Budget Development

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.
 

City Council budget questions

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

Council budget questions and answers
 

Fiscal Year 2025 - 2029 Five-Year Financial Report

This report promotes transparency and accountability in the City's Financial Management. View projected expenditures, revenues, and fund forecasts.

FY 2025-2029 Five-Year Financial Report (PDF, 1 MB)


Fiscal Year 2024-25 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. 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.

The approved budget document is scheduled to be published by October 1, 2024. 
 

DESCRIPTION LINK TYPE
FY 2024-25 Proposed Budget PDF
FY 2024-25 Approved Taxpayer Impact Statement PDF
Message from the Manager PDF


The past 15 years of budget documents are available on this site.  Annual approved budget documents, including prior years not listed below, are available from the Austin History Center.

Past budget documents
Fiscal Year 2023-2024  PDF
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 PDF
Fiscal Year 2021-2022 PDF
Fiscal Year 2020-2021 PDF
Fiscal Year 2020-2021 PDF
Fiscal Year 2019-2020 PDF
Fiscal Year 2018-2019 PDF
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

Fiscal Year 2024-25 Adopted Budget City Council Vote

Name

District

Vote

Kirk Watson

Mayor

For

Natasha Harper-Madison

1

For

Vanessa Fuentes

2

For

José Miguel Anwar Velásquez

3

For

José “Chito” Vela

4

For

Ryan Alter

5

For

Mackenzie Kelly

6

Against

Leslie Pool

7

For

Paige Ellis

8

For

Zohaib “Zo” Qadri

9

For

Allison Alter

10

For


Budget data

Open Budget ATX provides a guided view through the City's budget and and how funds are allocated.  Explore interactive charts, graphs, and tables.
 

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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.
 

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