Editing Saline County, Kansas (section)

===Board of Commissioners===
Saline County is governed by a [[County commission|Board of Commissioners]]. The commission enacts the annual budget for the county, currently set at about $38,000,000, creates policy to be implemented by the county administrator, approves contracts, and oversees legislation relating to the health, safety, and well-being of the county's citizens.<ref name="Board of Commissioners">{{cite web|url=http://www.saline.org/Commissioners/tabid/1200/Default.aspx|title=Saline County - Board of Commissioners|publisher=Saline County, Kansas|access-date=January 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330122640/http://www.saline.org/Commissioners/tabid/1200/Default.aspx|archive-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref>

The Board of Commissioners has three members, one elected from each of the three commission districts. Commissioners are elected on a partisan basis.<ref name="Board of Commissioners"/> The districts are [[reapportionment|reapportioned]] every three years, with the three districts being equally populated. Term lengths are four years.<ref name="Board of Commissioners"/>

Current representatives on the Board of Commissioners are John Price (District 3; vice chairman), Monte Shadwick (District 1; secretary), and Jim Gile (District 2; chairman).<ref name="Board of Commissioners"/>
In 2014, citizens voted to change the number of commissioners from three to five. The group, “Drive for Five”, successfully campaigned for better representation of the people. Monte Shadwick defeated incumbent commissioner Randy Duncan, who finished last in a three-way race.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saline County Commission To Change |url=https://www.ksal.com/saline-county-commission-to-change/ |publisher=[[KSAL-FM]] |access-date=February 1, 2023 |date=August 5, 2014}}</ref>

Governor [[Sam Brownback]] was tasked with appointing the two new commission members that will serve for two years and then be up for election by the people. On January 12, 2015, Luci Larson and Dave Smith were appointed to the newly created 4th and 5th Districts.<ref>{{cite web|title=New commissioners respond to county issues|url=https://www.salina.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/new-commissioners-respond-to-county/21153502007/|last=Horan|first=Tim|website=Salina Journal|date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>