County to accept $221,404 share of FY25 Byrne JAG grant with Wichita

The chair described an annual Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant agreement with the city of Wichita and said the city and county split the FY25 grant 50/50, yielding $221,404 to the county. "This is a regular annual occurrence where city county split 50 50, and this gives them their $221,404," the chair said.

A commissioner asked why a previously scheduled meeting to consider the grant had been canceled. The chair said all requests were within budget and that involved parties concurred to vote by email and move the request forward; the commissioner replied they had received only a cancellation notice and not the follow-up materials.