This is a week’s half-done kind of day. Kyle here to get your chilly Wednesday started.

Forecast: ☀️ High: 55, Low: 36. Another frigid morning gives way to slightly more seasonable temperatures. Clear, sunny skies all day.

Public Agenda

• Advanced mail-in ballots for those Johnson County voters who have requested them start going out today. Find out more here.
• The Overland Park City Council’s Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee meets at 7 p.m. tonight and, among other items, will consider the creation of a community improvement district near 95th Street and Nieman Road.
• The Johnson County Park and Recreation District board meets at 7 p.m. tonight and is set to review and approve the proposed 2023 indoor and outdoor performance schedule for Theatre in the Park.

Noteworthy

• Johnson County will welcome William Coy as the county’s new Human Resources Department Director, starting Nov. 28. Coy’s experience, according to a county press release, includes more than a decade serving in the U.S. Army. He most recently served as a division chief and career executive appointment in California’s Department of Human Resources.
• A new report from nonprofit Mental Health America ranks Kansas last in the U.S. in mental health due to high rates of mental illness and barriers to accessing care. [Kansas News Service]
• Almost all Kansas counties, including Johnson County, are in severe enough drought to activate a federal program meant to help ranchers who have lost grazing acres for their herds, triggering millions of dollars in assistance. [Kansas Reflector]