October News
The Baldwin Beacon, Vol. 38, October 14th, 2024
Council Meetings and Municipal Court Move to New Permanent Location
With the new Community Center opening at 712 Chapel Street, Council Meetings will now be held in a room specially designed for board meetings and forums, beginning with the October 1st Council Meeting.
A raised dais, smart mics and cameras, and large screens for the audience to view Council agendas and documents are a few of the amenities the Community will enjoy in the new location. The space is equipped with sound dampening panels to control echoes and will allow a more professional livestream for virtual audiences.
City Council has met in the Library’s Activity Room for many years, and the City is grateful to the Library for the years of gracious hosting, and also grateful to be able to return the room to the Library’s control for event programming and rental scheduling.
The Recreation Commission offices have relocated to the Community Center beginning October 1 as well, from their former office at 705 High Street. Programming, scheduling, and rentals for the building will all be handled by the Recreation Commission. For more information or to schedule, you may visit baldwinrec.org.
Municipal Court will be held at the Community Center, beginning November 7th. If you have a court date coming up and have any questions regarding where to appear, please direct your questions to the Court Clerk at 785-594-6427.
October 19 & 20: Maple Leaf Festival!
October is Maple Leaf Festival month in Baldwin City. It's right around the corner, October 19 & 20 to be precise. It's a good time, a busy time, sometimes a stressful time. We need to take this opportunity to remind you that pets are not allowed at the Maple Leaf Festival, per city ordinance.
Come down and get your Christmas shopping done, grab a soup mix or 5, take the kids to the bouncy houses and kids' zone, and get your turkey drumsticks and cider donuts. But only you and your human companions, not Fido. We love our pets too, but they are not allowed at the Maple Leaf Festival. Please don't bring them. Thank you very much and happy Festival month.
Celebrating Public Power Week
Baldwin City Electric Utility celebrated Public Power Week October 6-12, along with 2,000 other public power companies that collectively provide electricity to 54 million Americans across 49 states and five territories.
Baldwin City employees take a tremendous amount of pride in the service they provide to their resident customers. They go to work each day with a sharp focus on their customers. Since they operate right here in Baldwin and serve friends and neighbors, they care a great deal about things like customer service, helping folks save energy and money, and providing the most reliable service possible.
Today, Baldwin City Electric has eight employees, two power plants, a solar field, and a substation -- with a second substation coming in 2025 -- that serve our community.
One community-minded aspect of public power is the mutual aid shared among public power utilities across America. In the event of an emergency, public power employees may be deployed wherever they are needed to help restore power to communities suffering damage and power loss.
Two Baldwin City Electric employees were deployed to join twenty-four other public power employees from Kansas in Orlando, Florida to help restore power as quickly as possible from damage expected from Hurricane Milton. As the damage was less than expected, Zach Grabbe and Tyler Mitchell returned to Kansas, but we still thank them for their willingness to work in difficult conditions to help those affected by this storm.
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