Sedgwick County to roll out public budget simulator May 5 for three-week test

Apr 22, 2025

County staff plan to launch an online budget simulator on May 5 and keep it live for about three weeks before Memorial Day; results will be analyzed and presented to commissioners in early June.

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Sedgwick County staff told the commission they plan to launch a public budget simulator on May 5 and keep it open for roughly three weeks as part of a first-year rollout to encourage broader citizen engagement in budgeting. Dr. Hua Guo, who helped design the tool for the county, said the pilot is intentionally iterative: "The plan to launch the simulation will be, on May 5. And we'll allow the simulation to run for, 3 weeks, just right before the Memorial weekend." Dr. Hua Guo presented the tool as a multi-year project that will be refined after public testing.

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