🎉 Great NEWS!! 🎉
The crew is back down at Napawalla and made awesome progress today! 🛠️👷‍♂️👷‍♀️

Our amazing City Crew is hard at work installing:
🎠 A brand-new Merry-Go-Round
👶 Toddler Swings
🧸 Ride-Ons

🚧 Please continue to stay clear of the work area so the team can finish everything by mid-week! 🙏

Coming up next:
🧱 A border will be added
🌈 Rubber mulch will be placed inside the border for safety and fun!

🪑 Park benches will return — perfectly placed so parents can relax & watch their little ones play 💕
AND… new swings are going on the big swing set

We’re not sure about everyone else, but we’re feeling like it’s Christmas in May with all this playground excitement! 🎄🎁👧🧒🎉

🚧 Project Update 🚧

We wanted to share a quick update on our progress. Unfortunately, the installation crew encountered an emergency 🚑 that temporarily pulled them away from our site. However, we’ve been assured they’ll return on Monday 🛠️ in full force.

The plan is to complete the main structure 🏗️ and begin installing the border and mulch 🌿. For those curious, the mulch is currently wrapped up on pallets down at the park 🎁🏞️—ready to go!

Thank you for your continued patience and support! 🙏💚

We’re thrilled to give you a first peek at our brand-new playground equipment — and trust us, it’s going to be AMAZING! 🚀 The installation is already underway, and we can’t wait for you to experience all the fun.

🛠️ But hold tight! While we know it’s tempting, we kindly ask everyone to wait just a little longer before climbing, sliding, or swinging. Safety is our top priority, and we want everything to be perfect before the big debut!

⏳ The good news? It’s only a few more days! If all goes smoothly, we hope it will be ready to play on by this weekend! 🎈

🎉 And guess what? We’re throwing a community celebration to mark this awesome milestone! Join us on Saturday, May 31st from 11 AM to 2 PM for a day of fun, laughter, and play. 🥳

📅 Mark your calendars — it’s going to be unforgettable!

🌞💦 Only 12 days left until the pool opens! 🎉🏊‍♂️ The city maintenance crew has been working hard to get everything ready for the big splash 💪✨

Here's a little sneak peek 👀 of that crystal-clear blue water waiting for you! 💙 As the temps rise, the pool is the perfect place to cool off and have some summer fun! ☀️🕶️

🗓️ Opening Day: May 26th
🕐 Hours: 1PM - 6PM
💵 Entry Fee: Just $3.00!

Want to save some 💰? Grab a Pool Pass — 20 swims for only $40.00 (that's a $20 savings!) 🏷️ Available at the pool once it opens or at the City Office 🏢

🎉 Pool Parties? YES PLEASE! 🎉
Book your own 2-hour pool party for just $100.00 — splash, play, and celebrate! 🥳🌊
📞 Call the pool at 620-455-2564 starting May 26th to book!

Let the countdown begin! ⏳💙 See you at the pool! 🩱🕶️🍧

* Meeting agendas are subject to change *

The May Special Meeting will be held:
City Council Room, City Hall| 115 S. Sumner St.| Oxford, KS 67119
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

UPDATE: Proseal will be back Thursday 5/15/2025 and Friday 5/16/2025 to clean all the streets that recieved the reclamite treatment earlier this week.  

Weather permitting, beginning Monday, May 12, Proseal will begin applying Reclamite, a rejuvenating street treatment, to roads in the northeast part of town.

You might be wondering—what is Reclamite? 🤔
Reclamite is a restorative treatment that acts like a spa day for streets. It’s a pink liquid that penetrates the pavement, working deep within the asphalt to restore flexibility and protect the surface from future cracking. Think of it as a mix between sunscreen and moisturizer—except it's for your road! 🛣️🧴

This treatment is designed to extend the life of our streets, improving driving conditions and reducing the need for more costly repairs down the line. It’s a proactive step to keep our roads safe, smooth, and strong.

What Residents Can Expect:

🗓️ Door Hangers: Proseal crews will place door hangers on homes in the areas scheduled for treatment. These will include dates and times for when specific streets will be treated.

🗺️ Map Access: A project map is available showing the treatment schedule for each street in the northeast quadrant. You can find it below this story.

🚗 Street Access & Parking:
To ensure the treatment works properly and to keep crews safe:

• Please move all vehicles off the street before the scheduled treatment.

• Avoid running sprinklers the night before or the day of treatment, as excess moisture can interfere

🏊‍♂️☀️ Oxford City Pool is Almost Ready! ☀️🏊‍♀️

Our amazing City Maintenance Crew is hard at work getting the Oxford City Pool prepped for an epic 2025 season! 💪🎉

✅ First up: removing and drying the pool cover
🧼 Next: a sparkling clean with the pressure washer
💧 Then: filling it back up and treating the water with care
🧪 Chemicals? Checked and balanced for swimmer safety!

🚨 The first splash hits Monday, May 26th – mark your calendars! 🗓️💦

Our awesome Lifeguards are gearing up too, finishing up training and getting ready to keep everyone safe while we all have a blast! 😎🛟

🎟️ Pool Entry: Just $3 per person
🏊‍♂️ Swim Passes: 20 swims for $40 — that’s a $20 savings! 🤑

🌞 So grab your sunscreen, shades, and swimsuits — it’s almost time for FUN IN THE SUN! Can’t wait to see you at the pool! 🌴👙😄

🎉 Heads Up! We're Taking a Break for Memorial Day

The City Office and Library will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025, in honor of Memorial Day.

If you run into a utility emergency, don’t worry—just call 911 and our crew will be on it!

Wishing you a safe, sunny, and fun-filled holiday weekend! 🌞🎆

🎉 It’s Party Time at Napawalla Park! 🎉

We’re celebrating our brand-new playground with a BIG community bash—and you’re invited! Come join the fun as we bring the park to life with food, games, giveaways, and more!

Here’s what’s happening:

🍿 Cheerleaders will be selling popcorn & popsicles
🥤 AfterProm is keeping everyone cool with drinks
🎨 Oxford Baseball Association is bringing the fun with temporary tattoos
📣 Oxford Youth Sports will be sharing info at their booth
🍔 Mama Cheryl’s and Face Stuffers are serving up delicious lunch
🎧 Matt Yearout from 100.5 The Twister will be onsite with awesome local giveaways
🎈 Twisted by Chris Conner will be making balloon magic for the kids!

After years of hard work, our dream playground is finally here—and we can’t wait to celebrate it with YOU! 🛝✨

🌱🌞 Need lawn mowing services this Spring and Summer? We've rounded up a list of awesome local folks who’d love to help you keep your yard looking fresh! 💚✂️🌼

🎉 Exciting News, Oxford! 🎉

Our brand new playground equipment is currently hanging out in a warehouse in Houston, TX 🏗️—but not for long! It’s scheduled to arrive in Oxford on May 12th 🚚 and the installation will kick off that same morning at Napawalla Park!

👷‍♂️ The install crew will be there bright and early to meet the delivery truck, unload all the awesome new pieces, mark the layout on the ground, and start building our fantastic new playground! 🛝✨

The whole process should take about a week (🤞as long as the weather cooperates!), so we kindly ask everyone to be extra mindful of the crew while they work hard to bring this project to life. They’ve got a big job and a short window to make the magic happen! 💪🌤️

And guess what... we're throwing a BIG party at the end of the month to celebrate! 🎈🎊 You won’t want to miss it—so stay tuned for more details coming soon! 📣

🌳🌟 Tree-mendous Day at Cave Park! 🌟🌳

Today, Mrs. Donley’s amazing 6th grade class teamed up with the 🌆 City of Oxford to plant FOUR brand-new redbud trees at beautiful Cave Park! 💪🌸

🌱 2 trees found their new home on the North side, and 2 more settled in on the South side—talk about balanced beauty! 🧭✨

The students got their hands dirty and their minds growing as they learned all about 🌳 tree planting 101:
📏 how deep to dig,
🌿 what a berm is,
🌰 and why mulch is a must-have finishing touch!

And to top it all off… the day ended with a pizza party 🍕🎈 and a class photo on the backhoe 🚜📸—because every great tree-planting crew deserves a legendary finish!

This awesome event celebrated not just Arbor Day 🎉 but also the City of Oxford’s proud tradition as a 🌲 Tree City USA! Let’s keep planting, learning, and growing together! 💚🌎

Thank you to Mrs. Donley, all the 6th graders, and the City Utility Crew for making this happen!! 

🚧✨ Heads up, residents! ProSeal is out and about on the North and South sides of town this week, cleaning out those pesky cracks in the streets to get them ready for filling next week! 🛠️🚙💨

This is all part of a 3-year plan to repair every paved street in town — so if you don’t see them in your neighborhood just yet, don’t worry… they’re coming your way soon! 😄🏘️🛣️

Got questions or concerns? Give the City Office a call at 📞 620-455-2223 — we’re happy to help!

🚧 Playground Progress Update! 🛝✨

Over the past few weeks, our amazing maintenance crew has been hard at work prepping the site for our brand-new playground coming soon!! 🏗️ They brought in 17 truckloads of dirt (yep, SEVENTEEN! 😮) to level out the area where all the fun new equipment will go! 🛻💨

A huge shoutout to Eric Lacey for bringing in his own equipment this week and leveling the ground to a perfect 0% grade 🙌👏 That means everything—from the play structures to the rubber mulch—will be sitting nice and even. Eric, THANK YOU for donating your time and equipment to help us out! 💚💪

We’re so excited to have the new playground equipment delivered later this month and installed in May! 🎊🗓️ Stay tuned for more updates—we can’t wait to share the transformation with you over the coming weeks! 📸🌟

#PlaygroundComingSoon #CommunityMagic #ThankYouEric

🚧💦 Heads up, Residents! 💦🚧
Our awesome City Utility Crew is out this morning upgrading a fire hydrant on South Sumner! 🧑‍🔧🚒

To get the job done safely, we’ll need to temporarily shut off water to folks south of Pine St and along Oxford Rd (south of town). But no worries — the outage should be super short ⏱️ while we install the shiny new hydrant! ✨🚰

Have questions? Give us a call at 📞 620-455-2223 — we’re happy to help!

Thanks for your patience and understanding! 💙💧
 

⚡ Notice to Residents – Temporary Power Fluctuations ⚡

Final Update: Evergy has resolved the recent power fluctuations by switching the City to a different circuit, likely redistributing load to restore stable voltage. As of now, power levels have returned to normal.

We appreciate your patience and understanding. Thank you for your continued support as our City Crew worked closely with Evergy to monitor and address the situation.

Update: Evergy is currently working on their substation, which is causing fluctuations in the city’s power. After discussions with Evergy, they’re sending an engineer to explore rerouting power through a different substation. Please be mindful of your electricity usage this evening and tomorrow. As a precaution, the city will be operating its backup generators. At this time, Evergy has not provided a timeline for resolution. We appreciate your patience as our city crew works closely with Evergy to address the issue.

The City of Oxford would like to inform residents that if you're experiencing dimming or flickering lights in your home, you're not alone. Evergy is currently performing work on their substation, and it is temporarily affecting the City's electric system.

Evergy is aware of the issue and is actively working to resolve it. We’ve been informed that the situation should be corrected by the end of the day.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time!

🚧💧 Heads-Up, Oxford! Hydrant Swap Happening Today! 💧🚧

This afternoon, our awesome city crew will be replacing an old fire hydrant with a shiny new one! To make the switch, water will be temporarily turned off for the first two blocks of East Olive Street.  We appreciate your patience while we make this important upgrade!

Oxford resident Cassi Easterly has been working with the Wellington Humane Society to help control the cat population in Oxford. 

🌪️ It's Storm Season, and We're Ready to Test! 🌪️

Starting Monday, March 24th, we’ll be putting our outdoor warning sirens to the test EVERY Monday at Noon! ⏰ And we’ll keep this up through the end of June, so get ready to hear that test blaring through the air! 🎶

A friendly reminder: These sirens are meant to be heard OUTDOORS, not from the comfort of your cozy living room. 🏠 Make sure you’re signed up for weather alerts or have a trusty weather radio on hand to stay safe when storms roll in. 🌧️⚡

Stay safe, stay alert, and let’s make sure we’re all prepared for whatever Mother Nature has in store! 🌪️📱

🌳 The City Crew Gets to Work! 🌳

Today, our trusty City Crew rolled up their sleeves and got busy, tackling fallen trees and trimming those that needed a little extra TLC after the recent gusty winds. 💨 But don’t worry – it’s not all about saying goodbye to trees! 🌱

In fact, we’ve got something exciting lined up! On Arbor Day, April 25th, we’ll be teaming up with the amazing 6th graders to plant some new green friends and keep our city looking beautiful and full of life. 🌿

Stay tuned for more updates – we’re all about growing together!

☀️ Now Hiring: Summer Help! ☀️

Looking for a summer job where you can soak up the sun, stay active, and earn some cash? 💵 The City of Oxford is hiring Summer Help!

🌿 Duties include: Mowing, weed eating, park & pool maintenance, and keeping our town looking its best!
🕗 Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (weekends & holidays off!)
💰 Starting Pay: $10.00/hour

Applications are available at the City Office or download the application below. Positions are open until filled—so don’t wait! Join our team and make this summer one to remember! 🌞🌾 EOE

The Oxford Police Department is seeking dedicated individuals to join our team as full-time or part-time police officers. Applicants possessing current, active, Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) certification preferred but will consider the right individual. We offer progressive pay and competitive benefits for full-time positions.

🚰💦 Water Leak Fix in Action! 💦🚰

Our awesome utility crew is on the job today, tackling a sneaky water leak right in front of the Elementary School! 🛠️ But don’t worry – the good news is that school is out today for parent-teacher conferences! 🎉

While the crew is hard at work, you might notice a dip in water pressure or discolored water – but it’s all part of the fix! 🚧

Got questions or spotted another leak? Give us a ring at 620-455-2223 – we’re here to help! 📞

Thanks for your patience while we make everything run smoothly again!

🎉 Exciting News for Napawalla Park! 🎉

On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Oxford City Council gave the green light to funding for brand-new playground equipment at Napawalla Park! 🛝✨

Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the big reveal! 😊👦👧

The 2025 City Dog Tags are here! 🎉 Swing by the City Office to get your pup licensed and ready for the new year.

💰 Fees:
🐕 $5 per dog (up to 3 dogs)
🐶 $60 per additional dog (max of 5 dogs per household)

📜 What to Bring: Proof of vaccination—because we love happy, healthy pups!

📢 Reminder: City Code requires all dogs 6 months and older to be vaccinated and licensed in Oxford.

Let’s keep our furry friends safe and legal—come see us today! 🦴🐕✨