How Redmond is run
Who runs Redmond, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Redmond's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Redmond
A city manager hired by the council runs the city day to day and directs the departments. The seven-member council, including the mayor, sets policy, adopts the budget and levies taxes.
What they are paid
- City-paid deferred compensation of $2,583.33 a month (from July 1, 2025)
Redmond city staff
268 full-time-equivalent positions, including General government 72, Police officers 65, Airport 45. June 30, 2025. City of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
The audited report gives staff counts by function. We could not open the city website to check for salary schedules, and we found no list of pay by employee. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Redmond in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
The city's own outlook
The city factors pension rate changes into a five-year financial forecast it updates each year. Its FY2025 audited report says staff see a need for more staff and services as the city grows, balanced against long-term financial sustainability, and expects personnel costs to rise 13% from FY2025 actuals. City of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
Savings
Unassigned general fund balance: $10.5M (2025-06-30). City of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2026-27.
Goes to (FY2026-27)
- Transfers to other funds$25.2M · 48%
- Police$19.9M · 38%
- Contingency$3.6M · 7%
- Engineering$2.5M · 5%
- Materials and services$887,909 · 2%
- Debt service$3,047 · 0%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
About a quarter of each property-tax dollar goes to the city ($5.05 of $20.15 per $1,000). These are billed rates from the city's audited report; Oregon's Measure 5 and Measure 50 limits can lower what an owner actually pays.
25¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Redmond
- Redmond School District and High Desert ESD7.24 · 36%
- City of RedmondGeneral fund 4.41 plus debt service 0.64.5.05 · 25%
- Deschutes County3.46 · 17%
- Redmond Fire & Rescue2.5 · 12%
- Redmond Area Park and Recreation District0.89 · 4%
- Central Oregon Community College0.7 · 3%
- Library bond0.31 · 2%
- Total ($ per $1,000 of assessed value)20.15
FY2024-25 rates for property in the city of Redmond (Deschutes County, tax code 2001). City of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
See what a Redmond house pays, line by line →Who provides your services
Not everything in Redmond is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityRedmond Police DepartmentCity of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
- Fire protectionSeparate districtRedmond Fire & RescueCity limits were annexed into the fire district on July 1, 2011.Redmond Fire & Rescue
- Emergency medical servicesSeparate districtRedmond Fire & RescueRedmond Fire & Rescue
- 911 dispatchSeparate districtDeschutes County 911 Service DistrictDeschutes County 911 Service District
- WaterThe cityCity of Redmond Public WorksCity of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
- SewerThe cityCity of Redmond Public WorksCity of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
- StreetsThe cityCity of Redmond Public WorksCity of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
- Parks maintenanceThe cityCity of Redmond Public WorksCity of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
- Planning and building permitsThe cityCity of Redmond Community DevelopmentCity of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | Oregon CityOR | RedmondOR | KeizerOR | Grants PassOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 38,175 | 38,547 | 39,140 | 39,239 |
| Top administrator's base pay | $203,592 | $218,397 | $182,915 | $189,278 |
| Council member pay | No salary | Not confirmed | No salary | No salary |
| General fund per resident | $2,218 | $1,353 | $452 | $1,401 |
| Debt per resident | $527 | $2,648 | $188 | $542 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $741 | $898 | $538 | $871 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 5.9 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 6.5 |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how). Oregon City and Redmond pays another agency for police or fire, so its own staff count is lower.
What Redmond publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Partly: Adopted budget posted onlineThe June 9, 2026 council packet posts the adoption resolution with appropriations by fund. We could not open the city's own budget page. City of Redmond · Jun 9, 2026
- Yes: Council votes recorded member by member onlineCouncil minutes posted on the city's CivicClerk portal list each member's yes or no vote. City of Redmond · Aug 26, 2025
- No: Council pay stated in a public documentWe found no council or mayor pay figure in the agendas, minutes and budget resolution we read. City of Redmond · Jun 9, 2026
- No: Employee pay publishedThe audited report gives staff counts only. We found no pay list by employee; the city website blocked our requests. City of Redmond · Dec 31, 2025
Questions to ask your council
- The FY2026-27 general fund transfers $25.2 million to other funds, more than the $19.9 million budgeted for police. Which services do those transfers pay for?
- Unassigned general fund reserves were $10.5 million at June 30, 2025, and we found no stated minimum for them. Should the city set one?
- The city's share of the Oregon PERS shortfall was $34.6 million, with the plan 79.29% funded. How does the five-year forecast plan for rising pension rates?
- City debt was $102.1 million at June 30, 2025. Which projects will add to it in the next few years?
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