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The Sedgwick County Commission is poised to give a pay bump to county employees and spend more money on behavioral health next year, according to a preliminary $521 million budget released this week.
Sedgwick County commissioners will receive a 6.9% raise in 2023 after they voted to increase their base salary. Starting next year, the five commissioners’ annual pay will climb from $95,000 to ...
A 2023 study from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that employees’ insufficient retirement savings has led to increased public assistance costs for retirees, reduced tax revenue for the state ...
Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.
Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, [3] the most populous city in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 523,824, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. The county was named for John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union general killed during the American Civil War.
Sedgwick is in eastern Lawrence County, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Cache River, which forms the Lawrence County/Greene County line.. U.S. Route 63 passes through the town, leading northwest 10 miles (16 km) to Hoxie and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Jonesboro.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, Sedgwick County was founded. In 1872, Harvey County was founded. Sedgwick was laid out on an 80-acre (32 ha) town site in 1870. [4] It was named for John Sedgwick, a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [5]
That lease expires in 2025, but Assistant County Manager Tania Cole told commissioners Ruffin is willing to extend the lease at the same rate for another seven years to 2032. A seven-year lease ...