A public meeting of the Ashland City Council will be held on June 3, 2025 at 6:00 pm City of Ashland Council Chambers, 1175 East Main Street, Ashland, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 as approved by the Ashland Citizens’ Budget Committee. A summary of the budget is presented below. A copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained the Ashland City Hall, 20 East Main St. Ashland, Oregon by appointment by emailing finance@ashlandoregon.gov or online at ashlandoregon.gov. This budget is for a biennial budget period. This budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is the same as the preceding year.
| Contact: Mariane Berry, Finance Director | Telephone: 541-488-5300 | Email: finance@ashlandoregon.gov | ||
| FINANCIAL SUMMARY – RESOURCES | ||||
| TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS | Actual Amount | Adopted Budget | Approved Budget | |
| 2021-23 | This Year 2023-25 | Next Year 2025-27 | ||
| Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital | 57,097,616 | 75,117,267 | 81,478,779 | |
| Fees, Licenses, Permits, Fines, Assessments & Other Service Charges | 117,411,988 | 116,299,157 | 120,448,584 | |
| Federal, State & all Other Grants, Gifts, Allocations & Donations | 14,103,194 | 21,793,586 | 11,449,318 | |
| Revenue from Bonds and Other Debt | 6,918,005 | 100,976,734 | 79,781,950 | |
| Interfund Transfers / Internal Service Reimbursements | 38,012,997 | 26,098,684 | 28,595,720 | |
| All Other Resources Except Current Year Property Taxes | 15,664,109 | 17,775,563 | 23,556,686 | |
| Current Year Property Taxes Estimated to be Received | 25,274,812 | 27,125,279 | 28,845,856 | |
| Total Resources | 274,482,721 | 385,186,270 | 374,156,893 | |
| FINANCIAL SUMMARY – REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Personnel Services | 65,152,967 | 85,638,525 | 92,119,793 | |
| Materials and Services | 88,566,142 | 101,267,861 | 93,390,232 | |
| Capital Outlay | 18,184,760 | 129,329,148 | 97,610,239 | |
| Debt Service | 5,443,006 | 10,394,649 | 7,793,382 | |
| Interfund Transfers | 14,464,871 | 2,236,174 | 3,966,658 | |
| Contingencies | 5,481,763 | 5,579,845 | ||
| Special Payments | ||||
| Unappropriated Ending Balance and Reserved for Future Expenditure | 82,670,975 | 50,838,150 | 73,696,744 | |
| Total Requirements | 274,482,721 | 385,186,270 | 374,156,893 | |
| FINANCIAL SUMMARY – REQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM * | ||||
| Name of Organizational Unit or Program | ||||
| FTE for that unit or program | ||||
| Administration Department | 17,118,420 | 15,447,998 | 14,689,529 | |
| FTE | 15.12 | 18.07 | 16 | |
| Information Technology Department | 6,999,844 | 12,826,079 | 9,704,095 | |
| FTE | 13.45 | 17.00 | 11 | |
| Finance Department | 8,571,997 | 9,626,628 | 7,750,011 | |
| FTE | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16 | |
| Police Department | 13,944,305 | 18,569,062 | 19,139,886 | |
| FTE | 35.00 | 38.50 | 38 | |
| Fire & Rescue Department | 20,283,235 | 28,552,434 | 25,241,978 | |
| FTE | 35.50 | 42.0 | 45 | |
| Public Works Department | 57,039,812 | 166,342,332 | 144,188,652 | |
| FTE | 64.00 | 66.0 | 73 | |
| Community Development Department | 5,015,516 | 5,700,644 | 5,737,084 | |
| FTE | 14.00 | 14.0 | 14 | |
| Electric Department | 32,745,165 | 37,351,783 | 42,436,776 | |
| FTE | 17.50 | 17.5 | 20 | |
| Parks & Recreation Department | 15,628,581 | 30,149,948 | 22,025,635 | |
| FTE | 34.75 | 35.00 | 37 | |
| Non-departmental | 97,135,846 | 60,619,362 | 83,243,247 | |
| FTE | 0.0 | |||
| Total Requirements | 274,482,721 | 385,186,270 | 374,156,893 | |
| Total FTE | 245.32 | 264.07 | 270 | |
| STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES and SOURCES OF FINANCING * | ||||
| PROPERTY TAX LEVIES | ||||
Rate or Amount Imposed | Rate or Amount Imposed | Rate or Amount Approved | ||
| 2021-23 | This Year 2023-25 | Next Year 2025-27 | ||
| Permanent Rate Levy (rate limit 4.2865 per $1,000) | 4.2865 | 4.2865 | 4.2865 | |
| Local Option Levy | ||||
| Levy For General Obligation Bonds | 435,376 | 425,855 | 416,326 | |
| STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS | ||||
| LONG TERM DEBT | Estimated Debt Outstanding | Estimated Debt Authorized, But | ||
| on July 1. | Not Incurred on July 1 | |||
| General Obligation Bonds | $2,165,000 | $0 | ||
| Other Bonds | $8,641,929 | $73,576,400 | ||
| Other Borrowings | $1,373,336 | $10,000,000 | ||
| Total | $12,180,264 | $83,576,400 | ||
