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In Edwardsville, Webb said he would like the city to focus on more long-range planning for the
next three to five years. “We need to discuss items such as supporting our parks through a sales
tax and implementing our new street plan,” Webb said. The city also should hire its first new
public works manager this year. He said specific projects in 2013 will include a rewrite of the
city’s zoning ordinance, paving roads and hopefully a few other capital projects.
In economic development, Webb said the city hopes the Jones Development site on Woodend
Road will find tenants to build on the site. Xpedx’s plans to build a 280,000 square-foot
distribution facility in the Edwardsville Industrial Park also likely will move forward. The big
topic of discussion lingering from 2012 for Edwardsville will be securing a contract for the city’s
ambulance service, whether that is with the Kansas City Kansas Fire Department or some other
entity.
Of course, both cities have the potential to see some big changes in this April’s city elections, in
which each city will consider candidates for mayor and city council. Bonner Springs is
guaranteed one big change: for the first time in 10 years, Clausie Smith will not be the mayor.
Current city council members Jeff Harrington and Jack Knight have announced their intentions
to run for mayor.
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