Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Adoption

At a glance

Based on manual (live) captions; names and figures may be misheard.

• What: final adoption of the city's fiscal year 2027 operating and capital budget (Ordinance 48-26) and millage rates (Ordinance 47-26).
• Where it stands: adopted September 24 on 7-1 votes at 5.1471 operating mills, 1.35% below rollback, with a total budget of $1,438,860,205 after trimming for the tentative union agreement; budget stabilization reserves were not used.

Sources

• 2026-09-24 - Special City Council (video of the September 24 meeting, manual captions)

Log

• 2026-09-24 - Special City Council - Both ordinances adopted 7-1 with one member opposed; residents asked for another look at non-essential spending.
• 2026-09-23 - Committee of the Whole — Second and final budget hearing announced for September 24 at 5:05 p.m.; a resident asked why a 2028 forecast figure dropped by $10.5 million.