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Hesston council approves 2025 budget, authorizes trail cost‑share and adopts regional hazard plan
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Hesston City Council approved the 2025 budget and a resolution to exceed the revenue neutral rate, authorized a KDOT cost‑share for an East‑West trail and adopted the Region G Hazard Mitigation Plan; several votes were unanimous.
The Hesston City Council on Sept. 9 adopted the 2025 city budget, approved a resolution to exceed the revenue neutral rate for 2025 and authorized several infrastructure actions, all by recorded motions and roll-call votes.
Council members approved Resolution No. 1180, authorizing the city to exceed the revenue neutral rate as part of the 2025 budget process; the motion carried 4-0 with Larry Fuqua, Michael Wallace, Susan Swartzendruber and Clare Moore voting in favor. The council then opened and closed a public hearing on the 2025 budget with no public comment and voted 4-0 to adopt the 2025 City Budget as presented.
The council also voted to approve a Kansas Department of Transportation cost‑share contract for the East‑West Trail Project. Clare Moore moved to approve the KDOT contract and Larry Fuqua seconded; the motion carried 4-0. Later, the council approved Resolution No. 1181 adopting the Kansas Homeland Security Region G Hazard Mitigation Plan; Michael Wallace moved for approval, Clare Moore seconded and the motion carried 4-0.
Why it matters: Adopting the budget and exceeding the revenue neutral rate sets the city’s tax and spending posture for 2025 and clears the financial framework for programs and capital projects. Approving the KDOT cost‑share opens the path for a funded East‑West trail project in Hesston; adopting the regional hazard mitigation plan aligns the city with a regional framework for hazard preparedness.
Procedural notes: Public hearings on both the revenue neutral rate and the budget drew no public comment. The minutes record unanimous votes for the major budget and infrastructure actions. The minutes do not specify effective dates for budget implementation or the precise funding breakdowns for the KDOT contract beyond the council’s approval; those details were not included in the meeting record and are therefore not stated here.
