Your Budget

It’s your home, your neighborhood, your city – and your city government works for you

It’s your budget – get involved

FY2023-2024 Budget and Four-Year Financial Plan

• Adopted Budget (approved by City Council 4-10-23)
  • Summary Presentation
  • City Council Budget Hearings and Documents
• Mayor's Proposed Budget (submitted 3-3-23)
  • Summary Presentation
  • Press Release
  • Community Outreach Summary Report
  • Community Outreach Report
    • Office of Budget Public Comment Log 2022

FY2022-2023 Budget and Mid-Year Amendments

• Adopted Budget (approved by City Council 4-7-22)
• Resolution Recognizing Homeowners Affected by Over-Assessment (Revised 4-10-23)
• ARPA Fiscal Recovery Funds Budget Transfers (Revised 4-9-23)
• Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Various Departments (Approved February 28, 2023)
• Supplemental Appropriations for Police Department (Approved November 9, 2022)

Approved Four-Year Financial Plan (April 14, 2022) - Click on the links below to download

• FY 2023 - 2026 Approved Four-Year Financial Plan Section A - Overview
• FY 2023 - 2026 Approved Four-Year Financial Plan Section B - Agency Descriptions
• FY 2023 - 2026 Approved Four-Year Financial Plan Section C - Legal Budget

Learn about city government

• Review our reports – the budget and the capital plan touch every part of your neighborhood
• Join other City department community meetings – various City departments present major City service proposals to the community before adopting plans
• Follow Detroit Public Schools Community District, Wayne County Government, and other providers of important public services to you

Bring a friend to public budget meetings

• Revenue Estimating Conference meetings, every September and February: presentation of a local economic forecast and adoption of projected revenues for the annual budget
• Annual Public Budget Meeting, 3rd Thursday of every October: an informational session to overview major programs and services, and associated spending
• City Council District Budget Priorities Forums, every January, co-hosted by the Office of Budget and City Council members: a conversation in your district about spending priorities in the coming year
• City Council hearings on the Mayor’s Recommended budget, the month following the Mayor’s March 7 budget presentation, scheduled and hosted by the Detroit City Council.
• City Council Standing Committee on Budget, Finance, and Audit, Wednesdays at 1PM (while City Council is in session), Council Member Fred Durhal III, Chairperson: the Body responsible for review and approval of official budget and finance-related actions.

Tell us your budget priorities

• Meet with your neighbors or community groups to consider the issues affecting you
• Join a public budget meeting to be heard, or, Email us, to tell us your priorities: [email protected]
• Be heard at the Charter-mandated Mayor’s Community Meetings and City Council District Evening Community meetings, throughout the year

Resources

• How Your Budget Works
• Budget Glossary