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Duties of county commissioner
Kansas county commissioners are the elected officials who run county governments in the state of Kansas. Responsibilities of county commissioners include:
[1] Managing and regulating county property,
[2] Establish the county financial budget/financial reports,
[3] Purchase sites and to build and repair county buildings; and to insure the buildings in the name of the county treasurer for the benefit of the county,
[4] Apportion and order the levying of taxes,
[5] Manage the business and concerns of the county,
[6] Organize township borders and appoint township officials,
[7] Establish one of more election precincts in any township,
[8] Manage county roads and transportation means,
[9] Engage in contracts with any landowner for the construction and maintenance of underpasses, bridges, and drainage ways under and across any county road in county road running across or through such landowners land,
[10] To acquire, own and operate a county airport.