About Wellsville, KS
Established in 1884, Wellsville, Kansas is a community located in the heartland of the nation. Less than an hour from Kansas City, it offers both a simple small town environment and close proximity to the city. With a focus on Midwest values and small town charm, Wellsville offers you everything you need to raise a family or start a business. Learn more.
City News
Notice: Sidewalk and Street Work
On May 26th the sidewalk to Dollar General will be taken out due to the new 6th street project. The signal lights will remain most of July and then will be taken out and put back sometime in August. The crosswalk will not change, just note the signal light will not be there.
Water Rate Increase
There will be a water (only) increase, the sewer rate will NOT increase at this time. The base rate will be $15.00 and increase from $10.50 for those with 0 usage. The total of the new rate is expected to increase the monthly utility bill for a typical single-family home by an average range of $21.50 per water bill for usage of 5,000 gallons of water. Operating costs have increased due to the price of supplies and materials and the treatment costs passed down from the City of Baldwin and Lawrence.
The Council is committed to managing those costs and staying efficient while upholding the town’s commitment to a sustainable future.
The City has not had a rate increase since 2016, the last increase given by Baldwin the city absorbed.
Utility bills are always due on the 15th of each month and we do have an online bill pay system. You may register at https://www.paymentservicenetwork.com/Login.aspx?acc=RT23198.
City Council and Mayor Openings
There will be 2 positions open for City Council and the Mayor’s position, these are 4 year terms. Any person desiring to be a candidate for city office must file a declaration of intent to become a candidate with the county election officer on or before 12:00 p.m. June 1. In addition to the declaration of intent to become a candidate, each candidate for election at large must also deliver to the county election officer a filing fee of $20.00
City Wide Garage Sales will be June 9th and 10th!
If you would like to have your garage sale advertised in the booklet bring a list of those items you want advertised, your address, the times and dates of the garage sale and $5.00 to City Hall by June 7th. The booklets are free of charge to the public!!
NO PLASTIC BAGS FOR RECYCLABLES
Please do NOT use plastic bags when putting your recyclables in the container.
WHERE TO TAKE YARD WASTE
There is a dumpster at the City lot for branches and yard waste only.
2023 DOG TAGS DUE
Copy of current rabies vaccination is needed.
Unsexed dogs – $5.00
Sexed dogs – $10.00
The City of Wellsville has a job opening for a
Public Works Laborer II.
UTV TAG RENEWAL IS DUE OCT 1ST AT CITY HALL
UTV Equipment Checklist
(please refer to Ordinance 913 for further operating guidelines)
NOTICE: NO PLASTIC BAGS WITH RECYCLABLES
Attn: Ottawa Sanitation has informed us that recycling CANNOT be in Wal-Mart bags or trash bags per the recycling company due to the fact that their machine cannot process them. We were informed the recycling company may stop our recycling service if this keeps happening. This includes the recycling bin at the Public Works Department. Please dump all recycling from the bags into the container and keep the bags. DO NOT put the bags in the container. Thank you for your help with this matter!
NOTICE: DO NOT FLUSH WIPES
You may have seen all the ads on TV lately for “flush able” wipes. Well, it turns out that isn’t exactly the right word to use. That’s because, like a lot of other items would, they’ll flush but they don’t ever dissolve. The Public Works Department says these wipes don’t break down in water, so their treatment plant has to use equipment to pull plastic, wipes (even flush able) rubber gloves, rags, or paper towels out because our sewer system is not designed to handle these items, sometimes their equipment gets clogged or broken by all the wipes and other trash.
Please make sure to set your trash out by 6:00 A.M. on your trash day’s to ensure pickup.
NOTICE: CITY NO LONGER ACCEPTING LEAVES, BRUSH AND YARD DEBRIS
As of December 12th, 2019 the City will no longer be accepting leaves, brush, and yard debris at the City lot. We have had numerous complaints regarding smoke and blowing ash from residents who live nearby that location. That along with the illegal dumping in the brush pile has moved council to ban dumping altogether.
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