Overview
Goodland adopted its 2027 budget on September 8, 2026, by a 4-0 vote, at 54.966 mills with net expenditures of $13,925,056. The published summary had set maximum budget authority at $17,071,491 (net $13,930,056 after $3,141,435 of transfers) at a published rate of 55.740 mills against a revenue neutral rate of 54.511 mills. The Electric Utility is the city’s largest fund at $7,055,423 of published authority, followed by the General Fund at $4,314,978.
Source: Goodland September 8, 2026 commission minutes (adoption vote).
At a glance — adopted budget 2027
Source: Goodland 2027 budget hearing notice (published summary).
Budget walk — adopted vs. published
The minutes record the budget “as presented” after discussion of a $5,000 audit item; the adopted net ($13,925,056) is exactly $5,000 below the published net ($13,930,056), and the adopted rate (54.966) is 0.774 mills below the published rate (55.740). The minutes do not break the $5,000 difference down by fund, so this page does not attribute it to any fund. Published totals check: $17,071,491 − $3,141,435 transfers = $13,930,056 net; prior-year actual total $16,676,838 (2025); current-year estimate $15,749,184 (2026).
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Published budget authority, 2027 | $17,071,491 |
| Less: transfers (published) | ($3,141,435) |
| Published net expenditures | $13,930,056 |
| ADOPTED net expenditures (minutes) | $13,925,056 |
| Adopted minus published net | ($5,000) |
| Published levy | 55.740 mills |
| ADOPTED levy (minutes) | 54.966 mills |
| Revenue neutral rate | 54.511 mills |
| Assessed valuation (2027 column) | $43,910,610 |
Source: Goodland September 8, 2026 minutes.
Source: Goodland 2027 hearing notice.
Funds — published 2027 maximums
Fund figures are the published summary’s budget-authority maximums, not fund-level adopted figures (see basis note). Ad valorem tax and rates are shown only for levy funds.
| Fund | 2027 authority | 2026 ad valorem tax | Rate (mills) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | $4,314,978 | $1,145,502 | 26.087 |
| Debt Service | $303,400 | $264,210 | 6.017 |
| Library | $255,510 | $233,034 | 5.307 |
| Employee Benefits – City | $917,014 | $759,918 | 17.306 |
| Employee Benefits – Library | $49,460 | $44,926 | 1.023 |
| Electric Utility | $7,055,423 | — | — |
| Water Utility | $1,594,763 | — | — |
| Sewer Utility | $618,957 | — | — |
| Health & Sanitation | $630,250 | — | — |
| Self Insurance | $625,000 | — | — |
| Airport Fund | $425,286 | — | — |
| Special Highway | $141,000 | — | — |
| Cemetery Improvement | $78,950 | — | — |
| Totals (published) | $17,071,491 | $2,447,590 | 55.740 |
Levy-fund rows shown sum to $5,840,362 of authority; the remaining authority is in non-levy funds (utilities, self insurance, airport, highway, cemetery, parks, diversion, vehicle inspection, law-enforcement trust), which together with the levy funds sum exactly to $17,071,491. Outstanding indebtedness at January 1, 2026: general-obligation bonds $9,770,000; lease-purchase principal $128,520; total $9,898,520.
Source: Goodland 2027 hearing notice.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: (1) City of Goodland, September 8, 2026 commission minutes — 2027 budget approved 4-0 at 54.966 mills / net expenditures $13,925,056; Resolution 2026-17 carried 4-0. Read the minutes. (2) City of Goodland, Notice of Hearing to Exceed Revenue Neutral Rate and Budget Hearing 2026 (published 2027 summary, City Clerk Mary P. Volk). Read the notice.
- Sum checks: published fund authorities sum exactly to $17,071,491; levy-fund ad valorem figures sum exactly to $2,447,590; levy rates sum exactly to 55.740 mills; $17,071,491 − $3,141,435 = $13,930,056 published net. Discrepancy disclosed, not smoothed: adopted net $13,925,056 is $5,000 below published net, and adopted rate 54.966 is below published 55.740; no fund-level adopted table was located, so fund figures are labeled published maximums throughout.
- Identity: this is Goodland, Kansas, the seat of Sherman County, Kansas.
- City palette: no verified Goodland palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.