Riley County commissioners on Monday finalized the 2026 non-fund capital improvement projects, approving $1.2 million worth of equipment purchases and facility upgrades.
Budget and finance officer Brittany Phillips noted the county plans to tap its American Rescue Plan Act funds to help pay for the CIP projects.
“I’m showing right now that we’re going to need to use a little over $600,000 of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) funds — we still have emergency management renovation going on in Keats,” she said. “I do have an estimate on the EMS headquarters that we have probably one more bill to pay, about $40,000 but I included that in that $600,000 total.”
