Overview
Holton adopted a 2025 budget authority of $14,067,344, funded in part by a 2024 ad valorem tax of $1,538,259. The Electric utility ($6,597,407) is the largest fund, ahead of the General Fund ($2,372,621) and Water ($1,553,368). The printed total final levy rate is 51.189 mills. One component of that total — the Library mill rate — is partly illegible in the document and is reported as such below, never guessed.
Source: City of Holton 2025 adopted budget (Kansas Department of Administration filing, 18 pages), certificate p. 1.
At a glance — adopted budget 2025
Source: City of Holton 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and indebtedness statement p. 4.
General Fund — adopted 2025
January 1, 2025 cash $222,894 + receipts excluding the masked ad valorem line $825,685 = resources $1,048,579. Expenditures are $2,372,621. Tax Required is $1,324,042 with delinquent compensation of 0.0%, so ad valorem is $1,324,042. This fund reconciles exactly.
| General Fund item | 2025 amount |
|---|---|
| Local Sales Tax (largest receipt) | $390,000 |
| Franchise | $120,000 |
| Motor Vehicle | $113,917 |
| Interest on Idle Funds | $90,000 |
| Other receipts (balance of $825,685) | $111,768 |
| General Administration | $53,254 |
| Police | $1,163,445 |
| Street | $512,580 |
| Fire | $87,764 |
| Parks | $555,578 |
| Total General Fund expenditures | $2,372,621 |
Expenditure lines sum exactly: $53,254 + $1,163,445 + $512,580 + $87,764 + $555,578 = $2,372,621.
Source: City of Holton 2025 adopted budget, General Fund p. 7 (printed p. 7).
Funds — adopted 2025
Fund authorities sum exactly to $14,067,344. Levy lines sum exactly to $1,538,259 (General $1,324,042 + Library $183,970 + Liability Insurance $30,247). Blank means the certificate line is blank in the document.
| Fund | 2025 authority | 2024 ad valorem | Final rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | $2,372,621 | $1,324,042 | 43.651 |
| Debt Service | — | — | — |
| Library | $199,518 | $183,970 | partly illegible |
| Liability Insurance | $36,000 | $30,247 | 1.007 |
| Special Highway | $495,833 | — | — |
| Electric | $6,597,407 | — | — |
| Water | $1,553,368 | — | — |
| Sewer | $1,295,526 | — | — |
| Trash | $279,000 | — | — |
| Special Park | $138,071 | — | — |
| Capital Improvement | $1,100,000 | — | — |
| Total | $14,067,344 | $1,538,259 | 51.189 |
Source: City of Holton 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1.
Debt & levy notes
Debt: the Statement of Indebtedness (p. 4) reports general obligation $0 and revenue $0. The only outstanding debt is an “Other” KDHE loan, issued September 1, 2006, retiring March 1, 2026, at 2.75%: issued $4,628,576, outstanding January 1, 2024 $990,372. Due in 2024: interest $21,888 + principal $390,751. Due in 2025: interest $8,171 + principal $404,468. Total indebtedness is $990,372.
Library mill rate — partly illegible, never guessed: the Library rate is handwritten on the certificate and is partly illegible. A reading of about 6.122 would give 43.651 + 6.122 + 1.007 = 50.780, which is 0.409 below the printed total of 51.189 — so that reading cannot be relied on and is not presented as the rate. The printed total rate of 51.189 stands as printed, and the Library rate is reported here only as partly illegible.
Assessed valuation note: the November 1, 2024 assessed valuation box reads “30,051,02” with the final digit cut off in this copy, so no complete valuation figure is claimed.
Source: City of Holton 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and indebtedness statement p. 4.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Holton 2025 adopted budget (Kansas Department of Administration filing, 18 pages, via the Jackson County 2025 listing). Read the budget (PDF). The listing page is at admin.ks.gov, Jackson County 2025.
- Sum checks: certificate authority exact ($14,067,344); levy lines exact ($1,324,042 + $183,970 + $30,247 = $1,538,259); General Fund resources exact ($222,894 + $825,685 = $1,048,579) and expenditures exact ($2,372,621 over 5 lines); General Fund tax walk exact ($1,324,042 at 0.0% delinquent).
- Disclosed, not smoothed: the Library mill rate is partly illegible and is not guessed; the printed total rate 51.189 stands. The assessed-valuation box is cut off (“30,051,02”) and no complete figure is claimed. The budget-year ad valorem line on the General Fund page is masked; ad valorem figures come from the certificate and the fund-page foot computation.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Holton palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.