Wichita Century II

Sedgwick County Finance Department cares about property tax payers.
They are working on the
SSMID problem!

The KORA on the College Hill sidewalk/swale/flume came back with Wichita City Council November 6, 2025 minutes approving $1.2 M in funding for the 2026 Sidewalk Maintenance Program. On January 13, 2026, a contract for $1,006,700 for sidewalk maintenance was signed with Plans to be prepared under the direction of the City Engineer. No specific answer on the cost for the College Hill project.

Be careful when buying a condo or apartment in District 1 downtown in the SSMID area (Shepard). There could be an hidden extra tax in the property taxes for the condo you want to buy.

Hidden? Yep, and you will not learn about it from your Title Insurance company, or your realtor. It's your responsibility to find out about it. Looking up the taxes for a condo on the Sedgwick County Property Tax website does not always show the SSMID tax rate - the tax rate could bundled into one tax rate! (see first photo were the tax rate is shown as 122.809000).

Commercial property owners see the tax in complete detail by tax authority (see second photo listing the tax rates for 8 categories, including self supporting municipal improvement district at 10 mills). But not all residential condo owners get this kind of detail. Why? And why no consistency?

Your city tax dollars hard at work - District 1 (Joseph Shepard) public works project. Douglas street across from Blessed Sacrament someone had the bright idea to put in a sidewalk that ends halfway down the hill into College Hill Park. The result? Erosion and now a barrier is up to prevent people from walking down it. And the City wanted $850 million more to spend in sales tax? NO WAY.

Wichita Area Sister Cities had a magnificent alibreje (paper mache artform). The first time in many years WASC had a ‘float’. Wichita River Festival is on!

Wichita River Festival Sundown Parade starts at 6:30 pm.
Wichita Area Sister Cities will be represented.🇫🇷🇺🇸

Freedom comes at a price. And only those that have served understand the price. Never forget.

Happy Memorial Day. ❤️ To our military servicemen and women, we salute you!