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Riley County approves KDOT roadside weed-treatment contract; officials urge caution on proposed Amur honeysuckle listing
Summary
The county approved the 2025 contract with the Kansas Department of Transportation to treat roadside noxious weeds, and the county’s noxious-weed director warned that adding Amur honeysuckle to the state noxious list could impose major treatment burdens on local government and urban parks.
Riley County commissioners voted to approve the county’s 2025 contract with the Kansas Department of Transportation for roadside noxious-weed treatment, continuing an annual agreement under which the county charges labor and overhead to treat state rights-of-way.
Michael Boehler, director of noxious weeds and household hazardous waste (HHW), briefed the board on several weed-control items and hazardous-waste programs. Boehler said the KDOT contract contains the county’s labor and overhead recovery rate (about $4,896 this year, a modest decrease…
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