Public voices oppose exceeding RNR during Coffey County budget hearings
Summary
Several residents spoke against exceeding the revenue neutral rate and raised transparency concerns during Coffey County's Aug. 24 hearings; the commission did not take final action on the county budget at the meeting.
During combined Revenue Neutral Rate and budget hearings for Coffey County on Aug. 24, multiple residents spoke against exceeding the RNR and against the proposed county budget. Kim West, Denise Eccles, Laura B. Pavlak and Doug Feldhausen were recorded in the minutes as speaking against exceeding the RNR; John Kitt later spoke about transparency in the county budget hearing.
The board's record shows the clerk took roll call to exceed the RNR and that the commission later adopted a county resolution exceeding the RNR. Separately, the minutes state commissioners "did not take action on the County budget" at this meeting. The minutes do not include the comments verbatim, nor do they include budget totals or numeric proposals.
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