The Harvey County Commission will conduct its annual departmental budget hearings May 30, May 31 and June 1.

The budget hearings are another step in the process as the organization constructs its recommended budget for 2024. The recommended budget is tentatively scheduled to be presented June 27.

Approved budgets for previous years are available here.

The schedule for this year's budget hearings are below. Dates and times for each hearing are subject to change. All hearings are open to the public, and can also be viewed online.

Tuesday, May 30

  • 10:45 a.m.: Budget and Capital Improvement Project Overview
  • 11:15 a.m.: Noxious Weed
  • 11:30 a.m.: Emergency Management
  • 1 p.m.: Harvey-Marion County CDDO (appropriation)
  • 1:15 p.m.: Kansas State Research and Extension (appropriation)
  • 1:45 p.m.: Road and Bridge
  • 2:30 p.m.: Mid-Kansas CAP (appropriation)
  • 2:45 p.m.: Attorney's Office
  • 3 p.m.: District Court
  • 3:30 p.m.: Newton Saddle Club (appropriation)
  • 3:45 p.m.: Harvey County Free Fair Board (appropriation)

Wednesday, May 31

  • 9 a.m.: Register of Deeds
  • 9:15 a.m.: Health
  • 9:45 a.m.: 911 Communications
  • 10:15 a.m.: Planning, Zoning and Environmental
  • 10:30 a.m.: Sheriff's Office
  • 11 a.m.: Appraiser's Office
  • 11:15 a.m.: Information Technology
  • 11:30 a.m.: Prairie View (appropriation)
  • 1 p.m.: Aging
  • 1:30 p.m.: Harvey County Historical Society (appropriation)
  • 1:45 p.m.: Coroner's Office
  • 2 p.m.: Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center (appropriation)
  • 2:15 p.m.: SafeHope (appropriation)
  • 2:30 p.m.: Solid Waste
  • 3 p.m.: Clerk's Office, Elections and Clerk Technology
  • 3:15 p.m.: Bond and Interest
  • 3:30 p.m.: Indigent Defense (appropriation)

Thursday, June 1

  • 9 a.m.: Treasurer's Office
  • 9:15 a.m.: Parks
  • 9:45 a.m.: Conservation District (appropriation)
  • 10 a.m.: Caring Hands Humane Society (appropriation)
  • 10:15 a.m.: Harvey County Economic Development Council (appropriation)
  • 10:30 a.m.: Courthouse General
  • 10:45 a.m.: Administration
  • 11 a.m.: Commission

Note: The Health Ministries appropriation budget hearing was held May 23, 2023.

(Updated May 24, 2023)