The City of Kansas City, Missouri, Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department will host its second 2014 quarterly Neighborhood Leaders Roundtable at the Southeast Community Center, 4201 E. 63rd St., on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 6-7:30 p.m. Free parking is available.
The purpose of the meeting is to:
- Provide a forum that encourages collaboration and the sharing of ideas
- Improve neighborhood livability
- Enhance public awareness of existing City services and programs
- Offer neighborhood leaders an opportunity to talk with City staff
The meeting will include presentations from the Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department on Land Bank properties and the receivership program, plus a presentation from Legal Aid of Western Missouri on how neighborhood associations can sue negligent homeowners of vacant and blighted properties.
Residents with additional questions may contact Tiffany Drummer, Neighborhoods and Housing Services, at 816-513-4504.
Any person with a disability who desires reasonable accommodation to attend this meeting may contact the City's 311 Call Center at 311 or 816-513-1313, or for TTY, 816-513-1889, or by email at actioncenter@kcmo.org.
The City of Kansas City, Missouri, invites residents to take advantage of a three-day sales tax holiday from Friday, Aug. 1 through Sunday, Aug. 3. During this time, shoppers who purchase certain items of clothing, shoes, school supplies and computers in Kansas City, Missouri, stores will not have to pay any sales tax.To help reduce costs for families getting ready for the new school year, the following retail purchases will be exempt from respective sales taxes during the 2014 Back to School Sales Tax Holiday:- Articles of clothing, shoes and cloth or other materials used to make school uniforms or other school clothing with a taxable value of $100 or less.- School supplies not to exceed $50 per purchase. School supplies include any item normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes, such as textbooks, notebooks, paper, writing instruments, crayons, art supplies, rulers, book bags, backpacks, handheld calculators, chalk, maps and globes.- Personal computers with taxable value of $3,500 or less- Computer software items with taxable value of $350 or less- Computer peripheral devices not to exceed $3,500Some items will not be exempt from sales tax. These include watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands, belt buckles, radios, CD players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable or desktop phones, copiers or other office equipment, and furniture and fixtures for homes, apartments, dorms or other residences.For more information about the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday, visit http://www.dor.mo.gov/tax/business/sales/taxholiday/. Click on Back To School Sales Tax Holiday.
