Voters to decide on commission expansion in Leavenworth County

In this year’s general election, voters will decide whether the Leavenworth County Commission should be expanded from three members to five.

A group known as Give Me Five collected the necessary signatures to have the question placed on the ballot for the November election.

Janette Labbee-Holdeman, who helped spearhead the effort, argued that expanding the commission to five members will provide better representation to southern Leavenworth County.

“To me, that has not been well represented,” she said.

She said a lot of people are moving into Basehor and Tonganoxie.

Currently, both communities are represented by one county commissioner.

(Read more: Leavenworth Times)