Kansas Agriculture Department Considering Moving
Associated Press - Tue 07:42 AM 06/19/2012
Bids being sought from Topeka, Manhattan and Great Bend, Garden City and/or Dodge City
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is considering moving its headquarters out of Topeka to Manhattan or southwest Kansas.
The state department that handles facilities for state agencies is soliciting bids for office space for the Department of
Agriculture. Bids are being sought from Topeka, Manhattan and Great Bend, Garden City and/or Dodge City.
Agriculture department official Max Foster said Monday the department's lease in Topeka ends Sept. 30, 2013.
A spokeswoman for Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman says the department has been working for the past six months to find a space that meets all the department's needs. The bid solicitations say the leased spaces must accommodate 20 to 180 workers.
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Associated Press information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
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koniginb71
Tuesday 19 June 2012 11:44 Report this comment
GREAT IDEA now consider moving some other state agencies "jobs" out of Topeka and disperse throughout our state. With the internet and media outlets there is no reason for Topeka to have all the jobs.
Iamgonnagetu
Tuesday 19 June 2012 13:19 Report this comment
Yea DODGE CITY can supply them all the Mexicans they need to fill those jobs for little pay. That's what the department of AG wants.
tbone02b
Tuesday 19 June 2012 14:02 Report this comment
I wonder what happened to our Chamber Of Commerce bid for this facility????
GETALIFE674
Tuesday 19 June 2012 14:07 Report this comment
Heck all they care about are low paying restaurant jobs. Once again the chamber president is off chasing taco's.