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Corrections officials warn KDOC application timing and funding changes will affect Riley County appropriations
Summary
Unity Corrections staff briefed commissioners on KDOC application timing, requested county appropriations and county alcohol tax fund grant availability; staff said KDOC draft asks for roughly $187,300 in county appropriations (including a 2.7% COLA) and warned of compressed deadlines.
Unity Corrections officials told the Riley County Commission that changes to the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) application process and funding schedule have compressed deadlines and could require the county to set appropriations in close coordination with state submissions.
At the meeting Unity Corrections Director Megan Lewis said KDOC moved its application deadline earlier this year, which complicated the county’s budgeting and grant work. Lewis said the KDOC draft would request approximately $187,299.86 in county appropriations to cover a…
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