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 Approved Budget | |
| FY 2024-25 Approved Taxpayer Impact Statement | |
| Message from the Manager |
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
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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.
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.
| Current Fiscal Year | |
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| Operating Program Budget Versus Expenditures | Data Portal |