Overview
Sedgwick County adopted a $622.4 million budget for 2026, down 11.1% from the 2025 revised budget, and cut the county mill levy to 27.567 mills from 28.701. The General Fund is budgeted at $341,466,727 of expenditures on $290,216,614 of revenue; its property-tax rate is 23.222 mills. Public safety is the largest function at $231,434,667, followed by general government at $194,455,208. The budget adds 20 call-taker/dispatcher positions to Emergency Communications and commits $10.3 million to employee compensation increases.
At a glance — adopted budget 2026
Source: Sedgwick County 2026 budget summary.
Budget walk — adopted 2026
Expenditures by functional area, adopted 2026. The summary table’s functional figures sum to $622,449,531, one dollar above the printed $622,449,530 total — a rounding difference in the published document, disclosed here rather than adjusted.
| Function | Adopted expenditures |
|---|---|
| General Government | $194,455,208 |
| Bond & Interest | $16,295,590 |
| Public Safety | $231,434,667 |
| Public Works | $40,566,779 |
| Human Services | $111,382,238 |
| Culture & Recreation | $13,044,135 |
| Community Development | $15,270,914 |
| Total (printed) | $622,449,530 |
Budgeted revenue by category sums exactly to $556,226,966: property taxes $223,610,456; delinquent property taxes $2,889,208; special assessments $243,309; motor vehicle taxes $24,055,093; local sales & use tax $41,176,238; other taxes $4,257,404; intergovernmental $62,264,394; charges for services $151,825,112; uses of money & property $14,199,941; other revenues $21,825,478; transfers from other funds $9,880,333.
Source: Sedgwick County 2026 budget summary.
Funds — adopted 2026
By fund type, adopted 2026. The General Fund is the largest fund type; special revenue funds include both property-tax-supported and non-property-tax-supported funds, and the Debt Service (Bond & Interest) Fund levies 1.654 mills.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| General Fund revenue | $290,216,614 |
| General Fund expenditures | $341,466,727 |
| General Fund property taxes | $169,023,574 |
| Special revenue funds revenue (narrative figure) | $174.7 million |
| Debt Service Fund expenditures | $16,295,590 |
| Fire District 1 levy | 16.754 mills |
| County special-revenue levy (aggregate) | 2.691 mills |
| Total FTE positions | 3,174.45 |
Capital spending in the adopted 2026 CIP includes almost $10.3 million for drainage and facility infrastructure and $24.9 million for road and bridge projects. The budget carries more than $46.7 million in contingencies that are budgeted but not expected to be spent.
Source: Sedgwick County 2026 adopted budget, executive summary.
Sources & notes
- Source used: Sedgwick County, Kansas, 2026 Adopted Budget (Division of Finance). Read the budget (PDF).
- Sum checks: revenue categories sum exactly to $556,226,966 (see Budget walk). Functional expenditures sum to $622,449,531 vs. the printed $622,449,530 total — a $1 rounding difference disclosed above. General Fund property-tax rate 23.222 mills is the published General Fund rate within the 27.567-mill county total.
- Identity: this is Sedgwick County, Kansas (county seat Wichita).
- County palette: no verified Sedgwick County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.