Wyandotte County

At a time when the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, is telling residents it needs to get a handle on its finances and is weighing the need to further cut services , officials are discussing a string of significant salary increases for elected officials totaling more than half a million dollars.

The government’s administration and human services committee was scheduled to consider a recommendation from its legal department to increase salaries for the mayor, register of deeds and county commissioners during a 5 p.m. meeting on June 3 . Government staff removed that item from the meeting agenda on Friday morning after it had been publicly visible for almost two days and garnered traction and pushback on social media.

Krystal McFeders,

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