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Commissioners remove High Prairie Township from Rural Fire District No. 1, leaving district with no territory
Summary
The board approved Resolution 2025-17 altering boundaries of Rural Fire District No. 1 to remove High Prairie Township; staff said this was the final step after publication and the protest period.
The Leavenworth County Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution 2025-17 to alter the boundaries of Rural Fire District No. 1 by removing High Prairie Township. County staff described the vote as the final procedural step after sequentially removing territory from the district.
Staff said the change had been published in the newspaper and that the statutorily required protest period elapsed without preventing the change. With High Prairie Township removed, staff said the fire district would have no remaining territory within its jurisdiction.
The motion was made and seconded, and commissioners voted to approve the resolution.
