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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given pursuant to K.S.A. 19-3605, that the governing body for the City of Potwin, at its regular scheduled City Council meeting to be held on Monday, April 14, 2025 at 7:00 p.m., in the Potwin Community House basement, 201 N. Miller St., Potwin, Kansas, shall conduct a public hearing of its intention to
petition the Butler County Board of County Commissioners to have all of the City of Potwin to be included within a proposed fire district in the county.
Any person may address the governing body for the City of Potwin on this matter by appearing at the public hearing to provide comment.
A hard copy of the proposed resolution may be obtained at 207 N. Randall, Potwin, Kansas, or a copy is posted on the Potwin, Kansas website at https://potwinks.com/. You can also email a request for a copy to
mayorofpotwin@wheatstate.com.
This Notice of Public Hearing is required to be published not less than 20
days prior to a regular meeting in the official city newspaper.

Heath Austin, Mayor
Attest:
Susan Whiteside, City Clerk


19-3605. Inclusion of certain cities within district; procedure


Potwin Citywide Spring Clean-up
Saturday June 28 th Starting after 6:00am
Items must be brought to the street for curbside pickup

Waste Connections requests all items to be collected be set at the curb prior to 6:00am, May 28
Waste Connections will make one pass thru the city. Waste Connections asks that all items being collected need  to be able to be handled by two people safely. General trash, small amounts of bundled brush or limbs, Furniture including, chairs, couches, tables. Appliances including, washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves small electrical appliances such as TV’s, computers, mixers, blenders. Patio grills, patio furniture, push lawn mowers (free of gas &
oil) and lawn trimmers. Tree limbs and branches must be cut in 4ft. lengths, 12’ in diameter and bundled for easy pickup. Do not use trash carts for trash. Trash must be in throwaway in an organized manner or will not be picked up. Put trash in containers such as boxes or bags, no more than 30-gallon capacity. No loose trash or debris or no box or bag may exceed 40 pounds in weight. No rock, dirt or concrete or construction debris. Here is a list of items NO LANDFILL OR TRANSFER STATION will accept:

Car batteries, oil filters, fluorescent light bulbs, propane tanks, any asbestos materials, explosives, paint (we will take empty & dried up paint cans), no hazardous liquids (such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, solvents, diesel fuel, gas, oil, transmission fluid, antifreeze, etc…) tires. REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS AND AIR
CONDITIONS must be tagged by a technician and must have the appropriate paperwork with it in order for Waste Connections to pick it up.


Start planning now! Potwin Yard Sale Days will be June 13 & 14.

The City of Potwin webpage is currently being updated. If you have a business/organization/event you feel should be highlighted please email Mayor Heath Austin
Now Hiring!
Please check the “Employment Opportunities” page for details
You can now pay your water bill online! 
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Elevation: 1340 feet * N 37°56.372 *W 97° 01.202 Population: 433 Located in Butler County (BU), Potwin is a bedroom community to the city of Wichita. Potwin maintains old fashion values and enjoys the economic productivity and quality of life of a metropolitan city. Potwin boasts the second lowest tax base in the county and our location on K196, between I-135 and the Kansas Turnpike (I-35) affords us an advantageous location for motor freight shipments. It also places us within 30 minutes of Wichita and 3 hours of Kansas City. With permission from neighboring farmers, a hunter can find in one area almost any species of game he would care to hunt, including pheasant, quail, prairie chicken, dove, deer, migratory birds, fox, raccoon, coyotes, turkey and cottontail rabbits. The Potwin community is a quiet town with clean air and caring people who are interested in community development. We invite you to join us as we pave the way into the twenty first century.