Overview
Erie adopted a 2026 budget whose printed certificate total is $5,381,427. The Electric Utility ($1,907,089) is by far the largest fund, followed by the General Fund ($857,231) and the Water Utility ($414,687). The 2025 ad valorem tax in the certificate is $416,266, and its levy-fund lines sum exactly to that figure. The revenue-neutral rate is 77.882 mills and no resolution to exceed it was required — but no definitive total levy is claimed on this page, because the Final Tax Rate column is handwritten and faint (see Debt & levy).
At a glance — adopted budget 2026
Source: City of Erie 2026 adopted budget, certificate and Statement of Indebtedness.
General Fund — adopted 2026
January 1, 2026 cash $60,211 + 2026 receipts excluding the crossed-out ad valorem line $609,760 = resources $669,971. Tax required $187,260 + 4.0% delinquent compensation $7,490 = ad valorem $194,750. The 13 department lines below sum exactly to the General Fund authority of $857,231.
| Department | 2026 amount |
|---|---|
| General Administration | $262,405 |
| Police | $233,305 |
| Highway and Streets | $127,056 |
| Swimming Pool | $41,487 |
| Legislative | $37,215 |
| Fire | $36,288 |
| Library | $35,162 |
| Cemetery | $31,688 |
| Municipal Court | $17,629 |
| Park | $16,996 |
| Audit | $10,400 |
| Demolition | $7,000 |
| Animal Control | $600 |
| Total General Fund expenditures, adopted 2026 | $857,231 |
Largest General Fund receipts: Local Alcoholic Liquor $270,969; transfer from Electric Utility $180,000; Interest on Idle Funds $48,219; Local Sales Tax $38,192; Motor Vehicle $27,508 — within total receipts of $609,760 excluding ad valorem.
Source: City of Erie 2026 adopted budget, General Fund pages (printed pp. 7/7a).
Funds — adopted 2026
Every fund line as read from the certificate, including the partially obscured printed-page-16 row whose fund name is illegible and whose figure reads $908,430. The lines as read sum to $5,265,790, which is $115,637 below the printed certificate total of $5,381,427. The printed total is the total; the gap is disclosed, not adjusted away.
| Fund | 2026 authority | 2025 ad valorem |
|---|---|---|
| General | $857,231 | $194,750 |
| G.O. Bond and Interest | $107,825 | — |
| Library | $37,190 | $32,070 |
| Tort Liability | $11,961 | $4,276 |
| Employee Benefits | $313,096 | $160,353 |
| Industrial Development | $2,043 | — |
| Recreation | $16,355 | $14,127 |
| Special Police and Fire | $76,266 | $10,690 |
| Special Highway | $55,790 | — |
| Special Parks and Recreation | $15,453 | — |
| City Street Sales Tax | $191,320 | — |
| Grocery Store | $73,496 | — |
| Sewer Utility | $277,558 | — |
| Water Utility | $414,687 | — |
| Electric Utility | $1,907,089 | — |
| Printed p. 16 row — fund name illegible (partially obscured) | $908,430 | — |
| Sum of fund lines as read (not a corrected total) | $5,265,790 | $416,266 |
| Certificate Totals row, as printed | $5,381,427 | $416,266 |
| Gap (printed total minus lines as read) | $115,637 | — |
The ad valorem column sums exactly: $194,750 + $32,070 + $4,276 + $160,353 + $14,127 + $10,690 = $416,266. The budget was assisted by Neil L. Phillips, CPA, Jarred, Gilmore & Phillips, PA, Chanute. Governing-body signatures and seal are present on the certificate; names were illegible and are not transcribed.
Debt & levy
Statement of Indebtedness (printed p. 4): general obligation subtotal $1,562,222 ($1,020,000 + $542,222 lines) + revenue bonds $3,360,000 + other $0 = total indebtedness $4,922,222 outstanding January 1, 2025 — sums exactly as read.
Mill levy — no definitive total claimed. The revenue-neutral rate is 77.882 mills and an exceeds-RNR resolution was not required. The Final Tax Rate column on the certificate is handwritten and faint; approximate readings are General 36.3, Library 5.989, Tort Liability 0.797, Employee Benefits 29.943, Recreation 2.637, Special Police and Fire 1.996 — summing to roughly 77.7, consistent in magnitude with the RNR — but the handwriting is too faint to state a definitive total levy, so none is claimed here.
Source: City of Erie 2026 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and Statement of Indebtedness (printed p. 4).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Erie adopted budget for 2026 (Neosho County 2026 listing, “City of Erie 2026”). 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: ad valorem column exact ($416,266); General Fund resources walk exact ($60,211 + $609,760 = $669,971); General Fund tax walk exact ($187,260 + $7,490 = $194,750); General Fund department lines exact ($857,231 over 13 lines); debt exact ($1,562,222 + $3,360,000 = $4,922,222). Fund authorities as read sum $5,265,790, $115,637 below the printed total $5,381,427 — disclosed, not adjusted.
- What is not claimed: no definitive total mill levy (faint handwriting, approximate readings only); the handwritten “5,355,207” is unlabelled and is not used as a total; the September 23, 2025 stamp is a receipt stamp, not an adoption date; the obscured printed-p. 16 row's fund name is not guessed.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified City of Erie palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.