A petition with over 2,000 signatures was determined to valid today by the Saline County Clerk’s office according to Kevin Korb.
In order to be valid, 1,632 of the 2,114 signatures needed to be verified. The verification
process was halted after the Clerk’s office found 1,662 good and proper signatures. It is standard operating procedure to stop looking for valid signatures in the case of a petition once the necessary
number has been exceeded.
This past Friday Korb had filed the petition on behalf of a group of concerned Salina citizens protesting several actions over the past 14 months by the Salina City Commission.
The petition is an effort to rein in some of the mandates put in place by the Commission
regarding issues like wearing face coverings and limiting capacities at businesses.
The next step in the process is for the Commission to either adopt the ordinance proposed in the petition or send the issue to Salina voters to decide in the upcoming November election.
The Commission will have up to 20 days to determine the action they wish to take once they are
formally in receipt of the petition.
