On Aug. 20, 2007, the City Council adopted the 2008 budget and 2008-2012 Capital Improvements Program.

• Budget document
• Budget-in-Brief
• Property tax (2008 budget year)
• Sales tax
• Expenditures - where the money goes

Budget Highlights:

• The total 2008 budget is $266,300,000. The operating portion of the budget equals $107.5 million, which is a 5.1 percent increase over the adopted 2007 budget. The operating budget pays for on-going city operations, including personnel costs, commodities and services.

Additions for 2008 address priorities identified earlier this year during the Governing Body retreat. These are outlined below:

• Maintenance of low property taxes is achieved in the 2008 recommended budget, which lowers the existing mill levy rate from 8.889 mills to support the 2007 budget to an estimated 8.824 mills to support the 2008 budget. The final mill levy will be determined by the County Clerk in October 2007.

• Providing Quality Public Safety and Safe Neighborhoods through the addition of five Police Officers and one Police Sergeant; two Paramedics; two Fire Inspectors, converts a part-time Prosecutor to a full-time position, and converts a part-time Programmer/Analyst assigned to support the Police Intergraph and Firehouse systems to a full-time position.

• Preserving Healthy Neighborhoods with the addition of includes the addition of one Administrative Support Supervisor in the Neighborhood Services division to support the Neighborhood Conservation Program.
  
  
• Providing Excellent Parks, Recreation and Cultural Amenities through the addition funding to support first full year of operation of the Matt Ross Community Center and the newly renovated Tomahawk Ridge Community Center. The budget also includes the addition of one full-time Assistant Aquatics Supervisor.

The 2008 CIP includes reconstruction of Stonegate Pool at 97th and Antioch and construction of the new Highland View Pool at 151st and England.  Finally, significant construction of the new soccer complex also will take place during 2008. 

• Maintenance of Quality Infrastructure with the addition of two Maintenance Worker positions to address increasing street maintenance needs and to add one snow route. The maintenance program for 2008 continues the “enhanced” infrastructure maintenance program.

• Providing Quality Transportation Infrastructure is enhanced through an increase in funding for the city’s share of on-going costs associated with operation and maintenance of the Operation Green Light project. This metro-wide cooperative project is led by the Mid-America Regional Council. In addition, capital improvement projects scheduled to begin in 2008 include the following improvements:

The adopted 2008-2012 CIP can be viewed online.   

• Figure your estimated property taxes with our online calculators (for 2007 budget):
  
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• Overland Park currently has the lowest property tax rate of any city in Johnson County and of any first class city in Kansas. The city’s mill rate makes up less than 10 percent of a property owner’s total tax bill.
  
  
• Additional information can be found in the 2008 budget adoption packet

The City Manager’s proposed 2008 budget was first presented June 4, 2007 to the Committee of the Whole. The City Manager’s proposed budget is a starting point for discussions regarding the 2008 budget.

Members of the Governing Body reviewed and revised the budget during goal area committee meetings in June.

The City Council held its first public hearing regarding the 2008 budget on April 16. The second public hearing was Aug. 6.

Formal adoption of the 2008 operating budget, including the updated 2008-2012 Capital Improvements Program, occurred on Aug. 20, 2007.