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Mayor’s briefing: 2025 city service totals, consumer-safety tips and animal-shelter update

Mayor's Briefing (Wichita City) · January 9, 2026
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Summary

The mayor shared 2025 service statistics, the Wichita Police Department offered safety tips for online marketplaces, the fire department urged caution with sparklers and indoor pyrotechnics, and Animal Services updated shelter intake and reunification efforts.

At the mayor’s briefing the city released several 2025 service totals and public-safety reminders for residents preparing events and online transactions.

The mayor said Wichita Fire Department responded to over 62,000 incidents in 2025 (compared with about 59,000 the prior year) and Public Works filled more than 81,000 potholes (compared with about 74,000 the prior year). The Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport handled roughly 1.7 million passengers, library circulation exceeded 1.9 million items, the municipal ID program issued 1,385 IDs, the Housing Choice Voucher program served about 3,800 households (about 7,541 individuals),…

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