Overview
Unified Greeley County is one government doing two jobs: the General Services District covers county-wide services, and the Municipal Services District covers city services for Tribune, the county seat. This page can only show the county side, because only the General Services District's 2025 budget was located in the state filing. On that side, the adopted 2025 budget authority is $11,607,847, the General Fund is $5,011,753, and the total mill rate is 178.336 — the highest in this batch, reflecting a small tax base ($30,156,401 valuation) carrying a hospital-bond debt service load of $2,690,337.
At a glance — General Services District, adopted budget 2025
Source: Unified Greeley County GSD 2025 budget, fund pages and rebate table.
General Fund — adopted 2025 (General Services District)
Subtotal of department spending $3,965,681 + cash reserve $1,046,072 = total authority $5,011,753. Tax required $3,158,868 + 1.5% delinquent compensation $48,583 = 2024 ad valorem tax $3,207,451, at 106.361 mills. The department build below sums exactly to the $3,965,681 subtotal.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Various Appropriations | $1,109,410 |
| Public Safety — Sheriff | $538,972 |
| Courthouse | $417,000 |
| Transfers | $188,197 |
| Health | $186,806 |
| Noxious Weed | $173,661 |
| Treasurer (Unified County) | $144,540 |
| Register of Deeds | $117,878 |
| Clerk (Unified County) | $114,928 |
| Economic Development | $114,000 |
| Park | $110,000 |
| Appraiser | $109,059 |
| Ambulance | $105,530 |
| Solid Waste | $83,389 |
| Attorney (Unified County) | $80,865 |
| Supervisors (Unified County) | $63,300 |
| Senior Center | $58,150 |
| Airport | $50,500 |
| Public Safety — Fire Department | $45,250 |
| Services for Elderly | $40,500 |
| Election | $30,729 |
| Clerk of the District Court | $28,900 |
| Rural Opportunity Zone | $20,000 |
| Historical Records | $17,000 |
| Public Safety — Emergency Preparedness | $14,117 |
| District Coroner | $3,000 |
| Subtotal, General Fund departments | $3,965,681 |
Source: Unified Greeley County GSD 2025 budget, General Fund page.
Major funds — adopted 2025 (General Services District)
Every GSD fund page in the filing, summing to $11,607,847. No Municipal Services District (city-side) fund is included — see the basis notice.
| Fund | 2025 authority | 2024 ad valorem | Mill rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | $5,011,753 | $3,207,451 | 106.361 |
| Road & Bridge | $1,874,238 | $965,321 | 32.010 |
| Debt Service | $2,690,337 | $333,222 | 11.050 |
| Employee Benefits | $1,681,405 | $871,965 | 28.915 |
| 911 | $285,986 | — | — |
| Economic Development | $49,428 | — | — |
| Special Alcohol & Drug | $14,700 | — | — |
| Total, GSD fund pages itemized | $11,607,847 | $5,377,959 | 178.336 |
Road & Bridge detail: personal services $451,500 + contractual $175,000 + commodities $400,000 + transfer to Road Machinery $200,000 = $1,226,500 operating, plus a $647,738 cash reserve = $1,874,238. Debt Service detail: bond principal $885,000 + bond interest $569,290 + miscellaneous $2,000 + cash reserve $1,234,047 = $2,690,337. Employee Benefits detail: medical insurance $500,000 + transfer to Freedom Claim $210,000 + KPERS $142,500 + Social Security $130,000 + unemployment $1,400 = $983,900 operating, plus a $697,505 cash reserve = $1,681,405.
Debt & notes
General-obligation bonds outstanding: Series 2017B $10,825,000 (issued $13,700,000, December 2017, 3.29%, matures December 1, 2026; 2025 principal $745,000, interest $403,025) and Series 2021 $9,635,000 (issued $9,915,000, September 2021, 0.25–2.40%, matures December 1, 2037; 2025 principal $140,000, interest $166,265). Total: $20,460,000 outstanding; 2025 debt service $885,000 principal + $569,290 interest = $1,454,290. Revenue bonds: none. Other debt: none. A 2015 HVAC lease-purchase ($1,374,028 financed) had a $132,885 balance at January 1, 2024 and $0 due in 2025. Hospital contributions of $718,722 a year flow through Debt Service, and $338,926 a year transfers in from the Hospital Capital Fund.
Source: Unified Greeley County GSD 2025 budget, indebtedness and lease-purchase statements.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Unified Greeley County — General Services District 2025 adopted budget (Kansas Department of Administration filing). Read the budget (PDF).
- Unification: Greeley County and the City of Tribune have been unified since January 1, 2009, governed by a Board of Supervisors that also serves as the county board of canvassers; the board supervises both the Municipal Services District and the General Services District.
- City-side gap disclosed: the Municipal Services District (Tribune city-side) budget was not separately retrieved. A search of Kansas Department of Administration filings returned only the General Services District filing, plus a newspaper reference to a Municipal Services District budget-hearing notice. No city-side figure is shown, estimated, or folded into the totals above — the $11,607,847 is the General Services District only.
- Sum checks: the seven GSD fund authorities sum to $11,607,847; the 26 General Fund departments sum to $3,965,681 (+ $1,046,072 reserve = $5,011,753); fund-page ad valorem ($3,207,451 + $965,321 + $333,222 + $871,965) sums to $5,377,959 and mills (106.361 + 32.010 + 11.050 + 28.915) sum to 178.336; debt service ($885,000 + $569,290 = $1,454,290).
- Minor variance disclosed: the budget's allocation page totals ad valorem at $5,378,149, $190 above the fund-page total of $5,377,959 (its General line shows $3,325,723 versus the fund page's $3,207,451). This page uses the fund-page figures, which sum-check.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified unified-government palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than an invented color.