Date: January 2, 2024 To: Residents of Dane County From: Joe Parisi, Dane County Executive Patrick Miles, Chair, Dane County Board of Supervisors Re: 2024 Operating and Capital Budgets The Adopted 2024 Dane County operating budget authorizes $789,298,454 in expenditures while the capital budget authorizes $179,216,700. The combined operating and capital budget expenditures total $968,515,154. The budgets are supported by $254,553,992 in property taxes and $90,344,898 in sales tax revenue. The rate of spending supported by property taxes rose by 13.56%. We would like to thank the County Board of Supervisors for their effective and timely work on this budget. With lots of work and cooperation, we produced a budget that controls spending and improves services for the residents of Dane County and did so quickly and efficiently. We would also like to thank all of the county staff for their hard work on the budget and many other projects throughout 2023.