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Finney County approves AFAC and parks & recreation awards, waives landfill fee for spring cleanups
Summary
The commission approved staff and United Way recommendations to distribute $75,000 in AFAC funds (90/10 city/county split), accepted Parks & Recreation grant committee allocations subject to state payments, and approved a $2/ton landfill fee waiver for city and county spring cleanups plus a May river cleanup.
The Finney County Board of Commissioners approved multiple grant and distribution items affecting community programs and event support.
Danielle Berg, deputy city manager for Garden City, summarized AFAC (alcohol tax) allocations for two award processes: a staff‑managed track for requests up to $6,000 and a United Way subcommittee review for requests above $6,000. The total AFAC budget cited was $75,000; recommendations included fully funding a set of organizations with the city responsible for roughly 90% of allocations and Finney County covering about 10% (staff‑reviewed awards: county share ≈ $3,463.90; United Way subcommittee awards: county share ≈ $6,842.50). Commissioners approved staff recommendations and the United Way subcommittee recommendations as presented.
County staff then presented the Parks & Recreation grant process under KSA guidance explaining that one‑third of the alcoholic liquor fund is allocated for parks and recreation. The county received 14 parks and recreation applications requesting about $199,020, exceeding available funds, and the committee recommended prioritizing smaller requests; the board approved directing distributions as recommended and conditioned payment on receiving state funds.
Public Works requested waiving the $2 per ton municipal waste fee for 2026 spring cleanup events in Garden City and Holcomb and for two county resident haul days; the board approved the waiver and added a May 4 river cleanup date to the waiver.
Why it matters: these actions distribute local alcohol‑tax revenues to community programs and remove a minor landfill fee barrier for community cleanup events. The county's financial exposure is modest (10% cost share on AFAC recommendations and contingent payouts based on state receipts for parks funds).
