Saline County Quorum Court approves 2025 budget, honors long-serving JP Barbara Howe

The Saline County Quorum Court at its final meeting of the year approved the county's annual budget for 2025 and passed multiple ordinances, and issued proclamations recognizing retiring Justice of the Peace Barbara Howe and commemorating the service of the late Everett Hatcher.

The court voted unanimously on the major items. Ordinance 2024-35, described in the meeting as the annual budget ordinance for Saline County for 2025, passed on a roll call vote with all 12 members present voting yes. Two other ordinances that the court read and passed by roll call were identified in the record as Ordinance 2024-33 and Ordinance 2024-34; each passed with all members recorded as voting yes. The court also passed an ordinance described in the record as obligating remaining RPA funds and adopting an interlocal agreement; that measure was recorded as passed unanimously.

Why it matters: the annual budget ordinance establishes the county's appropriations and set compensation for county officials and employees for 2025. The other ordinances recorded at the meeting amend 2024 appropriations and obligate remaining RPA funds; the transcript includes…