Overland Park

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.opkansas.gov (City of Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas)
• Agendas, packets and summaries of actions: the City's CivicWeb portal, https://opkansas.civicweb.net. One meeting page per meeting.
• Meeting video: Swagit, https://overlandparkks.new.swagit.com, the City's video site (not YouTube). Video pages carry captions: not-on-youtube: no caption transcripts are available. The City's YouTube channel carries general City videos, not meeting recordings.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor Curt Skoog; City Manager Lori Curtis Luther. City Council of 12 members, two for each of six wards, staggered four-year terms; regular meetings are normally the first and third Monday at 7:30 PM in the Council Chamber, 8500 Santa Fe Dr, though the 2026 dates deviate (for example 2026-09-28 and 2026-11-02). Upcoming per the City: November 16, then December 7 and 21.
• Ward 1: Logan Heley, Holly Grummert. Ward 2: Drew Mitrisin, Melissa Cheatham (Council President). Ward 3: Richard Borlaza, Amy Scrivner. Ward 4: Gregg Riess, Amy Antrim. Ward 5: Andrew Payne, Inas Younis. Ward 6: Christopher Newlin, Josh Beck
• Committee chairs seen on agendas: Community Development, Holly Grummert; Finance, Administration and Economic Development (FAED), Chris Newlin (September) with Andrew Payne as vice chair (ran the October meeting); Public Works, Logan Heley. The Public Safety chair was not seen.
• City Clerk: Elizabeth Kelley (named as City Clerk on the 2026-10-21 FAED agenda; how current the title is has not been confirmed)
• Staff: Planning and Development Services Director Leslie Karr; Public Works Director and City Engineer Lorraine Basalo; Police Chief Doreen Jokerst; Fire Chief Alan Long; Parks and Recreation Director Bryan Toben; Assistant City Managers Kate Gunja and Jack Messer; Deputy City Manager Kristy Stallings
• Planning Commission (about the second Monday, 1:30 PM; 11 voting members): Chair Radd Way, Vice Chair Jenna Reyes, member Chris Staus
• Board of Zoning Appeals (monthly, generally the second Tuesday, 7:00 PM): Chair Thomas Haag, Vice Chair Max Gordon
• Council committees: Committee of the Whole (as needed, usually the same day as Council), Community Development (first Wednesday, 7:00 PM), Public Safety (second Wednesday), FAED (third Wednesday), Public Works (fourth Wednesday)
• Pages exist for recent Legacy of Greenery (11-05), Ordinance Review (11-09), Neighborhood Engagement (11-10), Code Board of Appeals (11-11), Site Plan Review (11-11), Public Safety (11-11) and Environmental Advisory Council (11-12) meetings. Upcoming without posted agendas: Committee of the Whole and Council 11-16, Public Works 11-17, FAED and Site Plan Review 11-18, Site Plan Review 11-25, Parks and Recreation Advisory Council 12-01, Community Development and Site Plan Review 12-02, Legacy of Greenery 12-03, Committee of the Whole and Council 12-07, Board of Zoning Appeals 12-08, Site Plan Review 12-09, Public Safety 12-10. The Site Plan Review Committee meeting of 11-04 was cancelled.
• Other bodies listed on the portal but not covered in detail: Parks and Recreation Advisory Council, Downtown BID Advisory Board, Mental Health Advisory, Overland Park Development Corporation, Legacy of Greenery, Civil Service Commission and others

Data quality notes

• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. The City Council pages are built from the City's posted summaries of actions, which the City says are not the official minutes. Committee of the Whole, Community Development, FAED, Public Safety, Public Works and Board of Zoning Appeals pages are built from agenda item lists only; outcomes are unknown unless a page says otherwise.
• The 2026-09-14 Planning Commission minutes are a DRAFT and were read in part; the 2026-10-12 minutes are an excerpt covering one item; the 2026-11-09 Planning Commission, 2026-11-10 Board of Zoning Appeals and other November pages are built from agendas only; minutes were not posted as of 2026-11-11. The City portal lists video for Community Development (11-04) and Planning Commission (11-09).
• Agenda packets, staff reports and attachments were not read. The Council's vote tallies are given only as the City's summaries state them.
• No Board of Zoning Appeals meeting appears in the City's list for October. Meetings expected on the usual schedule after 2026-11-04 (Public Safety, FAED, Public Works and Community Development) were not posted yet and have no pages.