Labette County Commissioner continues to work on their budget for the next fiscal year.

This week, Commissioners heard from Labette County Fair Board President JJ Bebb on the fair budget for the upcoming year. The Labette County Fair officially got underway on Saturday. The swine show is tonight, with the poultry, bucket calf and beef show all tomorrow. The rabbit, meat goat and sheep show are all on Wednesday and the dairy cattle, dairy bucket calf and showmanship are on Thursday. The fair wraps up on Friday with the 4-H and FFA livestock auction.

In other business, the commission received a mid-year insurance update on employee health insurance, a department update from Emergency Management Director Charlie Morse and heard from Sheriff Darren Eichinger and Custodial Engineer Chris Lahey on jail building maintenance.