Homeowner's Property Taxes
The amount of property tax an individual Johnson County homeowner pays depends on the budgets set by the taxing units where the property is located. Examples of taxing units are schools, cities, the county, and the state. Property taxes, or ad valorem taxes, in Johnson County for the 2006 budget year were $792,286,988. The District’s share of those taxes in 2006 was 2.07 percent, or $16,410,015. The average breakdown per taxing unit countywide:

Calculations based on data in the 2005 Abstract of Taxes, Johnson County Records and Tax Administration Office.

District Distribution of Tax Monies Within the Total Operation Budget
For a home valued at $200,000 (in 2006) the District’s share of your property tax would be $52.58 (2.286 mills).

The Enterprise Fund
The Enterprise Fund maintains a fee-support philosophy in which direct program costs are absorbed by user
fees paid by the participants who benefit the most from the program, rather than by the general taxpayer.

Budget: $20,266,762
Actual Operating Revenues: $15,398,591
Actual Operating Expenses: $15,214,732

Source: 2006 Audit

The Johnson County Park and Recreation District receives approximately only two percent of the property taxes paid
by Johnson County homeowners each year.

Virtually all of the District's recreational programs and classes are funded exclusively through user fees and other
non-tax sources. Each year less than one half of the District's operating budget is funded by tax dollars.

The limited amount of tax support the District does receive must be stretched to cover land acquisition, development
and maintenance costs, as well as District administration and safety expenses. It also must help fund the
Theatre in the Park, Special Populations and 50+ programming.

View / Downloadables:
2005 JCPRD Combined Enterprise General Fund Budgets  [52KB]
2006 JCPRD Annual Report  [500KB]

For more information please contact e-mail: Special Projects Coordinator