Property Tax Freeze Prompts Serious Budget Cuts In The Dotte

Economic reality across the State Line inspires austerity and more political fighting.

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Since the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas commission decided in June to go revenue neutral — to freeze property taxes for 2025 — it has heard and discussed a lot of numbers. But there is one guiding all its decisions: $472 million.

“You don’t have any more money to play with,” County Administrator David Johnston warned commissioners when he presented the draft budget two weeks ago.

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Kansas City, Kansas, must cut millions from its budget because of a property tax freeze

The Wyandotte County Sheriff says his agency can't absorb proposed budget cuts, while residents are asking the Unified Government to avoid reducing neighborhood programs. Commissioners must pass a budget Thursday.