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City budget would double police retirement payments

Scott Bontz News-Record In 2026 budget discussion on either side of its regular meeting Monday night, the Lindsborg City Council hashed out whether to more than double the cost for a police retirement program and whether to fund the Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum at all, after a 19-year-old policy statement was found that could be read to preclude such help for nonprofits. The consensus was to make the police insurance change and again give the museum $30,000 of the $50,000 it asked for.

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