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Gage Park Improvement Authority reports $16.3 million distributed; plans discretionary spending and audits

2302037 · January 13, 2025
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Jim Martin, chair of the Gage Park Improvement Authority, told Shawnee County commissioners the authority has distributed $16.3 million to park partners, holds about $703,000 in interest-bearing accounts, and plans several expenditures and an independent financial review.

Jim Martin, the chair of the Gage Park Improvement Authority, told the Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 13 that the authority has distributed $16,300,000 to park partners since its creation and is planning several expenditures and procedural reviews.

"We have fulfilled the mission of distributing the tax revenues to the, Gage Park partners, the zoo, parks and rec, and the discovery center," Martin said, describing the authority's first full year of tax revenue distribution. He told commissioners the authority considers itself a Gage Park partner and has distributed funds on a monthly basis.

Martin said the authority has received slightly more than $814,000 into its…

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