More details today on a story we first told you about yesterday -- the comparison done recently by the Kansas Policy Institute between Kansas counties and what they spend on various functions. Here are some examples from around the state:
Rooks County, spends $259.37 per-resident on county commissioners while four other counties (Barber, Republic, Stevens and Phillips) with about the same population only average $13.14. The appraiser costs $45.64 per-resident in Coffey County, but Clay, Doniphan, Grant, Kingman and Thomas only average $26.64. Some residents might demand a higher level of service that is more expensive and how counties keep their books could also be a factor.
Some of the costs are affected by other considerations explained in the study (available at kansaspolicy.org), but the potential savings to taxpayers is in the hundreds of millions. Local tax collections increased 80 percent over the last 10 years, and the tax burden is costing jobs and prompting some people to leave Kansas.
Rooks County, spends $259.37 per-resident on county commissioners while four other counties (Barber, Republic, Stevens and Phillips) with about the same population only average $13.14. The appraiser costs $45.64 per-resident in Coffey County, but Clay, Doniphan, Grant, Kingman and Thomas only average $26.64. Some residents might demand a higher level of service that is more expensive and how counties keep their books could also be a factor.
Some of the costs are affected by other considerations explained in the study (available at kansaspolicy.org), but the potential savings to taxpayers is in the hundreds of millions. Local tax collections increased 80 percent over the last 10 years, and the tax burden is costing jobs and prompting some people to leave Kansas.
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