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Appropriations committee approves $905,000 for Kansas Museum of History walls after debate; $42,758 elevator staffing also approved
Summary
After extended debate over contracts, fundraising and prior project oversight, the House Appropriations Committee approved $905,000 in SGF to complete interior exhibit walls at the Kansas Museum of History and earlier approved $42,758 SGF and 1 FTE to transfer elevator attendants to the State Historical Society.
The House Appropriations Committee on Aug. 27 approved two funding actions for the Kansas State Historical Society: a substitute motion to provide $905,000 from the State General Fund to complete interior gallery exhibit walls at the Kansas Museum of History, and an earlier committee motion to transfer staffing to the Historical Society for the State Capitol “cage” elevator funded at $42,758 SGF and 1 FTE.
Chairman Mike Howe presented the Kansas State Historical Society’s budget packet and described the agency’s five supplemental enhancement requests for FY2025, including the $905,000 request described by the agency as “interior wall infrastructure and associated costs” at the Kansas Museum of History; staffing to reopen the museum; staffing to open the Curtis House state historic site; a transfer of staffing for the Capitol cage elevator from the Department of Administration; and an IT…
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