Public Notices

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, June 2, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Development

City of Wilson Street Project: Notice of Finding
of No Significant Impact

AGENCY:  Rural Housing Service, USDA

ACTION:  Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) has made a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with respect to a request for possible financing assistance to the City of Wilson for the construction of the City of Wilson Street Project in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain copies of the EA and FONSI, or for further information, contact:  David Barber, Area Loan Specialist, USDA Rural Development, (785)628-3081, david.barber@ks.usda.gov.  The EA and FONSI are also available for public review at USDA Rural Development, 2715 Canterbury Drive, Hays, KS 67601

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 26, 2016)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF ELLSWORTH BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Dear Property Owner:
The City of Ellsworth Board of Zoning Appeals will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday June 15, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 121 W. 1st Street, Ellsworth, Kansas to consider granting a Rezoning Change Request from Residential – 1 (R-1) District to Industrial -1 (I-1) District; for the purpose of expanding the Industrial  Zoning to include property currently zoned Residential.
A site location map and proposed lot layout is included with this notice.
Applicant: Ryan Webber dba Jaywalk Enterprises, LLC
The property Rezoning Request being considered is described as follows:

Legal Description: 1403 Fairbanks
1. Minnick’s 2nd Addition, Beginning SW Corner of Block

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 26, 2016)

NOTICE OF DATES AND PLACES
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
ELLSWORTH COUNTY
PRIMARY ELECTION
August 2, 2016

In compliance with the provisions of K. S. A. 25-2310, notice is hereby given that the books for registration of voters for the PRIMARY ELECTION will be open at the following places during their regular hours as specified at their place of business.

    Ellsworth City    County Clerk’s Office
                    
At 5:00 p.m. on the 12th day of July 2016, the books for registration will close and will remain closed until the 3rd day of August 2016.
A citizen of the United States who is eighteen (18) years of age and upward, or who will have attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the next election, must register before he or she can vote. Registration closes twenty-one (21) days prior to every election.

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 19, 2016)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF ELLSWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS
(Pursuant to Chapter 59 of K.S.A.)

In the Matter of the Estate
of        Case No. 2016-PR-17
Viola K. Besthorn, Deceased

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on May 12, 2016, a Petition was filed in this Court by Henry P. Burmeister, devisee, legatee, and Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Viola K. Besthorn, deceased, dated September 5, 2013, requesting that the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and record as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent and that Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act be issued to the Executor to serve without bond.

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 19, 2016)

NOTICE

Ellsworth Service Center has three vehicles which have been towed, impounded or abandoned and must sell for cash after the third printing of this ad.
They are 08/1998 Pontiac Sunfire, Green, VIN 1G2JB5246X75O2223 with Kansas plates; a Zieman trailer, VIN ZA65540; and a 1993 Ford Ranger, VIN
1FTCR14X2PPA17819.

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(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/Reporter, May 19, 2016)

Resolution No. 2016-R-07

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION
IN RURAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE STUDENT LOAN
REPAYMENT PROGRAM

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ELLSWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS,
Section 1. Pursuant to K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 74-50,223, the Board of County Commissioners expressed its intent to participate in the Rural Opportunity Zone (ROZ) student loan repayment program.
Section 2. Ellsworth County has designated a Rural Opportunity Zone pursuant to K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 74-50,222.
Section 3. Ellsworth County Commissioners herby obligate Ellsworth County to participate in the ROZ student loan repayment program as provided by K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 74-50,223 for a period of five years, which shall be irrevocable.

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 12, 2016)

State of Kansas, Ellsworth County, City of Lorraine:

ORDINANCE NO. 247

BEING ON ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE REGULAR MEETING TIME AND PLACE FOR THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LORRAINE, KANSAS; AND AMENDING SECTION 1-203(a) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF LORRAINE.


Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Lorraine, Kansas:
CHAPTER I. ADMINISTRATION
Section 1-203(a). GOVERNING BODY; MEETINGS

of the Code of the City of Lorraine is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit:

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 12, 2016)

H&B Communications Statement

STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION

H&B Communications, Inc. is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the US Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1973, as amended, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended , and the rules and regulations of the US Department of Agriculture which provides that no person in the United States on the basis of race, color, national origin, age or handicap shall be excluded from participation in, admission or access to, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination under any of this organization’s programs or activities.

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter, May 5, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE ANNOUNCING THE AVAILABILITY
OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Development

City of Wilson: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
Agency:  Rural Housing Service, USDA
Action: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment