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Audit and finance review shows small 2026 budget changes; commissioners shown debt schedule and $2.5M cap outlay request
Summary
County audit and finance staff presented a largely flat departmental budget for 2026, noted small decreases in debt service until larger drop-offs in 2027 and 2028, and asked commissioners to consider increasing capital outlay transfers to $2.5 million for 2026 — with the elections office cited as a major capital need.
An audit and finance presenter summarized Shawnee County’s 2026 proposed budget for audit and finance functions, debt service and general expenses and showed a debt schedule with modest near-term reductions and larger drops in 2027 and 2028 as certain bond issuances mature.
The presenter said audit-finance’s base budget is “flat other than the MSA 1 increases in 2026” and noted a small reduction in debt-service costs in the 2026 projection. She reviewed a debt schedule showing minimal debt falling off in 2025–26 and said the…
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