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Saline County trims proposed 2026 budget, reduces levy slightly and restores select nonprofit grants
Summary
County administrator presented a revised 2026 budget that cuts $976,357 from the July recommendation, reducing the mill levy by 1.404 mills to 40.167; commissioners approved the revisions and restored modest funding for three local nonprofits.
Saline County commissioners on Aug. 12 approved a set of reductions to the county's proposed 2026 budget that county staff said would lower the proposed mill levy and preserve limited funding for several local nonprofits.
County Administrator Philip Smith Haines told commissioners his revised recommendation reduces $976,357 from the July 1 proposed budget, which he said amounts to a 1.404-mill reduction in the proposed levy to a 40.167 mill rate. He said that would be "an impact of $1.26 annually for a $200,000-value home." Haines presented a list of specific cuts and offsets and answered commissioners' questions before seeking approval.
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