Overview
Paola adopted a 2025 budget authority of $17,022,007, funded in part by a 2024 ad valorem tax of $3,624,600. The General Fund ($6,484,013) is the largest fund, followed by Water Utility-09 ($2,687,812) and Wastewater Utility-04 ($2,025,518). Fund lines sum exactly to $17,022,007 — no discrepancy. The four levy-fund rates sum to 42.353 mills, but no single levy total is printed in the document, so 42.353 is reported here only as a sum of the four rates, not as a printed total (see Debt & levy notes).
Source: City of Paola 2025 adopted budget (Kansas Department of Administration, Miami County 2025 listing, 42 pages), certificate p. 1.
At a glance — adopted budget 2025
Source: City of Paola 2025 adopted budget, certificate pp. 1–2 and indebtedness statement p. 5.
General Fund — adopted 2025
January 1, 2025 cash $1,067,662 + receipts excluding the crossed-out ad valorem line $2,966,351 = resources $4,034,013. Department subtotal $6,398,225 + Cash Reserve $85,788 = expenditures $6,484,013, matching the certificate. Tax Required $2,450,000 + delinquent 5.0% ($122,500) = ad valorem $2,572,500. Every step reconciles exactly.
Source: City of Paola 2025 adopted budget, General Fund pp. 8–9 (printed pp. 7/7a).
Funds — adopted 2025
Fund authorities sum exactly to $17,022,007 and ad valorem lines sum exactly to $3,624,600.
| Fund | 2025 authority | 2024 ad valorem | Final rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | $6,484,013 | $2,572,500 | 30.059 |
| Debt Service | $1,843,133 | $315,000 | 3.681 |
| Library | $441,317 | $353,850 | 4.135 |
| Employee Benefits | $1,729,201 | $383,250 | 4.478 |
| Special Highway | $354,585 | — | — |
| Wastewater Utility-04 | $2,025,518 | — | — |
| Aquatics Center-07 | $268,857 | — | — |
| Community Center-08 | $140,513 | — | — |
| Water Utility-09 | $2,687,812 | — | — |
| Stormwater Management-12 | $417,184 | — | — |
| Health & Sanitation-13 | $552,352 | — | — |
| Special Parks-14 | $25,359 | — | — |
| Transient Guest Tax-20 | $52,163 | — | — |
| Total | $17,022,007 | $3,624,600 | 42.353* |
* 42.353 is the sum of the four levy-fund rates (30.059 + 3.681 + 4.135 + 4.478). No single levy total is printed in the document, so this is a sum, not a printed total.
Source: City of Paola 2025 adopted budget, certificate pp. 1–2.
Debt & levy notes
Debt: outstanding January 1, 2024 totals $14,448,588, summing exactly: general obligation $13,877,200 (Series 2014 $412,400; Series 2020 Refunding $3,865,150; Series 2023A $9,599,650) + revenue $571,388 (Series PBC 2016 Refunding) + other $0.
Levy — read carefully: the four fund rates come from the second certificate copy (p. 2, clerk's Final Tax Rate column): General 30.059, Debt Service 3.681, Library 4.135, Employee Benefits 4.478. Their sum is 42.353. No single levy total is printed anywhere in the document, so this page never calls 42.353 a printed total — it is the sum of the four printed rates, labeled as such everywhere it appears.
Source: City of Paola 2025 adopted budget, certificate p. 2 and indebtedness statement p. 5 (printed p. 4, sideways).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Paola 2025 adopted budget (Kansas Department of Administration, Miami County 2025 listing, “City of Paola 2025,” 8.30 MB, 42 pages). Listing page (admin.ks.gov).
- Sum checks: certificate authority exact ($17,022,007); ad valorem exact ($2,572,500 + $315,000 + $353,850 + $383,250 = $3,624,600); General Fund resources exact ($1,067,662 + $2,966,351 = $4,034,013) and expenditures exact ($6,398,225 + $85,788 = $6,484,013); General Fund tax walk exact ($2,450,000 + $122,500 = $2,572,500); debt exact ($13,877,200 + $571,388 = $14,448,588).
- Disclosed, not smoothed: no single levy total is printed — 42.353 is the sum of the four fund rates, not a printed total; no adoption day/month is printed (only “2024” beside Attest), so no adoption date is claimed; the budget-year ad valorem line on the General Fund page is crossed out, so ad valorem figures come from the certificate and the fund-page foot computation.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Paola palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.