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Sedgwick County manager Tom Stolz cites budget pressure, consolidation and public-safety demands
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Sedgwick County manager Tom Stolz said the county faces pressure to sustain services across about 45 departments while keeping property taxes in check, noting more than half of the county's roughly $600 million budget is pass-through state or federal money.
Tom Stolz, Sedgwick County manager, said the county is juggling a wide range of services and budget pressures while trying to maintain public safety during an interview recorded in the meeting transcript.
Stolz said Sedgwick County manages roughly 45–47 departments that together serve the county and its cities and that the county’s budget this year is “over a $600,000,000” with “better than half of that” coming from state or federal pass-through funds. “A big part of our of the county budget is other types of, rather than local tax money comes from state and federal,” he said.
The county manager emphasized differences between city and county government functions, saying counties act in part as a conduit…
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