KHP requests $27.3M in FY26, including $24M ARPA for a central dispatch center
Summary
Kyle told the committee KHP’s FY26 request is roughly $27.3 million and includes $24 million in ARPA funds for a new central dispatch center in West (West Celina). The packet lists scale-house replacements, troop facility upgrades and a phased headquarters relocation.
Kyle summarized the Kansas Highway Patrol capital-improvement request for the committee, saying the agency seeks about $27.3 million in FY26, including $24 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for a central dispatch center. Kyle said the dispatch center will be constructed on KDOT property in West Celina and that the request also includes training-academy improvements, a series of scale-house replacements (the southbound Olathe scale house is projected at about $4.7 million) and a two-phase headquarters relocation and outfitting plan.
Committee members asked whether a $500,000 cap in a particular request had been reduced from an original amount above $1 million; Kyle confirmed the original request was larger and was later reduced. Members also questioned the recommended cadence for replacing scale houses (the engineer recommended two per year but the agency planned to do one per year because of funding constraints). Kyle clarified timing for the agency’s revised FY26 figures and said he would provide follow-up detail when needed.
Because the committee did not have a quorum, members received the briefing but did not take any formal action.
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