Johnson County Government

New county advisory committees on diversity and sustainability now have their initial twenty-eight members, after a little under an hour of debate and sometimes raised voices at the Johnson County Commission Thursday. Commissioners approved the members for the two new...

The employment contract for County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson was unanimously extended Thursday, but county commissioners split in favor of her pay and bonus. After a 40-minute executive session, commissioners voted 4-3 to give Postoak Ferguson a 3% merit increase,...

Johnson County commissioners didn’t all agree on exactly what was discussed in a June 29 closed session, but a majority voted that it was legally appropriate to call it. In a letter to the Kansas Attorney General, a split commission...

An open meetings complaint to the Kansas Attorney General had Johnson County commissioners searching their memories last week as they sought to provide answers about a June 29 executive session on county employee pay tables. By last Friday, commissioners were...

Speakers revisited some hot-button issues of the COVID years earlier this week in a high-energy and often angry public hearing on Johnson County's proposed budget for next fiscal year. But the crowd at Monday night's hearing —the majority of whom...

A decision in June to hold a closed session shortly before a vote on Johnson County employee pay tables is being investigated by the Kansas Attorney General’s office, following a complaint filed by Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara. Attorney General Kris Kobach’s...

Johnson County is spending roughly $1.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds on several initiatives, including one to help pay rent and utilities as well as providing for the housing needs of people with certain disabilities. Johnson County Commissioners on Aug....

Two new citizen advisory boards on diversity and sustainability were voted into existence by the Johnson County Commission last Thursday after extended discussion, particularly on the implications of a diversity group. The advisory groups – called coalitions – can each...

Johnson County commissioners on Thursday set the maximum spending cap for its 2024 budget at $1.79 billion covering county programs, parks, libraries, wastewater and other operations. That number now represents the most the county can spend next year as it...

Confusion over the recent approval of federal money for an affordable housing project in Olathe brought a crowd of commenters to the county commission Thursday, many of them complaining about a lack of transparency and conflicting information. The comments prompted...

Sheriff Calvin Hayden’s two-year investigation into the county’s election procedures is still focused on the 2020 election and could go on for years unless detectives get access to data to put the county in the clear, the sheriff said...

County commissioners on Thursday okayed a proposal to spend $950,000 in federal pandemic relief money toward a unique Habitat for Humanity development of 20 yet-to-be-built homes in Olathe that will be available to low-income buyers for 99 years and...