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Riley County to publish 2026 budget hearing after midyear financial briefing
Summary
Budget and finance officer reported a proposed 2026 tax rate above the revenue-neutral level and commissioners voted to publish the required notice for a public hearing on the 2026 budget.
Britney Phillips, Riley County budget and finance officer, told the commission on Aug. 11 that the county’s estimated tax rate to fund the proposed 2026 budget is 37.951, which she said “is over the revenue neutral rate of 36.821.”
The notice of the budget hearing must be published at least 10 days before the hearing under state statute, Phillips said, and she asked the board for permission to publish the legally required notice for the county and its special benefit districts and cemeteries. The board moved, seconded and…
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