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Johnson County commissioners defer body-camera purchases pending November public-safety tax outcome
Summary
Johnson County commissioners discussed funding body cameras for corrections and MEDACT and agreed to leave the equipment requests unfunded in the FY2026 budget until after the November public-safety sales tax vote; staff said revised assessed valuations may free up additional funds.
Mike Kelly, chair of the Board of County Commissioners for Johnson County, opened a continued committee meeting on the FY2026 budget by asking the board to revisit items on the ‘revisit’ list, including a request for body cameras for corrections and MEDACT.
The body-camera requests were discussed as part of a larger conversation on public safety funding. Mark Dapp and Robin Simes of the budget department told the commissioners revised assessed valuation numbers were likely to be released that day or the next, and that…
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