McPherson to weigh e-scooter rules at Tuesday study session
County commissioners meet Monday on a Health Department debt write-off and an appraiser's furniture request
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Sign up freeRiders 16 and older would be barred from most McPherson sidewalks and younger riders would need helmets under an electric-scooter ordinance city commissioners are set to take up at a study session Tuesday, Oct. 6. The study session follows the commission's regular 8:30 a.m. meeting.
The draft, Ordinance No. 3471, would cap scooter speeds at 15 mph, give pedestrians the right-of-way and bar riders of any age from sidewalks in the central business district. Riders could not use streets with speed limits of 35 mph or more unless they are in a marked bike lane. Police Chief Mikel Golden's agenda summary says the department has seen many close calls and a few falls and wants the rules to be mainly educational.
At the regular meeting, in the Commission Room, commissioners are set to consider up to $22,135.35 to Auto House Truck Repair for engine and hydraulic repairs on fire Ladder 10 and up to $18,845 to renew the police department's Cellebrite contract. That agenda also includes Resolution No. 26-14, a policy on multiple-occupancy private spaces in city-owned or city-leased buildings that the city says complies with Kansas Senate Bill 244.
McPherson County commissioners meet separately at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at the McPherson County Building, 200 N. Maple. They are set to consider a request from the Health Department, led by Director Shalei Shea, to write off $603.41 in uncollectible third-quarter debt, and a request from County Appraiser Stacy Hubbard for office furniture quoted at $3,881.69.
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