Published on December 04, 2024
Monday, the Weld County Board of Commissioners, by way of a four-to-zero vote, approved Weld County’s 2025 budget, which has expenses totaling $563,251,102. The budget was approved during the final reading of a three-reading process, which began in November.
The budget was created through a process that involved careful planning and a continued commitment to ensuring the long-term fiscal responsibility of the county. These characteristics help ensure the county can achieve its mission of providing innovative, responsive and cost-effective services to residents. This approach has also kept the county in good financial condition and has it and poised to meet future challenges, a few of which include population growth, an expected decrease in the county’s assessed value and the need to continue to attract and retain the best employees, according to the 2025 Financial Plan, outlined in the first few pages of the 2025 Weld County Budget Book.
The plan reads in part: “The 2025 budget will recommend measures to strengthen our current financial stability and bolster our ability to weather what the future will bring. … Weld County leadership will bring forward a budget that demonstrates Weld County’s continued creativity, resilience, and commitment to residents.”
“Weld County is proud to continue to provide a mill levy reduction credit to property taxpayers by collecting only what is needed,” said Weld County Commissioner Chair Kevin Ross.
The mill levy was formally set at 15.956 mills to fund the 2025 budget, and the board approved the continuation of a temporary mill levy credit of 6.082 mills.