County begins 2026-27 budget process

By SUZIE CAMPBELL suzie@countywidenews.com 

Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners voted to go out for bids on needed security and safety upgrades to long-discussed renovations to the county’s Juvenile Detention Center. Chair Melissa Dennis said, “They just need an update, not only for security reasons, but just for safety reasons.”

Commissioners also reaffirmed their earlier decisio…