Ramsey County Board approves 2025 supplemental budget
At its Dec. 17 meeting, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the 2025 supplemental county budget of $848.5 million.
This is the second year of Ramsey County’s two-year budgeting process, supplementing the 2024-25 budget commissioners approved in December 2023. The 2025 supplemental budget makes no change to the 4.75% property tax levy included in the biennial budget. Revenues raised from property taxes fund 45.8% of the county, with the rest of the funds coming from intergovernmental revenues (28.4%), charges for services (18.1%) and other sources.
Ramsey County Manager Ling Becker presented the proposed 2025 supplemental budget to the county Board of Commissioners on Aug. 27. That was followed by a series of budget presentations, which provided opportunities for the public to share feedback through public meetings, phone calls, emails and online forms. Community meetings were held in person and in a virtual format with interpreters included to increase the accessibility to community members.
Continuing a county culture of performance measurement
Ramsey County’s biennial budget approach – unique among Minnesota counties – uses supplemental budget years to focus on performance measures, which are quantifiable goals that support the county’s mission, vision and goals. On Sept. 16 and Sept. 17, the board of commissioners held budget hearings where each service team presented updates on their performance measures.
- The complete schedule of presentations can be found on the county’s calendar.
- Service team presentations can be found on the Budget & Finance page of the county’s website.
- Measures and related data are available in the county’s open data portal at opendata.ramseycounty.us for improved transparency and accessibility across all devices.
Ramsey County’s performance measure approach is a three-tiered system that connects countywide, service team and department-level measures. Measures at all levels align with Ramsey County’s strategic plan and serve as a bridge between budget cycles, providing opportunities to identify service improvements and resource allocations to prioritize in the county’s next biennial budget.
Dec. 17 County Board Meeting video
Learn more about the 2025 supplemental budget process