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# Manhattan City Commission to hold public hearings on 2027 budget and property tax rate
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-to-hold-public-hearings-on-2027-budget-and-property-tax-rate/
- Published: 2026-09-14T14:45:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:45:26.000Z
- Description: Tuesday agenda also includes support for Yuma Street Cultural Center and a $1.52 million pedestrian improvement contract
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: ksu, dnn, #news

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The Manhattan City Commission is set to hold public hearings Tuesday before voting to adopt its 2027 budget and a property tax rate that exceeds the state’s revenue-neutral rate. Because the proposed property tax collections will surpass last year’s revenues due to rising valuations, Kansas law requires the city to hold a dedicated hearing and pass a resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral rate before taking final action. Following the hearings, the commission is scheduled to vote on ordinances to adopt the 2027 city budget and establish employee salaries for the upcoming year.

In other business, commissioners are slated to vote on a sales tax exemption and a resolution declaring the city's intent to issue industrial revenue bonds for the Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills to support the Yuma Street Cultural Center project, a planned hub for local history and business development. The commission will also review a consent agenda that includes authorizing $4.53 million in claims payments, a $1.52 million contract with Ebert Construction Co. Inc. for pedestrian improvements at Fifth and Leavenworth streets, and a new school speed limit zone along Pecanwood Drive. The meeting, led by Mayor Susan Adamchak, whose office is nonpartisan, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

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