Kan. Stat. § 38-504
For the support and maintenance of the detention home or juvenile farm and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county, the county commissioners shall make an estimate of the cost and levy a tax, as in the case of providing for other expenses of the county, and all expenses of the said detention home or juvenile farm shall be accorded as a part of the expenses of the said district court of the said county. The salary of the matron or superintendent shall be fixed by the county commissioners, and warrants shall be drawn for the payment of said salary and all other bills regularly allowed by the said commissioners on account of said expenses for the maintenance of said detention home or juvenile farm.
K.S.A. 38-504