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Sedgwick County Holds Public Hearings On 2018 Budget Proposal

http://www.sedgwickcounty.org

People who live in Sedgwick County will have an opportunity to give their opinion about the proposed 2018 budget at two public hearings and through an online forum.

The county budget released last week totals about $425 million dollars.

It includes significant changes from current levels of funding in the areas of storm drainage projects, elections – adding 10 new polling locations and increased gubernatorial election costs – and capital improvement projects at the Sedgwick County Zoo as a result of the new five-year funding agreement effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Several new full-time positions would be added to the sheriff’s and district attorney offices. The county is also looking to increase staffing for emergency medical services.

The 2018 budget proposal has a projected operating deficit of $0.5 million in the county’s financial forecast across the eight property tax-supported funds.

The first of two public hearings will be held Wednesday morning during the county commission meeting at the Sedgwick County Courthouse. The second public hearing will be held at the courthouse Monday, July 31, at 6 p.m.

An online forum for comments is available on Sedgwick County’s website.

The commissioners are scheduled to vote on the budget August 2.

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Deborah joined the news team at KMUW in September 2014 as a news reporter. She spent more than a dozen years working in news at both public and commercial radio and television stations in Ohio, West Virginia and Detroit, Michigan. Before relocating to Wichita in 2013, Deborah taught news and broadcasting classes at Tarrant County College in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area.