The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Tuesday morning.

The Board approved the final part of the contract for the County Road P28/Wagon Road Pavement Rehabilitation project, and heard from County Engineer Josh Sebern on receiving funds through the Traffic Safety Improvement Program (TSIP) Sign Replacement reimbursement. They also approved a financial oversight agreement with the Guthrie County First Responders, along with a resolution for the fiscal year 2026-27 salaries for elected officials.

Supervisor Maggie Armstrong says that the salaries may be a part of the budget that many look at, but that the consideration for the 2026-27 budget is more than that. She shares that the Board is planning to move forward with its largest property tax reduction in decades, with rural residents seeing a 37 cent reduction and urban residents seeing a 13 cent reduction in their county-issued property tax ask.

In a written statement, Armstrong explains that much work has been done, and conversations had to set next fiscal year’s budget. She adds it’s refreshing to be able to offer a respectable wage increase that takes into consideration the rise in health insurance premiums as well as cost of living expenses, reduce levy rates across all three funds (General Basic, General Supplemental and Rural Services), and earmark funding to be used for debt buy down and much needed roads and bridge projects. Armstrong mentions that they also have determined to use available funds to pay off debt associated with the courthouse, as well as fund rural road and bridge projects along with further maintenance.