Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Adoption

At a glance

• What: Mayor Arulampalam's recommended FY27 General Fund budget and Capital Improvement Program, with the Ordinance of Appropriation for the General Fund, the Ordinance concerning appropriation in the Capital Improvement Fund, and the Ordinance levying the tax on the list of October 1, 2025.
• Where it stands: The council accepted all three substitute ordinances at a reconvened meeting on May 20, 2026, each 9-0.
• Gap: The minutes give no dollar totals or mill rate; the substitute ordinance texts are attachments not reproduced in the minutes.

Detail

At the reconvened meeting (noon, Wednesday, May 20, 2026) all nine members were present. Bilodeau moved, seconded by Hernandez, to accept in turn the substitute Ordinance Tax Levy on the list of October 1, 2025, the substitute Ordinance concerning appropriation in the Capital Improvement Fund, and the substitute Ordinance of Appropriation for the General Fund. Each carried 9-0 (Clarke, Bilodeau, Hernandez, Rosado, Rossetti, Surgeon, Gale, Michtom and Thomas).

The same meeting handled the "DEMS" and "WF" financial and non-financial resolutions (labels as given in the minutes, not expanded there); see 2026-05-20 - City Council (Reconvening).

Sources

• City Council minutes, May 11, 2026: https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/158904
• City Council minutes, May 20, 2026 (reconvening): https://hartford.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/159467

Log

2026-05-20 - City Council (Reconvening)

Substitute tax levy, Capital Improvement Fund and General Fund appropriation ordinances each accepted 9-0.

2026-05-11 - City Council

OMBGA Committee communication discharging the recommended FY27 General Fund budget and Capital Improvement Program, with the appropriation, Capital Improvement Fund and Tax Levy (list of October 1, 2025) ordinances, received 5-0. Public hearings had been held April 1, 2026 (Montessori at Batchelder School) and April 28 (Weaver High School). The Mayor's transmittal of the three ordinances (item 7.3) shows no motion; the council then recessed and adopted substitute versions on May 20. Moved by Bilodeau, seconded by Hernandez.