Kehoe vetoes $11 million in Ashland sewer system improvements

KMIZ on June 30, 2025

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Gov. Mike Kehoe approved the state’s $50.8 billion budget on Monday.

The approval of the budget included 208 vetoes, totaling $2,233,729,313; according to a list of vetoes provided by the governor’s office. A press release says that nearly $300 million in general revenue was cut, and 32 expenditure restrictions totaling $211 million in general revenue.

Some notable vetoes include $11 million for sewer system improvements in Ashland, $2 million in Highway 63 improvements in Columbia, $1 million for Harrisburg Sewer system extensions and $500,000 for storm water improvements in Boone County.

Kehoe vetoed $4 million for the construction of a youth sports park in Boone County out of the $12 million that was added for the project, the list indicates.

Greg Logsdon, who is on the board of the Mid-Missouri Sports Park, told ABC 17 News that the group is thankful for the $8 million, which will be used to build an indoor basketball gym off of East Broadway, near El Chaparral Avenue.

Logsdon said that eight youth basketball courts will be built for local and national events.

A list provided by the governor’s office show s that $760,000 for a Columbia mobile structural fire training unit was struck down, as was $500,000 for the Welcome Home Program and $120,000 for the Columbia Housing Authority.