Overview
Neosho County adopted a 2026 budget of $20,657,883 across its budgeted funds. The General Fund ($6,446,089) is the largest fund, ahead of the Ambulance Sales Tax Fund ($5,436,057) and the Law Enforcement/EMS Fund ($3,162,406). The revenue-neutral rate is 45.107 mills and the certificate states the budget does not require a resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral rate.
Source: Neosho County 2026 adopted budget, certificate (Neosho County site). The same filing is listed as “Neosho County 2026” (3.19 MB) on the Kansas Department of Administration municipal-budgets page.
At a glance — adopted budget 2026
Source: Neosho County 2026 adopted budget, certificate and indebtedness/lease statements.
General Fund — adopted 2026
January 1, 2026 cash $1,169,619 + 2026 receipts $2,192,558 = resources available $3,362,177. Tax required $3,083,913 + 1.79% delinquent compensation $55,202 = 2025 ad valorem tax $3,139,115. The 31 department/appropriation lines below sum exactly to $6,446,089.
| Item | 2026 amount |
|---|---|
| Employee Benefits | $2,578,661 |
| Courthouse General | $948,000 |
| District Court | $497,812 |
| Appraiser/GIS | $360,076 |
| County Attorney | $336,323 |
| Treasurer | $319,195 |
| Register of Deeds | $152,268 |
| Election | $151,093 |
| Transfer to Special Equipment Fund | $150,000 |
| Clerk | $149,785 |
| Maintenance | $135,957 |
| Noxious Weed | $112,384 |
| Emergency Preparedness | $77,501 |
| Payroll/Human Resources | $70,640 |
| County Commission | $65,116 |
| Tri-Valley Developmental Services | $52,650 |
| District #31 Coroner | $50,000 |
| Solid Waste | $45,361 |
| Neosho County Area Agency on Aging | $41,715 |
| Hope Unlimited | $40,300 |
| Conservation District | $25,000 |
| SEK-CAP | $14,727 |
| Chanute Regional Development Authority | $13,500 |
| Fair Board | $12,400 |
| Memorial Park Cemetery | $11,250 |
| SEK Area Agency on Aging | $10,148 |
| Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum | $8,100 |
| Osage Mission Museum | $8,100 |
| SEK Regional Planning Commission | $4,876 |
| Mem-Erie Historical Society | $3,150 |
| SEK Mental Health Center | $1 |
| Total General Fund expenditures, adopted 2026 | $6,446,089 |
General Fund 2026 receipts: local sales tax $895,000, interest on idle funds $290,000, interest on delinquent tax $225,000, motor vehicle tax $323,758, county officer fees $155,000, transfers in $95,000, reimbursements $93,000, charges for services $55,000, diversion fees $42,000, less a $21,230 neighborhood revitalization rebate and smaller taxes and fees — total receipts $2,192,558 as printed.
Source: Neosho County 2026 adopted budget, General Fund pages.
Major funds — adopted 2026
Every fund page in the certificate. The fund authorities sum to $20,657,882, which is $1 less than the certificate total of $20,657,883 — the certificate total is shown in the headline and the $1 gap is disclosed here, not smoothed.
| Fund | 2026 authority | 2025 ad valorem |
|---|---|---|
| General | $6,446,089 | $3,139,115 |
| Ambulance Sales Tax | $5,436,057 | — |
| Law Enforcement/EMS | $3,162,406 | $2,545,090 |
| Road Project Sales Tax | $2,500,000 | — |
| Road & Bridge | $2,289,021 | $1,023,072 |
| Health | $542,836 | $3,728 |
| Emergency Phone Equipment | $102,722 | — |
| Municipalities Fight Addiction | $88,194 | — |
| Wireless Phone Equipment | $45,094 | — |
| Special Alcohol | $29,798 | — |
| Special Parks and Recreation | $15,665 | — |
| Total, fund pages itemized | $20,657,882 | $6,711,005 |
| Certificate total (as printed) | $20,657,883 | $6,711,005 |
Transfers in the 2026 schedule sum exactly to $245,000: Special Auto Fund to General Fund $95,000 and General Fund to Special Equipment Reserve Fund $150,000.
Source: Neosho County 2026 adopted budget, certificate and schedule of transfers.
Debt & notes
The statement of indebtedness prints a total indebtedness of $0, though its bond rows list issue amounts for sales-tax refunding and hospital revenue bonds with their amount columns reading 0 in the extraction — no outstanding bond balance is claimed here because the statement's own total is $0 and the column layout does not resolve to a nonzero balance. The lease-purchase statement is fully sum-checked: balances at January 1, 2025 total $699,882 (HVAC lease $409,375; grader/tractor items $76,603, $29,854, $29,854, $124,342 and $29,854), 2025 payments total $716,447, and payments due in 2026 total $0 — the leases run out in 2025 in this statement. The budget was assisted by Chasity Foreaker, and the county clerk's address is given as 100 S Main St, Erie, KS 66733.
Source: Neosho County 2026 adopted budget, indebtedness and lease-purchase statements.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Neosho County 2026 adopted budget (county-site file, certificate stating duly approved and adopted for 2026). Read the budget (PDF). The state-portal file for the same filing (admin.ks.gov, “Neosho County 2026”, 3.19 MB) returned no extractable content via text-fetch and was not used for any figure.
- Sum checks: certificate ad valorem column exact ($3,139,115 + $1,023,072 + $3,728 + $2,545,090 = $6,711,005); General Fund departments exact ($6,446,089 over 31 lines); General Fund resources walk ($1,169,619 + $2,192,558 = $3,362,177); tax walk ($3,083,913 + $55,202 = $3,139,115); transfers exact ($95,000 + $150,000 = $245,000); lease balances exact ($699,882) and 2025 lease payments exact ($716,447). Fund authorities sum $20,657,882, $1 under the printed certificate total $20,657,883 — disclosed, not adjusted.
- Filename note: the county-site file is titled “2026-Proposed-Budget-” but its certificate is the adopted budget; adoption is also corroborated by the county commission's September 17, 2025 adoption action reported in meeting coverage. No proposed-only figure is presented as adopted.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Neosho County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.