Dane County Executive Melissa Agaard
The operating budget totals $825,078,675. The capital budget is $78,539,000, which is a 30% decrease from the $112,466,152 included in the final 2025 budget.
The total combined Operating and Capital Budgets is $903,617,675. This is a 3% decrease from the $926,179,104 in the 2025 budget.
The tax rate is $2.48 per $1000 of Equalized Value, down from $2.57 in 2025. The budget includes a 1.29% levy increase on the average home, which amounts to an increase of $15.23 on the average Madison home currently valued at $481,300. That is down from the $19.65 increase in 2025 and is the lowest percentage increase since 2019.