CC4C of your gift.

·      CC4C will provide you with a receipt for your gift. In lieu of a tax deduction, you will not have to declare this amount of grain as income to your farming operation.

·      Grain donations can also be applied to the CSP Tax Credits awarded to CC4C by the Department of Commerce.

·      Always consult with your tax advisor to determine whether this gift is appropriate for your tax situation.

Are you looking to purchase land in St. Francis, KS? If so, the City is accepting sealed bids for the property at 520 E. Fourth St. Below is information about the property and the bid process and requirements.

The City of St. Francis is accepting closed bids until August 14th, 2023, at 5:00 pm to purchase the property located at 520 East Fourth Street. The legal description of the property is as follows: Lots Thirty-four (34) and Thirty-five (35) in Block Seventeen (17) in the Park Hill Addition to the City of St. Francis, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.  The proposed bid must include razing of the current structure and basement. For additional details contact City Superintendent Dan Blair at 785-332-4045 or City Hall at 785-332-3142. The bids will be opened during the August 14th Regular City Council Meeting.

Advertisement for bid has also been requested to be published in the Saint Francis Herald & Bird City Times for the July 12th and July 19th publications.

The Council would like to remind everyone of the City Ordinance regarding the snow and ice through the winter. Please be mindful of where you are putting your snow.

CHAPTER 13 ARTICLE 4 – SNOW AND ICE
13-401 SNOW AND ICE TO BE REMOVED- (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner and/or the occupant of any lots abutting upon any sidewalks to fail to cause to be removed from such sidewalks all snow and ice within 12 hours from the time that the snow fall or ice storm ceases. If the snow falls or ice accumulates upon the sidewalks in the nighttime, removal of same must be made within 12 hours after sunrise on the following day.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place snow removed from private property upon any public street, alley or sidewalk.
(Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)
13-402 SAME: EXCEPTION; ALTERNATE REMEDY- Where there shall be ice or compacted snow on any such sidewalk of such a character as to make it practically impossible to remove the same, the sprinkling of ashes, sand or other noncorrosive chemicals on the accumulation of ice or snow in such a manner as to make such sidewalk reasonably safe for pedestrian travel shall be deemed a sufficient compliance with the provisions of this ordinance until the ice or snow can be removed.
(Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)
13-403 SAME; PENALTY- That any person violating the provisions of Section 13-401 shall, upon conviction, be fined $25.
(Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)
13-404 REMOVAL MAY BE MADE BY CITY- If any owner or occupant of any lot or lots shall refuse or neglect to clean or remove from the sidewalk abutting the lot or lots all snow and ice within the time specified, the city may cause such snow and ice to be removed from sidewalks and the cost thereof shall be assessed against such abutting lot or lots, and the city clerk shall certify the same to the county clerk for collection as provided by law.
(Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)
13-405 COSTS ON TAX ROLLS- The city clerk shall, at the time of certifying other city taxes to the county clerk, certify the unpaid costs for removal of snow or ice performed under the authority of Section 13-404 and the county clerk shall extend the same on the tax roll of the county against the lot or parcel of ground. The cost of such work shall be paid from the general fund or other proper fund of the city, and such fund shall be reimbursed when payments therefor are received or when such assessments are collected and received by the city.
(Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)

Thank you to all of Cheyenne County for a successful Match Month.