Overland Park’s proposed 2025 Budget continues to work toward improving City infrastructure and implementing Overland Park’s strategic goals while balancing the possibility of a cooling economy.
City Manager Lori Curtis Luther presented the proposed budget to Mayor Curt Skoog and the Overland Park City Council at the June 3 Committee of the Whole meeting.
The proposed budget is $467.8 million, an 8.6% increase over the 2024 Budget.
The recommended budget makes no change to the City’s current property tax rate.
Budget recommendations reflect the City’s strategic goals and the results of Overland Park’s recent community survey.
Budget highlights include:
- Adding Police Department investigation capacity by converting positions that have been challenging to fill
- Increasing school crossing guard contract funding for student safety
- Adding funding to support the holiday lights show at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead
- Adding funding for rent and utility housing programs provided by Johnson County
- Creating a full-time Farmers’ Market manager position
- Equipping Public Works Department crews with heavy equipment to repair streets and patch potholes
- Funding a study to examine long-term management of trash and recycling
- Expands IT capability to support the Overland Park Municipal Court and the City’s network and cybersecurity operations
- Funding a pilot property tax rebate program
The budget also continues implementing recommendations of the City’s Infrastructure Advisory Group and the City Council’s strategic goals.
To view the proposed budget, visit opkansas.org/Budget.
Mill levy steady, leadership monitoring revenues
The proposed budget keeps the City’s property tax rate steady at 14.525 mills, which remains the lowest municipal mill levy of any first class city in the state of Kansas.
Assessed valuations of properties are expected to increase in 2025, bringing in an additional $4.2 million in City property tax revenue, which will be applied to all City operations.
Increases in valuations are still less than the value of one mill of property tax.
While the City expects moderate increases in sales tax collections in 2025, these projections are under the current rate of inflation, which currently sits above 3%.
City leaders are monitoring revenues with the possibility of a cooling economy ahead.
Get involved in next steps
The four City Council committees will each review their respective areas of the budget during June and July. Residents can attend these Committee meetings or watch online.
The Committee of the Whole is scheduled to consider Committee recommendations on July 15 and will finalize a budget recommendation for public hearing purposes.