No comments heard at public hearings In a record-setting 17-minute meeting, the City of Gardner unanimously approved the city’s proposed 2024 budget, which is expected to exceed the revenue neutral rate, during its Sept. 5 council meeting.Kansas law requires a public hearing before the city can approve the budget.No public comments were made during either the revenue neutral or budget hearing.City officials said the budget was structurally sound as represented by adequate reserves in both tax levy funds at the end of the 2024 year.The projected mill levy rate of 18.699 mills is the same as last year, and the…