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Atchison County commissioners vote to opt out of countywide Neighborhood Revitalization Plan
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted Sept. 2 to give 90 days' notice and adopt a resolution terminating county participation in a countywide Neighborhood Revitalization Plan; commissioners said the move will allow the county to capture tax revenue and reassess program scope.
The Board of County Commissioners of Atchison County voted Sept. 2 to give 90 days’ notice that the county will opt out of the countywide Neighborhood Revitalization Plan (NRP) and adopted a formal resolution terminating participation.
The action was taken after commissioners debated whether the countywide rebate-style program was still appropriate given the county’s current budget situation. Commissioners said they want to stop signing new applications while preserving existing participant agreements and the administration of the program for other taxing entities.
Commissioners stressed the change is intended to “capture our dollars” for the county and to allow time for a narrower, more targeted approach in the future. County staff noted the Board also serves as the program administrator for other taxing units and that the county appraiser’s office will continue the technical work of tracking base values and incremental increases for properties already enrolled. Commissioners discussed making the 90-day notice effective so the program change aligns cleanly with the tax year (one suggested effective date was Dec. 31) but did not set a specific alternate effective date during the meeting.
The Board moved, seconded and approved a resolution titled Resolution 2025-1556 (as presented at the meeting) terminating participation in the 2021 interlocal cooperation agreement for the NRP; the motion passed 3-0. The board also voted separately to give formal 90-day notice of the county’s intent to stop new enrollments in the countywide NRP; that motion passed 3-0.
The county will continue to administer existing enrolled properties until those contracts expire and staff will provide projections of revenue the county expects to retain by not enrolling new properties. Commissioners said they remain open to future, more narrowly targeted revitalization efforts — for example, programs limited to housing or capped by project size if federal or other funding streams make a targeted program feasible.
The board’s discussion came during its regular Sept. 2 meeting and followed public comment and earlier budget review workshops in which residents expressed concern about rising taxes. Commissioners said the decision responds to those budget pressures while avoiding immediate disruption for property owners already participating in the NRP.
