Trends

Each budget document reports past actuals plus its own budget and a five-year forecast. This page lines them up, so you can see the 2027 Proposed budget against history and how each document's forecast has shifted. Actuals come from the newest document that reports them, and forecasts are not commitments.

2027 Proposed recurring revenue is $699.1M, 6.2% above the latest reported actual (2025: $658.4M), an average of +3.0% a year over 2 years.

$28.3M of the 2027 Proposed budget (3.9% of its $727.3M in spending) is funded from reserves rather than recurring revenue.

The 2027 Proposed forecast projects the reserve fund ending 2031 at −$31.4M, and the balance first turns negative in 2031. Forecasts are not commitments.

Recurring revenue

Revenue the city expects to collect each year, not counting any use of reserves.

Actual
2027 Proposed (headline)
2026 Budget (as amended)
2025 Budget
2024 Budget (adopted)

Solid = actual, estimate or budget; dashed = forecast (a projection, not a commitment).

The vertical axis does not start at zero.

Total expenditures

Everything the operating budget spends in a year.

Actual
2027 Proposed (headline)
2026 Budget (as amended)
2025 Budget
2024 Budget (adopted)

Solid = actual, estimate or budget; dashed = forecast (a projection, not a commitment). Hollow diamond = a different figure for the same year from another table in the same document (see Notes).

The vertical axis does not start at zero.

Ending reserve fund balance

The fund balance left at the end of each year. Spending beyond recurring revenue draws it down.

Actual
2027 Proposed (headline)
2026 Budget (as amended)
2025 Budget
2024 Budget (adopted)

Solid = actual, estimate or budget; dashed = forecast (a projection, not a commitment).

Revenue by category

The largest revenue sources in the 2027 Proposed budget. Pick one to see its history and forecasts.

Actual
2027 Proposed (headline)
2026 Budget (as amended)
2025 Budget
2024 Budget (adopted)

Solid = actual, estimate or budget; dashed = forecast (a projection, not a commitment).

The vertical axis does not start at zero.

Notes

Recurring revenue for 2023 was restated: $697.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $688.1M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Amusement Tax) for 2023 was restated: $17.3M in 2027 Proposed, previously $18.4M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Charges for Services) for 2023 was restated: $38.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $37.0M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Deed Transfer Tax) for 2023 was restated: $68.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $47.5M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Earned Income Tax) for 2023 was restated: $127.0M in 2027 Proposed, previously $131.7M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Facility Usage Fee) for 2023 was restated: $2.2M in 2027 Proposed, previously $6.0M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Fines and Forfeitures) for 2023 was restated: $8.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $9.1M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Institution Service Privilege Tax) for 2023 was restated: $0.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $0.1M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Interest Earnings) for 2023 was restated: $6.7M in 2027 Proposed, previously $18.3M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Intergovernmental Revenue) for 2023 was restated: $41.7M in 2027 Proposed, previously $44.0M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Licenses and Permits) for 2023 was restated: $16.7M in 2027 Proposed, previously $14.1M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Local Service Tax) for 2023 was restated: $15.2M in 2027 Proposed, previously $13.6M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Miscellaneous Revenues) for 2023 was restated: $49.7M in 2027 Proposed, previously $50.6M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Non-Profit Payment for Services) for 2023 was restated: $0.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $0.5M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Other Taxes) for 2023 was restated: $0.0M in 2027 Proposed, previously −$0.0M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Parking Tax) for 2023 was restated: $52.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $47.5M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Payroll Preparation Tax) for 2023 was restated: $65.8M in 2027 Proposed, previously $72.5M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Real Estate Tax) for 2023 was restated: $159.3M in 2027 Proposed, previously $149.3M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Regional Asset District Tax Relief) for 2023 was restated: $24.9M in 2027 Proposed, previously $26.6M in the 2024 document.
Revenue by category (Telecommunications Licensing Tax) for 2023 was restated: $1.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $1.2M in the 2024 document.
Total revenues for 2023 was restated: $697.6M in 2027 Proposed, previously $688.1M in the 2024 document.
Expenditure actuals are read from the department table on each document's Five-Year Financial Forecast page, not from a dedicated history table: 2022 (2024 Budget (adopted)), 2023 (2025 Budget), 2024 (2026 Budget (as amended)), 2025 (2027 Proposed).
The 2025 Budget document gives two different 2024 estimate figures for total expenditures: $682.0M in its Five-Year Financial Forecast summary table and $684.8M in its department table (forecast detail) of the same section. The line uses the Five-Year Financial Forecast summary table's figure; the other is marked with a hollow diamond.
The 2027 Proposed document gives two different 2026 estimate figures for total expenditures: $715.1M in its Five-Year Financial Forecast summary table and $715.0M in its department table (forecast detail) of the same section. The line uses the Five-Year Financial Forecast summary table's figure; the other is marked with a hollow diamond.
Each vintage line is that document’s own estimate, budget and forecast. Actuals come from the newest document that reports them. Forecasts are projections, not commitments.