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Klamath County adopts $219.3 million fiscal 2025–26 budget; multiple district budgets and tax levies approved
Summary
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners adopted the county budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and approved related tax levies and a series of service-district budgets and supplemental budget resolutions. The meeting included multiple votes on district budgets, tax impositions and administrative delegations.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners voted June 17 to adopt the county budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and to approve a series of related budget and tax resolutions across county service districts.
The board adopted a total budget of $219,343,974 for fiscal year 2025–26, with total appropriations of $147,976,048 and total non-appropriated reserves of $71,367,926. During the hearing the board also set the county'wide permanent property tax rate at $1.7326 per $1,000 of assessed value and approved a local-option levy of $0.10 per $1,000 for the museum fund.
Why it matters: the adopted budget and the tax resolutions set spending and revenue authority for county operations and for multiple special districts beginning July 1, 2025. Commissioners noted that a substantial share of funding for public safety depends on federal timber-revenue programs (Secure Rural Schools) and that their uncertain future is a significant fiscal concern for the county.
Key details: the county budget committee approved the budget April 22, 2025, and a public hearing was held as required. The board also approved supplemental budget resolutions across several funds and adopted service-district budgets and assessments for the Drainage Service District, Extension Service District, Library Service District and Road Service District.
Votes at a glance (selected items approved during the meeting): - County budget adoption, fiscal year 2025'26: adopted. Motion passed unanimously. - Imposition and categorization of county taxes (permanent rate $1.7326/$1,000; local-option levy $0.10/$1,000 for museum): adopted. Motion passed unanimously. Estimated property-tax revenue noted in the meeting included $11,650,000 to the general fund, $655,000 to the museum fund and an estimated $336,888 to the veterans fund (figures presented by staff as estimates). - Drainage Service District budget: adopted. Total district budget: $2,875,000; the board imposed a $24 assessment per tax lot (estimated revenue $190,000). Motions passed unanimously. - Extension Service District budget: adopted. Total: $3,000,385; imposed an ad valorem tax rate of $0.15/$1,000 (estimated revenue $1,000,000). Motions passed unanimously. - Library Service District budget: adopted. Total: $7,141,685; imposed an ad valorem tax rate of $0.49/$1,000 (estimated revenue $3,250,000). Motions passed unanimously. - Road Service District budget: adopted. Total: $27,110,000. Motion passed unanimously. - Multiple supplemental budget resolutions across funds (general fund juvenile, transient room tax, museum, fairgrounds, tourism competitive grant, community development, solid waste, developmental disabilities service district, clerk, district attorney and sheriff/corrections): adopted. Motions passed unanimously.
Context and next steps: Finance staff confirmed required public notices and that the budget committee previously reviewed and approved the budget. Commissioners said the county will continue monitoring federal timber receipts and other grant programs that underpin patrol and other public-safety funding.
Ending: The board completed the budget hearing and recessed to address additional agenda items.
