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Saline County court approves 2026 budget, adopts two ordinances; officials announce Santa visits
Summary
The Saline County court adopted Ordinances 2025-19 and 2025-20 and approved the county's 2026 budget by roll call. Court members thanked staff for preparing the budget and announced two community Santa appearances, including a gazebo event and a Riverside Grocery visit.
The Saline County court approved the county's 2026 budget and adopted two ordinances after roll-call votes during a brief meeting that included holiday announcements for the community.
The court adopted Ordinance 2025-19 after a roll-call vote in which each named member answered "Yes," the record shows. Later, the court voted to adopt Ordinance 2025-20 by roll call as well. The ordinances were identified on the record by their ordinance numbers; the clerk read one ordinance by title after the court suspended the full-reading rule.
A member offered a motion to suspend the rule so the ordinance could be read by title only; the motion was recorded as being made by Krauss and seconded by Justice Whitley, and the court voted in the affirmative. On the budget, one justice thanked department heads and the legislature for their work preparing the plan, saying, "I just like to say thank you to all the department heads and the legislature who helped put this together. I think you did a really good job and makes our job easy when we don't have to quarrel the pain." The comment was entered on the record in appreciation of staff and elected officials.
Roll-call voting on the two ordinances is recorded in the meeting transcript by name. For Ordinance 2025-19 the transcript records affirmative responses from the following members: Bismay; Hatcher; Billingsley; Callum; Bellinger; Curtis; Alvarez; Engle; Whitley; Chisholm; Johnson; and Krausson. The record for Ordinance 2025-20 likewise shows affirmative responses by named members during the second roll call and the court announced that motion passed.
Court members used the close of the meeting for brief community announcements. The presiding official thanked county finance, human resources and elected officials for their work on the budget and encouraged the public to attend holiday activities: "Santa Claus is coming to Saline County" at the courthouse gazebo beginning at 6:00 p.m., with Mrs. Claus reading stories, and an additional Santa visit scheduled at Riverside Grocery on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. Court members confirmed pets would be allowed at the gazebo event.
A motion to adjourn was made by Billingsley and seconded by Rausch, and the meeting concluded shortly thereafter following a brief audience exchange.
Documentation: The meeting transcript identifies the ordinances by number and records the roll calls and the short on-the-record remarks quoted above. The transcript does not specify dollar amounts or line-item details of the adopted budget in the excerpt provided.
