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Commission adopts 2025 levied-funds budget packet; finance director previews 2026 budget pressures
Summary
Finance Director Mark Zeltner presented a consolidated 2025 levied-funds budget packet which the commission approved for posting; he also previewed 2026 budget scenarios showing valuation, R and R mill-rate implications and pressure from lease and bond payments.
Atchison County commissioners approved a consolidated 2025 levied-funds budget packet prepared by Finance Director Mark Zeltner and directed staff to publish the packet on the county website and social media. Zeltner described the packet as a “living document” that summarizes levied funds and provides charts and departmental breakdowns intended to improve public transparency.
Zeltner presented key fiscal points and a preliminary 2026 projection: he estimated 2025 lease payments near…
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