Geary County officials this week took their plea for help meeting social service costs to the area legislative delegation.

The issue revolves around the fact many of those services deal with people who are actually Fort Riley residents, but the County has to pay the bill.

State Representative Tom Moxley explained initially officials need to find out what the Department of Defense is doing at other installations in the country. “And in the Legislature we have research people who work for us that can determine that. And they will in turn go to national research firms that work for us and scout out what those possibilities are in regard to impact aid for cities and counties.”

In Kansas school districts receive military impact aid, but cities and counties do not at the present time.