How Lees is run
Lees spent $22,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $4,400 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Lees is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Oakley Unified School District 274
Lees’s K–12 school district, shared with Elkader, Oakley, Oakley, South Randall, Monument and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,419 per pupil, $9,863 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
Scott County Unified School District 466 · $13,358 per pupil
Triplains Unified School District 275 · $23,644 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Lees
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Lees yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $4,400 per resident a year, or $12.05 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 95% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Lees didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Lees’s budget compares
Lees ranks 3rd lowest of 5 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | $100 | — | — |
| Paxton | $714 | — | — |
| Lees | $4,400 | — | — |
| Logansport | $4,571 | — | — |
| Elkader | $13,500 | — | — |
| Beaver | — | — | $1,836 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Lees.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Lees’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Lees is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Lees, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.