Budget Information

FY 2023-24 APPROVED BUDGET

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

The budget documents are in Adobe PDF format. To download click Adobe Acrobat Reader.

ANNUAL BUDGET ARCHIVE

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.

REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS BY FISCAL YEAR

Fiscal Year 2022-2023

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Fiscal Year 2021-2022

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Fiscal Year 2020-2021

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Fiscal Year 2020-2021

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Fiscal Year 2019-2020

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Fiscal Year 2018-2019

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Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Volume II	PDF

Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Volume II	PDF
Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Approved Fee Schedule	PDF

Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Volume I	PDF
Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Volume II	PDF
Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Volume III	PDF

BUDGET ENGAGEMENT

The City is committed to an inclusive and transparent budget development process that utilizes resident and stakeholder feedback to ensure budget priorities are being met.

• The FY 2021-22 budget engagement process resulted in 152 recommendations from 21 of the City’s boards and commissions. The following report is a brief summary of each recommendation including department responses and FY 2021-22 budget information.
• Please visit SpeakUp Austin, the community engagement website for the City of Austin, to learn about what's happening in our community and how to provide input on the annual budget process.

Any comments, questions, or suggestions about the City's budget can be sent to budgetqa@austintexas.gov.

CITY COUNCIL BUDGET QUESTIONS

As part of the budget process, City staff provide responses to formal budget questions that are submitted by City Council.

More information on specific Council budget questions can be found here.

RAW BUDGET DATA

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.