Overview
McPherson adopted a 2025 budget authority of $64,280,744, funded in part by a 2024 ad valorem tax of $8,007,519. Fund lines re-read at higher zoom sum exactly to $64,280,744, and ad valorem lines sum exactly to $8,007,519. The General Fund ($18,312,594) is the largest fund, followed by Capital Improvements ($9,624,939) and Consolidated Street & Highway ($8,376,445). The printed November 1, 2024 assessed valuation box is blank, so no assessed valuation is claimed on this page.
Source: City of McPherson 2025 adopted budget (Kansas Department of Administration, McPherson County 2025 listing, 33 pages), certificate p. 1.
At a glance — adopted budget 2025
Source: City of McPherson 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and indebtedness statement p. 4.
General Fund — adopted 2025
January 1, 2025 cash $5,195,428 + receipts excluding the crossed-out ad valorem line $9,768,272 = resources $14,963,700, matching the printed figure. The certificate gives General authority of $18,312,594 and General ad valorem of $3,301,215.
No separate General total-expenditures line exists beyond the certificate authority — say so plainly: no separate General “Total Expenditures” line distinct from the certificate authority was located in the document, so this page reports $18,312,594 as General expenditure authority, not as a separately printed General total. It is not relabeled as anything else.
Source: City of McPherson 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and General Fund pp. 7–8 (printed p. 7).
Funds — adopted 2025
Fund authorities sum exactly to $64,280,744. Only the General Fund's ad valorem figure ($3,301,215) is itemized here, because it is the one fund-level ad valorem figure stated in the extracted certificate detail; the certificate's ad valorem lines as a whole sum to $8,007,519.
| Fund | 2025 authority |
|---|---|
| General | $18,312,594 |
| Debt Service | $3,402,469 |
| Library | $856,000 |
| Library Employee Benefits | $195,500 |
| Industrial | $502,237 |
| Employee Benefits — Non Public Safety | $1,325,356 |
| Employee Benefits — Public Safety | $2,628,295 |
| Capital Improvements | $9,624,939 |
| Consolidated Street & Highway | $8,376,445 |
| Special Park & Recreation | $115,184 |
| Special Alcohol | $155,462 |
| Wastewater Maintenance & Operation | $4,626,298 |
| Sewer Recovery | $647,881 |
| Swimming Pool Maintenance & Operation | $578,488 |
| Sales Tax Revenue | $2,192,421 |
| Wastewater System Surplus | $1,438,119 |
| Tourism & Convention | $1,250,499 |
| Solid Waste | $3,873,132 |
| Storm Water Utility | $2,137,608 |
| Municipal Building | $215,595 |
| Land Bank | $36,448 |
| Municipal Golf Course | $1,530,448 |
| Community Improvement District | $259,326 |
| Total | $64,280,744 |
Source: City of McPherson 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1.
Debt & levy notes
Debt: outstanding January 1, 2024 totals $42,890,000, summing exactly: general obligation $14,215,000 + revenue $28,675,000 + other $0.
Levy — approximate individuals, governing total: the handwritten clerk total is 53.826 mills, and that total governs. The individual handwritten rates are faint and approximate: General 22.189; Debt Service 1.843; Library 5.024; Library Employee Benefits 1.149; Industrial 0.337; Employee Benefits — Non Public Safety 8.008; Employee Benefits — Public Safety 13.936; Capital Improvements 1.345. Those individuals sum to 53.831, which is 0.005 above the handwritten total — so they are labeled approximate everywhere on this page and the 53.826 total is the figure to use.
Not used: margin handwriting on p. 1 is unlabelled, so it does not appear on this page as a total or a valuation. The printed November 1, 2024 assessed valuation box is blank, so no valuation is claimed.
Source: City of McPherson 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 1 and indebtedness statement p. 4 (printed p. 4, sideways).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of McPherson 2025 budget (Kansas Department of Administration, McPherson County 2025 listing, “City of Mcpherson 2025,” 2.33 MB, 33 pages), built as adopted because its certificate states adoption and its county-clerk attestation is dated August 20, 2024. Listing page (admin.ks.gov).
- Sum checks: certificate authority exact ($64,280,744 over 23 funds); ad valorem lines exact ($8,007,519); General Fund resources exact ($5,195,428 + $9,768,272 = $14,963,700); debt exact ($14,215,000 + $28,675,000 = $42,890,000).
- Disclosed, not smoothed: (1) built as ADOPTED (certificate confirmed, attested 8-20-2024) — not proposed; (2) individual levy rates are approximate (handwritten total 53.826 governs; individuals sum 53.831); (3) the margin handwriting is unlabelled and does not appear as a total or valuation; (4) no separate General total-expenditures line exists beyond the certificate authority, so $18,312,594 is reported as authority only; (5) the printed assessed-valuation box is blank, so no valuation is claimed; (6) the budget-year ad valorem line on the General Fund page is crossed out, so ad valorem figures come from the certificate.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified McPherson palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.