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Riley County departments present early 2026 budget requests: treasurer, IT/GIS, museum and community corrections highlight needs
Summary
Riley County department heads gave the commission an early look at 2026 budget priorities on May 12: the treasurer highlighted rising postage and armored-car costs; IT/GIS flagged contract and licensing pressure; the museum requested more as-needed assistant hours to support growing programming; and community corrections outlined grant-dependent staffing and client-service needs.
Riley County department leaders used the May 12 commission meeting to preview pieces of the 2026 budget and explain programmatic needs.
Treasure's office: Shiloh Hager, Riley County treasurer, requested less than a 1% increase in the treasurer's general-fund budget for 2026. Hager told commissioners that postage costs are expected to rise about 7.4% in July and that armored-car service expenses have increased; she noted the county is exploring alternative armored-car arrangements but maintained a conservative line-item for the service in the 2026 request. Hager also described motor-vehicle and tech fund activity: in 2024 the motor-vehicle fund subsidized county operations and she transferred residual motor-vehicle cash back to the general fund; for 2026 she proposed a modest additional transfer ($5,000) to the general fund to reflect higher…
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