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Budget Information

Budget and Appropriation Process

The Charter provides for the Mayor, and such other officials as the Mayor shall select, to prepare a budget for consideration by the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor’s proposed budget must include certain historic and projected expense and revenue information and statements of anticipated tax levy and debt service requirements. The Mayor’s proposed budget is referred to a public hearing. After the public hearing the Board of Mayor and Aldermen may adopt the proposed budget with or without amendment. If amendments are made, a second public hearing may be held prior to final adoption. The Mayor may veto the entire budget or line items thereof. In the event of a veto all portions of the budget not vetoed shall be passed. If the BMA fails to adopt appropriation resolutions for the ensuing fiscal year by June 30th, the Mayor’s budget as originally proposed shall prevail.

The Charter also provides for supplemental appropriations, reductions of appropriations and transfers of appropriations under certain limited circumstances

 

Four Year Budget Trend

    2022 2023 2024 2025
    Amount Amount Amount Amount
           
Education   $183,959,257 $187,097,818 $191,759,220 $227,982,610
General Government   $20,468,083 $18,724,866 $25,011,825 $25,559,290
Public Safety   $50,472,176 $51,633,037 $55,605,988 $57,760,666
Highway and Streets   $17,162,013 $21,421,714 $19,504,209 $19,968,652
Health and Welfare   $4,043,047 $4,078,143 $3,066,657 $3,308,180
Culture and Recreation   $6,448,492 $6,649,562 $7,161,121 $7,618,111
*Economic Development   $0 $10,000 $175,907 $223,888
Health, Dental,
and Life Insurance (1)
  $12,599,112 $13,299,242 $15,276,990 $17,195,489
Retirement   $25,723,833 $25,134,031 $25,555,116 $27,291,207
Other   $8,529,058 $12,799,403 $11,238,353 $10,734,674
Debt Services   $16,100,000 $16,100,000 $16,100,000 $16,100,000
Total Budget   $346,505,071 $356,965,816 $370,455,386 $397,642,767
Less MSD Budget   (183,959,257) $(187,097,818) (191,759,220) (227,982,610)
General Fund Budget   $162,545,814 $169,867,998 $178,696,166 $169,660,157
           

*No budget in Fiscal Year 2022

(1) All benefit costs are excluded from departmental budgets.

 

Budget Books

The Finance Department publishes an Annual "Budget Book" upon Budget approval by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The "Budget Book" contains an overall summary of the budget, an expense and revenue summary by agency (department) and detailed budget by agency (department) and organization (division). The following Budget Books are available for review and download. Adobe Reader is required to access this file.

Prior Fiscal Year budget books not listed below are available upon requst.