County Budget

Annual Budget

Boulder County government assumes a variety of roles and carries out core responsibilities in order to help foster a vibrant, healthy, and active community.

Our annual budget process allows for the careful allocation of tax dollars to help with important county functions such as maintaining our well-traveled roads, conducting law and public safety services, providing housing counseling and nutrition assistance for our youngest and oldest residents, and working together to create visionary open space and land use policies.

Budget Process

Developing Boulder County’s annual budget is a process that starts in May each year and involves hundreds of hours of work from county staff, elected officials, and the community.

Future Meetings and Hearings

Public Hearings: Quarterly 2026 Budget Amendment Requests

• Quarter 1 amendment requests for the Eldorado Springs Public Improvement District:
  Tuesday, May 19
  • View the proposed Quarter 1 Budget Amendment documentation.
  • Virtual Attendee Link for Commissioners’ May 19 Morning Session
    Call-in information: 1-833-568-8864
    Webinar ID: 165 209 4277

    Registration is required to comment in-person at the Public Hearing: register using the In-Person Public Comment Sign-Up Form.

    Registration is not required for those attending without giving public comment.




• Quarter 2 amendments: Thursday June 25
• Quarter 3 amendments: Thursday Sept. 24
• Quarter 4 amendments: Thursday Jan. 14, 2027

Additional 2025 and 2026 Budget presentations and associated materials are available from the Past Meetings and Hearings section.

2027 Budget Process

Public Meetings

• Annual Benefits Workshop: Thursday Aug. 27
• Recommended Budget Presentation to the Board of County Commissioners: Thursday Oct. 10
• Department and Office Presentations, part 1: Tuesday Oct. 6
• Department and Office Presentations, part 2: Thursday Oct. 8
• Budget Work Session presentation: Thursday Nov. 5
• 2027 Budget Adoption by the Board of County Commissioners: Tuesday Dec. 8

Public Hearings

• Public comment on the 2027 Boulder County Recommended Budget: Thursday Oct. 22

Both public meetings and hearings are available to attend in-person (3rd floor, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder), online through Zoom, or by phone.

Public hearings provide an opportunity for public comment. More details, including access to previous meeting videos and documentation, are available through the Public Meetings, Hearings, Records and Video Archives page.

Sign up for the Commissioners’ Advance Agenda to receive the most up to date two-week agenda, including final dates for all meetings and hearings.

Meeting dates are subject to change.

Revenue

Property Taxes

The Treasurer’s Office collects taxes for all taxing districts in the county, including Boulder County government, school districts, cities, fire districts, water and sanitation districts, and other special districts, and distributes the monies to those districts.

In 2026, taxing entities receiving portions of property tax revenues include:

• School districts: 55%
• Boulder County Government: 24%
• Cities and Towns: 10%
• All others combined: 10%

Sales and Use Taxes

Consult Boulder County’s Sales and Use taxes page for all details.

More Information

Interested in learning more about Financial Reporting for Boulder County? Visit our Financial Reporting page.

Budget Books

• 2025 Budget Book – OpenGov
• 2024 Budget Book – OpenGov
• 2023 Budget Book – OpenGov
• 2022 Budget Book

Budget Summaries

• 2025 Budget Summary – OpenGov
• 2024 Budget Summary – OpenGov
• 2024 Boulder County Budget Summary – Printable PDF
  • Resumen del presupuesto 2024 – PDF para imprimir
• 2023 Budget Summary
• 2022 Budget Summary