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.

2018 Budget

• 2018 Budget (full budget book) (8 MB)
• 2018 Budget Summary of Expenditures and Revenues (or click image below)

Click the image above to open up the complete 2-page 2018 Budget Summary

2018 Budget Resolutions

(Adopted December 2017)

• 2018 Budget – Resolution levying general property taxes
• 2018 Budget – Resolution appropriating sums of money to the various funds
• 2018 Budget – Burgundy Park Local Improvement District
• 2018 Budget – Nederland Ecopass Public Improvement District

Property Tax Revenue

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. The State of Colorado collects sales tax revenue.

Boulder County retains just one-quarter of all property taxes collected in Boulder County. Annual property taxes for 2018 are distributed as follows:

• School Districts (56%)
• Boulder County Government (25%)
• Cities & Towns (12%)
• Special Districts (7%)

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