NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Board of County Commissioners spent more than five and a half hours from the beginning of their meeting to the end on Wednesday, with the lion's share of that time hammering through where to cut more in the 2025 budget.
"The budget, when you began the day, was at, with property taxes $26,500,190, with a mill levy of 35.762," said Reno County Administrator Randy Partington. "With all the cuts and adjustments, I believe it was right around $200,000 in cuts to property taxes."
The budget after the cuts is $26,299,148, with a mill levy of 35.491.
"The museum had a significant cut," Partington said. "I believe the Farmers Market had a $1000 cut from the original amount, and a couple other small adjustments. You reduced the discretionary positions down to one position, from three to one. That was over $100,000 in cuts, so that's where you get your right around $200,000 in cuts. It is a reduced mill levy, but it's above the revenue neutral rate by, I think, it's 1.03 mills above the RNR."
The budget passed 4-1 with Commissioner John Whitesel voting against it.