Platte County employees slated for 1.5% pay increase
A 1.5% pay raise for all county workers. That is what is included in the 2015 Platte County budget proposed ...
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One county worker getting pay increase
Platte County Commission’s 2014 proposed budget has some contrasting differences from the budget recommended by the county auditor. In its ...
Golf course, anyone? County seeking offers
Golf course, anyone? County seeking offersby Valerie Verkamp Landmark assistant editor The Platte County Commission is soliciting requests for proposals ...
Obama speaks in KC, stops in Parkville
For the second time in less than a year, President Barack Obama arrived in the Kansas City area intent on ...
Schieber rolls plunkett
Armstrong Beats Boyer Ron Schieber Rolls Jim Plunkett In Commission Race Ron Schieber was a comfortable winner in a three-way ...
County budget brings disagreement
After much discussion, the Platte County Commission passed the county’s 2014 budget on a split vote. During the Platte County ...
Parkville trying to fix its technology woes
Parkville's technology woes could be a thing of the past after the board of aldermen approved an agreement with eNet, ...
City of Parkville feels let down in new park plan
Parkville Alderman: ‘I feel kind of ripped off after voting for the (park) sales tax’ This isn't what they were ...
County golf course lost $333k in 2012
Shiloh Springs, the golf course owned by county taxpayers and operated by the Platte County Parks and Recreation Department, presented ...
Spring clean-up set by county public works dept.
Spring clean-up set by county public works dept. The Platte County Public Works Department will be sponsoring a county-wide clean-up ...
Parkville’s use tax proposal goes down to defeat
arkville’s use tax proposal, which city leaders said would have brought in about $38,000 in tax paid on out of ...
County will add four employees
A 2013 budget that has raises for all county employees and outlines plans to employ four additional workers was approved ...
Pay hike of five percent suggested at county
In the eyes of Kevin Robinson, Platte County auditor, five years without a pay raise for county employees has been ...
Dusenbery’s push to cut tax levy by 1 cent fails
On a split vote, the Platte County Commission voted to keep the county’s property tax levy at one cent per ...
Platte City board votes in favor of tax increase
On a split vote of 4-2, Platte City Board of Aldermen voted to increase its property tax rate by five ...
County pays $8,800 to get out of annex
The Platte County Commission's decision to close the Annex Center in Platte Woods resulted in an $8,827 cost to the ...
Auditor: County budget philosophy not sustainable
Merely 20 days following the approval of the 2012 budget, the commission approved about a dozen amendments and transfers to ...
Zahnd proposes solution to county budget woes
After the county commission proposed a budget that he says included “draconian cuts,” the Platte County prosecutor presented a possible ...
No pay hike for county officials
There will be no raise in pay for county officeholders who are elected in November 2012. And it seems fairly ...
Zoo tax issue on Platte County ballot
A court challenge may lie ahead, but as of now the Kansas City Zoological District 1/8 cent sales tax issue ...
