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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments. Links to content presented in this episode are available on the Kansas City, Mo. Official Government Site at http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/CityManagersOffice/CityCommunications/Channel2/TheWeeklyReport/index.htm.
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Last
year,
voters
approved
a
restructuring
of
city
taxes
and
right
now,
property
owners,
both
commercial
and
residential,
are
seeing
the
first
round
of
lower
taxes,
the
owner
of
a
home,
valued
at
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
a
$15,000
car
will
see
a
$46
decrease
in
KCMO
property
taxes
and
by
eliminating
the
Parkway
traffic
way
in
Boulevard
levies.
The
city's
taxes
are
now
less
confusing
for
property
owners
and
more
efficient
for
the
city
to
administer.
The
Municipal
Court
recently
held
a
ceremony,
honoring
18
graduates
of
its
veteran's
treatment,
court
and
the
drug
court.
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These
courts
provide
treatment
options
as
an
alternative
to
jail
time.
The
veteran's
treatment
court
offers
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
treatments
to
military
veterans
with
depression,
post-traumatic
stress
or
substance
abuse.
The
drug
court
provides
treatments
to
residents
facing
substance
abuse
problems.
We.
B
B
A
The
court
has
found
that
these
therapeutic
justice
approaches
help
reduce
repeat
offenders
while
helping
to
turn
people's
lives
around
the
city's
rich,
no
pacesetter
award,
Review
Board
has
awarded
Kristen
Danner
of
the
General
Services
Department,
with
original
pacesetter
award
as
the
city's
assistant,
corporate
safety
manager,
Danner
helped
coordinate
the
City
Hall's
recent
fire
drill,
thanks
to
Danner's
hard
work
in
an
eye
for
detail.
The
fire
drill
was
a
big
success.
The
pacesetter
award
program
monthly
recognizes
city
employees
who
are
skilled
in
communication,
customer
service
teamwork
and
leadership.
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Hi
I'm
Janet
O'hagan,
with
Kansas
City,
Convention
and
entertainment
facilities.
Here
are
some
events
taking
place
as
city
facilities
that
are
guaranteed
to
brighten
the
winter
gloom
make
plans
now
for
the
annual
New
Year's
Eve
celebration
in
the
beautiful
Grand
Ballroom
at
the
Kansas
City
Convention
Center
enjoy
a
fabulous
dinner
party,
favors
photo
booth,
casino
tables,
character,
artist
and
a
balloon
drop
at
midnight.
The
high
energy
Michael
beers
band
will
get
the
whole
party
dancing.
D
Single
tickets
are
on
sale
at
the
Municipal
Auditorium
box
office
and
party
packages
are
available
at
the
Kansas
City
downtown
Marriott.
Her
reservations
call
eight
one
six
four,
two
one
three
thousand
the
2014
mid-america
RV
show
rolls
into
bartle
hall
from
January
16
through
19.
This
is
the
nation's
largest
consumer
show
dedicated
to
all
things
RV,
including
accessories
resorts
and
travel
destinations.
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Don't
miss
sister
act
at
the
Music
Hall
on
January
21st
through
26,
featuring
original
music
by
8-time
Oscar
winner
Alan
Menken
Sister
Act
tells
the
story
of
Deloris
van
Cartier.
A
wannabe
diva
who's
alive
takes
a
surprising
turn
when
she
witnesses
a
crime.
The
cops
hide
her
in
the
last
place,
where
anyone
would
think
to
look.
A
convent
tickets
are
on
sale
at
ticketmaster.com
and
at
the
Municipal
Auditorium
box
office.
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Take
the
first
step
toward
a
year
of
exciting
outdoor
ventures
and
attend
the
60th
annual
Kansas
City
vote
and
sports
show
on
January
23
to
26.
At
bartle
hall
tickets
are
ten
dollars
with
ages
15
and
under
admitted
free
for
shale
hours
and
more
information
visit,
Kansas
City
sport
show.com
to
learn
more
about
events
taking
place
at
Kansas,
City's
convention
and
entertainment
facilities,
visit
pc
convention,
calm
and
click
on
the
events
calendar
a
call,
816,
513,
5000,.
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F
It
really
is
more
effective
to
give
resources
to
agencies
that
are
organized
coordinated
and
work
directly
with
folks
than
to
hand
it
to
them,
because
one
just
doesn't
know
what,
when
supporting
or
where
that
money
is
actually
going
to
end
up
for
all
of
us
who
receive
support
for
helping
the
homeless
in
our
community.
We're
scrutinized
by
any
number
of
organizations,
both
private
and
public
and
that's
I,
think,
is
what
your
impact
is
so
much
greater
going
through
that
from
it
and
there's
so
many
such
a
diversity
of
organizations
out.
F
A
dollar
five
dollars
is
not
the
solution.
There
are
agencies
that
are
out
feeding
the
hungry
every
night
of
the
week
and
they're
out
in
van,
so
they
go
where
folks
are
out
in
camps.
What
I
see
in
many
emergency
programs
is,
quite
frankly,
people
are
getting
up
to
four
or
five
meals
that
they're
right
now,
I
suppose.
To
being
said,
you
know
why?
Don't
you
get
some
help
for
your
mental
health
issue?
Why
don't
you
get
some
help
for
substance
abuse?
Why
don't
you
find
housing?
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The
entire
day
has
caught
up
in
moving
from
one
free,
the
service
to
another?
Be
that
just
a
bunk
be
that
food,
but
none
of
which
is
that
sustaining
a
service
that
will
lead
someone
to
self
resiliency
and,
frankly,
no
one
knows
if
an
individual
on
the
street
holding
a
sign
is
what
he
or
she
represents
themselves
as
being.
F
We
do
know
quite
frankly
that
there
is
some
trafficking
involved,
that
there
are
individuals
who
take
folks
out,
I'll
drop
them
off
at
a
spot,
pick
them
up
and
then
get
money
from
the
impart
or
kind
of
part
of
the
tank
and
whether
those
folks
still
are
generally
homeless
and
they're.
Just
sharing
that
money,
because
it
getting
the
transportation
to
wealthier
areas
too.
F
Money
I,
don't
know,
but
I
also
know
that
I
see
folks,
who
are
3
300
yards
from
restart
from
Cydia
mission
from
hope,
faith
ministries
who
had
their
signs
were
asking
for
things
and
really
that
is
somebody
who
you
may
or
may
not
be
homeless.
I've
seen
them
teaching
young
people
to
do
that,
and
it
is
counterproductive
and
frankly,
it's
dangerous
for
both
parties.
F
If
you
encourage
people
to
come
to
you
and
take
something
from
the
car,
you
are
then
giving
kind
of
a
commitment
that
anybody
who
hands
you
something
from
a
car
is
going
to
be
helpful,
as
opposed
to
trying
to
hurt
you
and
Frank
frankly
for
women
for
members
of
the
LGBT
community
for
younger
people
we're
putting
them
at
risk.
There
is
one
way
to
solve
homelessness
and
it's
being
verified
throughout
the
nation,
and
that
is
to
get
people
into
housing
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
it
is
not
to
hand
things
out
to
them.
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E
C
Hi
I'm
Floyd
people's
I'm,
the
fire
marshal
for
the
Kansas,
City,
Fire,
Department
and
I'm
here
today
to
talk
to
you
about
candle
safety
in
the
home
number.
One
thing
to
remember
with
candles
is
to
never
leave
them
unattended,
always
make
sure
that
somebody
is
in
the
room
where
there's
a
candle
burning,
because
it
is
an
open
flame
number
to
make
sure
it's
in
an
appropriate
container.
That
way,
you
don't
have
an
open
flame
that
can
actually
have
something
touch
it
really
easily.
C
Thirdly,
remember
a
candle
is
unattended
if
you
have
fallen
asleep,
so
if
you're,
in
a
room
where
you're
going
to
sleep
and
you
have
a
candle,
make
sure
that
candles
out
before
you
go
to
sleep
and
then
the
fourth
thing,
if
you
can
use
a
tea
light,
that's
actually
a
battery-operated
light
as
an
alternative
to
an
open
flame,
a
candle,
that's
even
more
preferable
for
safety
from
the
Kansas
City
Fire
Department
have
a
safe
and
happy
holiday
season.
Thank
you
in.
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In
addition,
the
week
following
Christmas
is
a
no-tag
period
for
trash
collection
in
the
city.
During
this
period,
residents
may
set
out
up
to
15
bags
or
500
pounds
of
trash
without
tags.
Nonprofit
organizations
that
host
cultural,
social,
historic,
educational
or
recreational
activities
may
apply
for
a
grant
from
the
city's
neighborhood
Tourist
Development
Fund.
This
fund
is
now
accepting
grant
applications
for
activities
taking
place
in
March
and
April
of
2014.
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Applications
must
be
received
by
january
fifteenth
for
details,
go
to
KCMO,
org,
slash
n
tdf
or
call
816
513
4505
for
more
information
about
this
or
any
of
today's
stories.
Please
log
on
to
KCMO
org,
just
scroll
down
to
the
bottom
right
hand,
corner
and
click
on
the
weekly
report
that
does
for
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.
I'm
Chris
Hernandez
have
a
great
week.