BUDGET AND FINANCE | BUDGET DOCUMENTS

The City of Austin fiscal year begins on October 1. In the Spring, the City begins the annual budget preparation process which includes opportunities for citizen participation and culminates with the adoption of a final budget in mid-September. Any comments, questions, or suggestions about the City's budget can be sent to COA.budget@austintexas.gov.

Many parts of the budget documents are in Adobe PDF format. To download click Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The City of Austin fiscal year begins on October 1. In the Spring, the City begins the annual budget preparation process which includes opportunities for citizen participation and culminates with the adoption of a final budget in mid-September. Any comments, questions, or suggestions about the City's budget can be sent to COA.budget@austintexas.gov.

Many parts of the budget documents are in Adobe PDF format. To download click Adobe Acrobat Reader.

To request a copy of the approved budget for a prior year not listed, click here or on the Open Records Request link located at the bottom of the Austin Finance Online screen. Annual Approved Budget Documents are also available at Austin Public Libraries.

This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $ 61,587,721, which is an 11.1 percent increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $ 12,216,639.

Austin City Council vote by each member on fiscal year 2017-2018 Adopted Budget:

FOR:

• Mayor Steve Adler
• District 2 Council Member Delia Garza
• District 3 Council Member Sabino Renteria
• District 4 Council Member Gregorio Casar
• District 5 Council Member Ann Kitchen
• District 7 Council Member Leslie Pool
• District 9 Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo
• District 10 Council Member Alison Atler

AGAINST:

• District 1 Council Member Ora Houston
• District 6 Council Member Jimmy Flannigan
• District 8 Council Member Ellen Troxclair

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

City of Austin Property Tax Rates:

The comparison of actual expenditures to budget may appear inconsistent. That is because base wages for personnel are fully budgeted in the expense categories regular wages—full-time, regular wages—part-time or regular wages—civil service. The budget does not assume expenditure levels for the various leave categories, such as sick pay, vacation pay, or jury leave. However, actual expenses for various leave categories are recorded based on timesheet coding. The result is that actual expenditures for regular wages are spread across multiple expense categories while the budget is shown in one expense category.

Personnel savings is budgeted to account for the likely savings in personnel costs generated through attrition. However, the savings is realized in the expense categories regular wages—full-time, regular wages --part-time and regular wages—civil service. Therefore, the actual expenditures in the personnel savings expense category will always be zero.

The data contained on this website is for informational purposes only. Certain Austin Energy budget items have been excluded as competitive matters under Texas Government Code Section 552.133 and City Council Resolution 20051201-002.