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Dickinson County commissioners preview 2026 draft budget with lower mill levy, list of outside-organization requests
Summary
County administrators briefed commissioners on a draft 2026 budget that would lower the tentative mill levy to 50.156, list outside-organization funding requests, and include personnel and capital items; staff recommended publishing the numbers ahead of an Aug. 21 budget hearing.
Dickinson County administrators presented a draft 2026 budget that would tentatively set the mill levy at 50.156 — a reduction of 3.634 mills from the prior year — and that projects an approximate $516,004 property tax reduction for taxpayers.
The draft budget presented to the Dickinson County Board of Commissioners lists outside-organization appropriations the staff has proposed to include: Conservation District $40,000; juvenile detention $75,000; Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging $11,500; Central Kansas Free Fair (listed as Central Kansas Free payer in the packet) $75,000; Tri-County (request) $12,000; Dickinson County Historical Society $70,000; Central Kansas Mental Health $140,006; OCCK…
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