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Gilpin supervisors revise preliminary budget after stronger-than-expected tax receipts
Summary
Supervisors spent the bulk of the Dec. 16 workshop adjusting projected revenues and expenses after real-estate tax receipts topped estimates; members proposed higher real-estate rates for next year, boosted legal and capital-purchase line items and left final adoption for the Dec. 22 meeting.
Gilpin Township supervisors spent much of their Dec. 16 workshop recalibrating next year’s preliminary budget after current-year tax collections outperformed projections.
The board heard that real-estate tax collections have reached $313,000 so far in 2025, above the $275,000 budgeted. A member suggested increasing the projected real-estate line to $310,000 and setting a proposed current tax rate of $4.15, with a delinquent rate of 22. “We budgeted 275,000, but so far in 2025, we collected 313,000,” one supervisor said as the group discussed how to allocate the surplus.
Members debated several expense changes. Legal-fee estimates drew particular attention: one supervisor proposed raising the legal-fee line to $40,000 to cover expected contracts and counsel needs next year; another recommended a smaller increase but the board ultimately discussed a larger cushion. Auditing and professional-services lines were also adjusted in the draft, with participants noting recent quotes and the need to ensure adequate funding for upcoming contracts and the maintenance building project.
Capital and public-works priorities were discussed in detail. Supervisors considered a $40,000 capital-purchase allocation under Public Works/Highway to advance a maintenance building and salt-shed project and discussed moving money between parking-lot paving and oils-and-patching lines to ensure readiness for grant-funded road work next year. The board identified six roads on a county grant (including Godfrey and Beatty) that will require preparatory work and emphasized compliance with state-approved materials.
The board did not adopt the budget at the meeting but continued the workshop and scheduled final action for Dec. 22, allowing staff to update numbers and circulate the revised draft. “I’ll put this all in tomorrow and then send it to everybody,” the clerk said after supervisors settled on several line-item changes.
Why it matters: The board’s choices will set tax and spending levels for Gilpin Township for 2026 and affect road maintenance, capital projects and contingency funding for legal and contract work.
