Olmsted County board adopts 2025 budget and levy after roll call

Olmsted County commissioners adopted the county’s 2025 budgets and a corresponding property tax levy at their December meeting after a staff presentation and a roll-call vote.

Wilfredo Roman Catala, the county’s chief financial officer, reviewed the budget process and timeline, noting department budget development, capital improvement plan updates and prior board discussions that informed the proposed total levy and budget. Catala described the levy figure and the split that funds county operations and library service, and he requested that the board adopt the resolution to set the levy and budgets for 2025.

The board moved and seconded the resolution and approved it by roll call; the meeting record shows affirmative responses on the roll call. Catala also referenced the Truth in Taxation meeting held Dec. 5 where staff had presented the levy’s effect on taxpayers.

Key clarifications from the meeting record: - The board’s action adopted the levy and the governmental funds budgets as presented in the meeting packet. - County libraries are funded by county levies except in the cities and jurisdictions explicitly excluded in the packet (the packet listed the cities that do not participate in the county library levy).

Figures read at the meeting were unclear in the transcript; the staff presentation accompanying the meeting packet contains the official levy and budget figures. The record shows the board approved the resolution by roll call.

What happens next: county staff will finalize budget documents, publish adopted levy information, and proceed with implementation of the 2025 budgets and any associated scheduling of capital projects and debt service.