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Sheriff urges investment in vehicles and radio system; cites prior mill reductions and statute on sheriff’s equipment
Summary
Sheriff Bill briefed commissioners on public-safety needs, requesting funds for vehicle replacement and a radio/infrastructure study; he cited Kansas statute allowing commissioners to provide vehicles for the sheriff’s office and referenced a Kansas Supreme Court decision in support of reasonable funding for public safety operations.
Bourbon County Sheriff Bill (surname not stated at the meeting) asked commissioners to consider a larger public-safety allocation for the 2026 budget, saying the sheriff’s office needs new vehicles, an updated radio infrastructure and sustained operating funds.
"If I have vehicles that are down, then I guess I'm not performing my proper duties as the sheriff," the sheriff said, and he cited a Kansas statute during his presentation (referenced in the meeting as "28-107(b)") that allows the county commissioners to provide…
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