THE PEAK OF PERFECTION:
QUALITY OF LIFE
Lee’s Summit represents the peak of Midwest hospitality, from our citizens t o o u r o u ts ta n d in g q ual i t y-of -life Lee’s Summit is a Charter city, organized under the Mayor-CouncilCity Manager system. The fiscal year begins on July 1. All council members are elected by districts for a four-year term. To determine your council district, call City Hall at 816-969-1000. SALES TAX FOR LEE’S SUMMIT City Portion: General ................................ 1.000% Local Parks.............................. 0.250% Capital Projects ....................... 0.500% Transportation ......................... 0.500% City Total.................................... 2.250% Jackson County Total .................. 1.125% State Total .................................. 4.225% Total ........................................... 7.600% PROPERTY TAXES IN LEE’S SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT City .......................................... 1.5258% School ...................................... 6.0548% Handicapped Workshop........... 0.0748% Junior Colleges ......................... 0.2329% Mid-Continent Library .............. 0.3200% Mental Health .......................... 0.1218% Jackson County......................... 0.5430% Blind Pension ........................... 0.0300% Total: ........................................ 8.9031% PROPERTY TAXES IN BLUE SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT City .......................................... 0.6989% School ...................................... 5.5307% CJCFPD .................................... 1.1058% Handicapped Workshop .......... 0.0748% Community Colleges ................ 0.2143% Mid-Continent Library .............. 0.3214% Mental Health .......................... 0.1218% Jackson County......................... 0.5430% Blind Pension ........................... 0.0300% Total: ........................................ 8.6407% 4 •
2011 Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce
features. Through superior leadership and community visioning, Lee’s Summit has become the sixth largest city in Missouri with more than 93,000 residents and a growing, diverse business community. Lee’s Summit is known locally and nationally for our exceptional quality of life, which has led to several prestigious honors bestowed to us in 2010. Awards include being ranked in the Top 100 “Best Places to Live” by Money Magazine, one of America’s fastest growing cities by BusinessWeek magazine, and ranked 103rd out of 420 cities surveyed for the list of Wealth Centers according to portfolio.com. Known for our stateof-the art technology provided to citizens and visitors, Lee’s Summit received the “Digital Cities Award” in 2008 and 2009.
The City received the “2010 Missouri Arts Award for Creative Community” in recognition of the entire community’s efforts toward fostering arts and culture. We are fortunate to have a structured network of enthusiastic, dedicated citizens actively engaged in an effort to advance Lee’s Summit in key performance areas including economic development, education, health and human services, local government, quality of life and transportation. This citizen-led visioning effort is now being implemed. This is the City’s third strategic planning process, and is called Lee’s Summit 360°: Charting Tomorrow. Additionally, our City has fast become a shopping and dining destination due to quaint, locally–owned shops in our award-winning downtown district, as well as retail stores and restaurants in the SummitWoods Crossing and the Summit Fair lifestyle centers. There are also a variety of recreational activities, from top-notch recreation centers to quality park and trail systems, to the live music of the summer concert series available for all to enjoy. Our highly acclaimed Parks and Recreation system is a National Gold Medal Winner for Excellence in the Field of Park and Recreation Management by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). For more information about the City of Lee’s Summit and issues in the news, visit cityofls.net or call 816-969-1000. Receive trustworthy City information: • Sign-up at Nixle.com to receive in fo rmatio n o n emerge nc i e s a nd non-emergencies by Web, e-mail and/or cell phone via text message. • Register for the City’s E-newsletter and other publications at cityofls.net, click the “Main” tab and select E-Government. • Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube! • Watch the government access channel on Comcast, channel 7; Time Warner, channel 2 and AT&T U-verse, channel 99.