City of Hiawatha, Kansas — the county seat of Brown County — finances from the city's adopted 2025 budget filed with the Kansas Department of Administration. Budget figures are budget authority (maximum expenditures), not actual spending.
Total budget authority
$8,549,383
General Fund
$1,999,469
Ad valorem tax
$1,313,824
Assessed valuation
$34,973,473
Revenue neutral rate
37.566 mills
Debt service budget
$1,078,991
2025 · Adopted
From the certificate page of the adopted 2025 budget. Funds with no ad valorem levy are shown with —. The fund rows sum exactly to the printed totals.
| Fund | Budget authority | Ad valorem tax |
|---|---|---|
| General | $1,999,469 | $493,213 |
| Debt Service | $1,078,991 | — |
| Library | $226,000 | $206,745 |
| Industrial | $199,351 | — |
| Parks & Recreation | $712,830 | $283,993 |
| Employee Benefits | $1,035,083 | $329,873 |
| Special Highway | $564,359 | — |
| Special Parks | $2,000 | — |
| Pool | $137,112 | — |
| Special Streets | $277,200 | — |
| MVE Inspection | $6,500 | — |
| History Center | $33,790 | — |
| Water | $1,002,900 | — |
| Sewer | $1,167,213 | — |
| Storm Water | $79,000 | — |
| Airport | $27,585 | — |
| Totals | $8,549,383 | $1,313,824 |
Sum-check: the 16 budget-authority rows sum to $8,549,383 and the four ad valorem rows sum to $1,313,824, matching the certificate's printed totals.
Source: City of Hiawatha — Adopted Budget 2025 (certificate page) (2025 adopted budget).
2025 · Adopted
General Fund expenditures proposed for 2025, by department. The six rows sum to the General Fund budget authority of $1,999,469.
| Department | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administration | $868,335 |
| Police | $804,720 |
| Municipal Court | $85,106 |
| Fire | $101,030 |
| Lights | $72,926 |
| Code Enforcement | $67,352 |
| Total General Fund expenditures | $1,999,469 |
Source: City of Hiawatha — Adopted Budget 2025 (General Fund pages) (2025 adopted budget).
2025 · Adopted
The Debt Service fund is funded entirely by transfers in — it levies no ad valorem tax (tax required $0).
| Item | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Principal | $753,189 |
| Interest | $325,802 |
| Total debt service expenditures | $1,078,991 |
No total outstanding debt is shown: the budget's statement-of-indebtedness schedule is illegible in the scanned filing, so no outstanding balance is stated rather than guessed.
Source: City of Hiawatha — Adopted Budget 2025 (Debt Service fund page) (2025 adopted budget).
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Source: Kansas Department of Administration — Brown County 2025 municipal budgets listing (lists both the adopted and amended Hiawatha 2025 documents).