Unified Government buys more time before deciding whether to raise property taxes

Residents in Wyandotte County will have to wait another week to know whether they should prepare for higher property tax bills next year.

Wyandotte County commissioners held off on deciding where to cap property taxes in the next budget year after a nearly six-hour, at times heated, public meeting Thursday evening.

The board, more than four hours into a meeting that ran past midnight, postponed deciding on whether it will freeze or increase the amount taxpayers give the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, until July 17 at 5 p.m…

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