Adams County posts new OpenGov dashboard as staff briefs commissioners on stable tax collections and budget timeline

Adams County finance staff told commissioners on Sept. 2 that revenue collections through June are tracking close to projections and unveiled a new public OpenGov financial dashboard to improve transparency ahead of the county’s fall budget process.

Marco (county finance) and County Manager Dion (surname not supplied) presented a quarterly financial snapshot. Staff said property-tax collections stood at about 98.5% of the projected total through June. Sales-tax receipts, which primarily fund capital projects such as roads and facilities, were reported slightly above staff projections; Marco said flatly that "we are dead on where we thought we'd be" on revenue projections and noted the county had just recorded one of its third-highest months of sales tax collection.

Staff warned that some revenue categories lag behind by nature of timing and that they will continue to monitor risks including broader state and national trends (for example tariff impacts or employment shifts). County staff will brief the board on additional economic outlook information from the University of Colorado Boulder researchers at a future retreat.

The county’s new OpenGov dashboard will be posted on the county website the day after the Sept. 2 meeting, staff said. The interactive portal will show fund-by-fund budget-to-actual figures, capital‑project highlights and a downloadable table format for users who want line-item data. Staff said the tool will be updated nightly for expenditures and will include additional elements (open purchase orders) over time.

Staff also reviewed a near-term budget calendar: a study‑session/public hearing on the proposed budget is planned for Oct. 14, with an adoption target in November (staff listed Nov. 18 as the planned adoption meeting) and the statutory adoption deadline on Dec. 15. Staff urged commissioners to flag any items they wished to see packaged together for decision making rather than as separate one‑off requests.

Commissioners asked for follow-up material on several topics: a clearer list of public comments and stakeholder engagement results related to code and budget changes; mapping of road and bridge fund assumptions tied to pending change orders; and analysis of nonprofit sustainability and potential gaps for emergency housing and social services funding.

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Staff said they will return with a second budget amendment the following week and with more in-depth fund-balance and CIP (capital improvement program) materials during the fall budget cycle. The OpenGov portal will go live and staff encouraged commissioners and members of the public to use it for real‑time budget questions.