Budgets

The capital and operating budgets reflect the division of resources. This provides the foundation and services needed to carry out County responsibilities. These budgets are approved by the County Board and outlined in the budget documents.

2024 operating budget

2024 Proposed operating budget book (PDF, 11MB)

2024 Proposed budget memo (PDF, 12MB)

2024 capital budget / 2024-2028 capital improvement program / capital budgeting task force recommendations

I. Budget summary (PDF, 3MB)

II. Public works and III. Law, safety, and justice (PDF, 10MB)

IV. Health, V. Human services, VI. Resident services, and VII. Operations (PDF, 7MB)

VIII. Capital budgeting task force report (PDF, 1MB)

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2024 budget information and hearings

To provide comment:

Members of the public will be able to call in to record a comment that will be played for the board at the following budget hearing. The line will be open for four hours starting at the end of each budget hearing. Comments should be related to this specific budget hearing. If there is not enough time to play all comments, recordings will be sent to commissioners. Budget meetings can be viewed online

To record a comment for the meeting

Call 612-688-4455
Leave a voicemail message with your comments

For comments to be included, recorded messages will need to meet the following standards just as they would in person:

Participants will need state their first and last name for the record
Participants will need to adhere to the rules of decorum as outlined in our posted guidance for addressing the board
Comments must be kept to a 2-minute limit. Comments that are made beyond the 2- minute limit will not be heard

Upcoming budget hearings

Hearings are listed by date and include topics and documents.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023: 1:30 p.m.

County Administrator presents proposed 2024 budget to County Board

2024 Proposed budget memo (PDF, 12MB)

Tuesday, September 19, 2023: 1:30 p.m.

County Board adopts maximum 2024 property tax levy
HCRRA and HCHRA maximum levies are approved by their respective boards

Monday, October 2, 2023: noon

Disparity Reduction

2024 Disparity reduction executive summary (PDF, 2MB)

Thursday, October 12, 2023: noon

Human Services, Health and Public Health

Monday, October 16, 2023: noon

Monday, October 23, 2023: noon

Law, safety and justice

Law, Safety and Justice executive summary (PDF, 2MB)

Thursday, October 26, 2023: noon

Operations, Resident Services, and Public Works

Wednesday, November 1, 2023: noon - 3 p.m.

Administrator amendments

Tuesday, November 28, 2023: 6 p.m.

Truth in taxation public hearing

Tuesday, December 12, 2023: 1:30 p.m.

County board approves 2024 budget / levy at regularly scheduled board meeting

Past budgets

Budget documents are listed by newest to oldest.

2023 budget

2022 budget

2021 budget

2020 budget

2019 budget

2018 budget

2017 budget

2016 budget

2015 budget

2014 budget

2013 budget

2012 budget

2011 budget

Budget process

February

Preparation of the annual budget begins with the distribution of the capital budget and the five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) instructions to departments.

April

The Office of Budget and Finance (OBF) distributes the operating budget instructions. These instructions provide parameters and guidelines from county administration to departments in the preparation of their operating and capital budget submissions.

November

Property owners will receive a notice showing the impact of the county’s maximum levies on their properties, as well as the impact of taxes proposed by other local units of government, such as cities and school districts.

Proposed levies were discussed at the Truth in Taxation public meeting on Tuesday, November 29.

The property tax levies that commissioners ultimately approve in December may be lower than the approved maximums but cannot exceed the maximum levies adopted at the November 29 meeting.

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