Johnson County Government

Susan Pekarek, who has shepherded Johnson County through two of its largest building projects, will retire as general manager of Johnson County Wastewater on Thursday, Oct. 1. County commissioners bid Pekarek farewell last Thursday, praising her leadership of a department...

A former medical clinic in downtown Gardner may become a full service mental health center, pending its purchase by Johnson County government. County commissioners approved a plan to buy the 9,900-square-foot building at 18320 South Center Street earlier this month,...

Correction: The headline for this story has been updated. These positions were eliminated before the county's 2027 budget was approved.  Citing “shifting business needs,” Johnson County government has eliminated eight staffed positions from four departments, and given a separation package...

Johnson County commissioners gave the final OK to the $1.9 billion county budget Thursday, sending it on its way to be translated into a portion of the bill individual homeowners will get in November. Commissioners finalized the budgets for the...

Connie Schmidt, who was appointed to temporarily fill the vacancy created when county Election Commissioner Fred Sherman resigned last December, has been sworn in to officially take over the job of Election Commissioner long-term. The decision prompted a concerned statement...

Johnson County commissioners earlier this month considered vetoing a tax increment financing plan for a De Soto assisted living facility, with most saying they were upset that there was no plan by the city to help the county recover...

Over the past five months, Johnson County commissioners have stressed that they are searching every nook and cranny for ways to make the budget ends meet without slashing the services residents enjoy. At Tuesday night’s public budget hearing, a mostly...

LEGAL NOTICE I, Greg Baldwin, Interim Treasurer of Johnson County, Kansas, do hereby give notice that, on the first Tuesday of September following publication of the listing, at my office in Olathe, the County Seat of Johnson County, I will...

People hoping to look up who’s donating to candidates for city and Johnson County government will find that information harder to get this year, due to a decision by county officials not to continue posting it on the election...

Three Johnson County libraries will have temporary closures this fall for maintenance that ranges from roof replacement to routine maintenance on air handling systems. County library board members authorized the repairs without comment during recent board meetings. Gardner Library —...

County Election Commissioner Connie Schmidt said she is happy with the 37.4% turnout in the Aug. 4 primary and would be unlikely to add eight former advance voting sites that were not open this month back into the lineup...

Two Johnson County Sheriff's deputies won't face charges in the fatal shooting of a man who stabbed a person at the Panasonic Energy plant in De Soto in December. On Friday, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe announced that his...