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Daycare providers, residents press Russell County commissioners over new valuation classification
Summary
Providers and residents told the commission they were concerned after daycare properties were reclassified from residential to commercial valuation per State of Kansas directives; Chair Strobel said the county follows state law and 'the County is not anti-daycare.'
A group of daycare providers and property owners raised concerns with the Russell County Commission about a change in property classification and valuation that treats some daycare facilities as commercial rather than residential. Chair Duke Strobel told the board that "the County is not anti-daycare" and that the county appraiser is classifying facilities according to directives and statutes from the State of Kansas.
Speakers included property owner James Dan Casey and providers Bailey Mead, Jennifer Ode and Allison Casey, who described concerns about increased valuations and financial impacts resulting from the reclassification. Dana Stanton, Childcare Program Specialist with the NWKS Innovation Center, also spoke. Strobel advised that any changes to valuation classifications must be made at the state level and offered contact information for state representatives, noting the county's authority is constrained by state statutes and guidance from the Director of Property Valuation, Bob Kent.
