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Sedgwick County adopts 2026 legislative platform, elevates appraiser-office items to top priority
Summary
The Sedgwick County Commission adopted its 2026 legislative platform Oct. 22, prioritizing corrections funding, sales-tax apportionment, treasurer/tag-office reforms and moving appraiser-office items into the top priority category; commissioners discussed strategy for bill sponsorship in Topeka.
The Sedgwick County Commission on Oct. 22 adopted its 2026 legislative platform, adding appraiser-office policy items to the board’s top legislative priorities and approving a list of appropriations and policy objectives county staff will pursue with state legislators.
Assistant County Manager Tanya Cole presented the final draft and told commissioners the platform is the county’s “foundation of a focused strategy” for advocacy during the 2026 Kansas legislative session. Justin Wagoner, county counselor, outlined that staff and county attorneys had prepared draft text and identified about 10 items for bills or further work, including tag-office operations, public-bidding…
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