Overview
Burlington adopted a 2025 budget of $14,586,792. The Electric Utility ($5,507,992) is the largest fund, followed by the General Fund ($2,435,305) and the Water Utility ($1,816,167). The 2024 ad valorem tax is $737,311, and its three levy-fund lines sum exactly to that figure. The budget hearing was held September 4, 2024, at 6:20 p.m. at City Hall; the revenue-neutral rate is 34.335 mills and no exceeds-RNR resolution was required. The November 1, 2024 assessed valuation is $21,579,850.
At a glance — adopted budget 2025
Source: City of Burlington 2025 adopted budget, certificate and Statement of Indebtedness.
General Fund — adopted 2025
January 1, 2025 cash $311,397 + 2025 receipts excluding the crossed-out ad valorem line $1,416,415 = resources $1,727,812; + ad valorem $707,493 = $2,435,305, matching the General Fund authority. Largest receipts: Local Sales $200,000; Franchise $150,000; Motor Vehicle $100,000; Interest $65,000; Transfer from Electric $75,000; from Sewer $50,000; from Water $50,000; Delinquent $11,500; Local Alcoholic Liquor $3,500; In Lieu $15,000; Rent $22,000; Reimbursed $10,000; Licenses $12,500; less a Neighborhood Revitalization Rebate of −$35,085. Prior-year ad valorem for context: 2023 actual $682,800; 2024 estimate $685,000.
| Expenditure | 2025 amount |
|---|---|
| General government | $227,848 |
| Police | $1,039,635 |
| Health | $8,650 |
| Street | $841,155 |
| Parks | $318,017 |
| Total General Fund expenditures, adopted 2025 | $2,435,305 |
Source: City of Burlington 2025 adopted budget, General Fund pages (printed pp. 6/6a).
Funds — adopted 2025
Every fund line from the certificate. Fund authorities sum exactly to $14,586,792 (Community Improvement blank = 0). Other fund detail, as read: Debt Service expenditures $15,947 (Cash Basis Reserve); Cemetery $24,978 / ad valorem $21,500; Industrial Development receipts $1,869 with resources and expenditures $31,079 and ad valorem $0; Special Liability $10,105 / $8,318 (non-tax resources $1,787); Special Highway receipts $398,932 with resources and expenditures $1,419,106; Electric receipts $4,878,324 with resources and expenditures $5,507,992. Lease-purchases: none, totals 0.
| Fund | 2025 authority | 2024 ad valorem |
|---|---|---|
| General | $2,435,305 | $707,493 |
| Debt Service | $15,947 | — |
| Cemetery | $24,978 | $21,500 |
| Industrial Development | $31,079 | — |
| Special Liability | $10,105 | $8,318 |
| Special Highway | $1,419,106 | — |
| Special Improvement | $28,435 | — |
| Special Parks | $30,952 | — |
| Community Improvement | — | — |
| City/County Streets | $742,318 | — |
| City/County Parks | $405,701 | — |
| City/County Infrastructure | $678,644 | — |
| Equipment Reserve | $209,022 | — |
| Electric Utility | $5,507,992 | — |
| Sewer Utility | $1,231,041 | — |
| Water Utility | $1,816,167 | — |
| Total, all funds | $14,586,792 | $737,311 |
Source: City of Burlington 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and fund pages.
Debt & levy
Statement of Indebtedness: general obligation bonds outstanding January 1, 2024 — Series 2015 $4,814,803; Series 2018 $495,000; Series 2020 $2,801,509; Series 2022 $1,360,000 — totaling $9,471,312 (sums exactly). Due in 2025: interest $235,429, principal $460,079. Other debt categories are 0 / none. The hearing-notice outstanding balances agree: 2022 $9,173,045; 2023 $10,146,944; 2024 $9,471,312.
Mill levy — proposed vs. final, do not conflate. Proposed (hearing notice, printed p. 17): General 32.946; Cemetery 1.001; Special Liability 0.387; total proposed 34.334 (components sum exactly), on a valuation context of $21,474,042. Final (handwritten, certificate p. 1): General 32.785; Cemetery 0.997; Special Liability 0.386; components sum to 34.168, while the total row as written reads 34.186 — a 0.018 gap. Both are reported as written; no smoothed total is used. As a cross-check, $737,311 ÷ $21,579,850 ≈ 34.167, consistent with the component sum, not the total row. The July 17, 2024 RNR-intent notice levy of 43.5 mills was preliminary only and is not the adopted levy.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Burlington adopted budget for 2025 (Coffey County 2025 listing, “City of Burlington 2025,” 9.35 MB). Read the listing (Kansas Department of Administration municipal budgets). Figures were read visually from the budget PDF because the file is an image-only scan; page numbers cited are PDF-viewer pages.
- Sum checks: fund authorities exact ($14,586,792); ad valorem exact ($707,493 + $21,500 + $8,318 = $737,311); General Fund resources walk exact ($311,397 + $1,416,415 = $1,727,812; + $707,493 = $2,435,305); General Fund expenditures exact ($2,435,305); G.O. debt exact ($9,471,312); proposed levy components exact (34.334). Final levy components sum 34.168 vs. total row as written 34.186 — disclosed, not adjusted.
- What is not claimed: no smoothed final levy total; the July 17, 2024 notice levy (43.5) is preliminary only; the certificate attestation line shows only the year “2024” (day/month illegible, not stated); no separate adopting resolution or ordinance was found — the certificate is the adoption evidence; letterhead “STAN LUKE, MAYOR” vs. signature “Robert S. Luke” is unreconciled.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified City of Burlington palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.