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County creates District 5 Collaboration Board, appoints 17 members from cities, schools, townships and improvement districts
Summary
Sedgwick County commissioners approved a new District 5 Collaboration Board made up of 17 appointed members representing cities, school districts, townships and improvement districts to coordinate services and cross‑jurisdictional issues in Commissioner Howell’s District.
The Sedgwick County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously March 5 to create a District 5 Collaboration Board and appoint 17 members recommended by local governing bodies and the district commissioner.
Commissioner Michael Howell said the board is intended to bring together officials who represent “an organizational viewpoint” — city managers, school superintendents, township trustees and improvement district leaders — so they can “intentionally come together to sit at the table and talk about the issues that impact the various organizations.” Howell said the board is an experiment to run for two years and will meet bi‑monthly beginning March 10 in Derby.
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