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Fair board asks county to restore maintenance funding; commissioners keep statutory fair payment in draft budget
Summary
Atchison County Fair Board representative outlined maintenance needs for 2026 and asked the commission to restore a $5,000 maintenance line in addition to the statutory fair payment. Finance staff confirmed the statutory $10,000 fair payment and discussed returning a $5,000 maintenance request to the draft budget.
Janice Reese, representing the Atchison County Fair Board, told commissioners on June 3 that the fair needs maintenance funding to repair water lines, toilets and barn roofs and asked the county to restore a maintenance appropriation.
Reese said the fair has relied heavily on volunteers but had two recent water-line failures that required emergency repairs and that funds from last year’s fundraiser were already committed to immediate repairs. She asked the commission to consider returning a $5,000 maintenance line…
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