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Treasurer urges state action on tag office server; county seeks discretion to raise service fee
Summary
Sedgwick County's treasurer and staff pushed for state funding to upgrade the statewide tag/vehicle registration server and for statutory changes to give county treasurers discretion to raise a county service fee (suggested cap $15) and convert a facility fee to a transaction fee to capture online/drop-box transactions.
Sedgwick County Treasurer Brandy Bailey and staff told commissioners on Oct. 21 that the county's tag-office operations are strained by an aging statewide server and insufficient fee revenue, and they asked the commission to include specific tag-office items in the county's legislative platform.
Bailey told the meeting the auto license program is a state-mandated function funded locally and that "the county service fee that's $5 now that comes directly to the counties...if we could increase that" it would provide revenue the treasurers need. County lobbyist Jason Watkins and the…
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