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.
2025 Budget Process
The 2025 budget has been developed with a focus on the commissioners’ three strategic priorities:
- Economic Security and Social Stability
- Climate Action and Environmental Stewardship
- Good Governance
The final Budget was adopted on December 11, 2024. View the 2025 Budget Adoption meeting.
Future Public Hearings and Meetings
Starting in 2025, all Budget Amendments are being approved by the Board of County Commissioners on a quarterly basis. To that effect, quarterly public hearings are tentatively scheduled as follows:
- Q1: March 27 – details are available from the March 27 Public Hearing information page.
- Q2: June 26
- Q3: September 25
- Q4: December 18
These dates are subject to change. Final dates will be published in the Commissioners’ Advance Agenda.
2026 Budget: There are currently no scheduled public meetings or hearings relating to the 2026 Budget. New related events will be scheduled starting in the 3rd quarter of 2025.
Public hearings provide an opportunity for public comment. Sign up for the Commissioners’ Advance Agenda to receive the most up to date two-week agenda for all meetings and hearings.
Past Meeting Recordings and Documents
Recordings of public meetings and public hearings with their associated documentation are available through the Boulder County Meeting Portal.
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 2025, taxing entities receiving portions of property tax revenues include:
- School districts: 54%
- Boulder County Government: 24%
- Cities & Towns: 11%
- All others combined: 11%
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.
Online Budget Book (OBB) over time
This interactive report, which currently shows data up to and including the 2025 Budget, is provided through the OpenGov portal.
Hover over any part of the graph to display contextual information for that slice. To view this report in its own larger window, proceed to the independent report view.
Mill Levy and Property Tax
The 2025 Mill Levies were formally approved during the Budget Adoption public meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on December 11, 2024: view the meeting section concerning the Resolution Levying Property Taxes.. Boulder County will levy 22.661 mills for fiscal year 2025, with a temporary mill levy credit of -2.133. This reflects a 5.5% growth limitation in the entirety of the county’s General Use fund, and most of the county voter-approved property tax funds.
More information about Property Tax is available in the 2025 Budget Summary section about Property Taxes.
Sign up to receive the commissioners’ Advance Agenda for meeting details. Regular business meetings can be attended online, by phone, or in-person, but there is no opportunity for public comment. Written comments can be sent to commissioners@bouldercounty.gov.
The Boulder County Treasurer’s Office calculated property tax using the mill levies from all taxing entities, and sent out property tax notices in late January. Find out more about how tax is calculated.
Previous Years’ Information
Budget Summaries
- 2024 Budget Summary – OpenGov
- 2024 Boulder County Budget Summary – Printable PDF
- Resumen del presupuesto 2024 – PDF para imprimir
- 2023 Budget Summary
- 2022 Budget Summary
- 2021 Budget Summary
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