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Bourbon County treasurer seeks higher publication and tax-statement budgets and flags motor-vehicle subsidy gap
Summary
The treasurer asked commissioners for modest increases to cover rising publication and tax-statement costs and said state reimbursement for motor-vehicle services has not kept pace, leaving the county to subsidize those operations.
Treasurer Jennifer presented the treasurer's 2026 budget request and told commissioners the office needs increases for publication and tax-statement costs and for modest wage adjustments to remain competitive.
She said state-mandated publications and tax-statement mailings have risen in price: the Fort Scott Tribune already notified the office of an 8.8% increase and the treasurer proposed a 15% budget allowance for publications and a 7% increase for the tax-statement line to cover printing,…
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