Current Fiscal Year Budget Summary
Total General Fund Budget $689.7 million
The FY 2025-26 Total General Fund budget totals $689.7 million, an increase of $38.7 million over the FY 2024-25 General Fund Budget. The budget sets a property tax rate of 55.42¢ cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The total Tax Increase is 3.5¢, with a 2.5¢ increase for the General Fund and 1¢ increase for the Capital Finance Plan Fund.
What Is In FY 2025-26 Approved Budget:
Board Priority Increases:
- ERP Support $1.2 million
- Public Safety $1.6 million
- Education $12.9 million
- Emergency Service $1.2 million
- Employee Support $11.9 million
Personnel:
- Employees added to General Fund 11.2 FTEs
- Employee Merit Increase 3-4%
- Benefits Fund Increase 14%
*Total Number of Durham County Employees 2,324.3
Additional Budget Expansions:
- Replacement Vehicles $7.2 million
- Food Security Grant $323,000
- Youth Home Workers $570,000
- Human Services $600,000
- Public Art Coordinator $200,000
- Community Intervention $500,000
Where Is Funding Spent:
- Eduction $248.1 million
- Administration $193.5 million
- Public Safety $95.1 million
- Human Services $114.8 million
- Culture & Recreation (Library) $17.3 milliom
- Environmental Protection $7.9 million
- Transportation $4.5 million
- Economic & Physical Development $10.4 million