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Riley County Noxious Weed director requests modest 2026 increase, flags insurance and contract revenues
Summary
Noxious Weed Director Mike Bowler presented a 2026 budget request with a modest $1,500 increase aimed at rising fleet insurance costs, and reviewed 2024 reimbursements from state and local partners that offset departmental costs.
Mike Bowler, Riley County Noxious Weed director, presented the department’s 2026 budget request to the commission on May 5 and requested a modest increase—$1,500—to its contractual-services line to cover an expected jump in fleet insurance.
Bowler told commissioners that most commodity and capital-outlay line items remain flat from 2025—reporting stabilization in…
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