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Minutes for SB104 - Committee on Local Government
Short Title
Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.
Minutes Content for Mon, Mar 3, 2025
Jason Long, Revisor of Statutes,(Attachment 4) gave an overview of the bill. He explained this bill would grant the Shawnee county board commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.
Ashley Biegert, Assistant Shawnee County Counselor(Attachment 5) was a proponent for the bill. She explained that this bill would allow for a more efficient, pragmatic approach to governance by maintaining the statute while making its application discretionary rather than obligatory.
The following people provided proponent written only testimony:
- Amanda Stanley, City of Topeka (Attachment 6)
- Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties (Attachment 7)
Chairman Bergquist closed the hearing on SB104.
Representative Blex moved, seconded by Representative Schlingensiepen to suspend the rules and work SB7. Motion carried.
Representative Blex moved, seconded by Representative Wolf to pass SB7 out favorably. Motion carried.
Representative Blex moved, seconded by Representative Schlingensiepen to suspend the rules and work SB104. Motion carried.
Representative Schlingensiepen moved, seconded by Representative Collins to pass SB104 out favorably. Motion carried.
Representative Wolf, moved, seconded by Representative Blex to approve minutes dated February 14, 2025. Motion carried.
Representative Wolf, moved, seconded by Representative Blex to approve minutes dated February 17, 2025. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned 9:34 a.m.
