Budget

Budgeting is an essential element of the financial planning, control, and evaluation process of municipal government. The operating budget is the city's annual financial operating plan. The budget includes:

Budget Summary: This section provides a general overview of the proposed budget and identifies key changes from the prior year. To view past Annual Budget Reports, visit our Financial Transparency page.

Vision Statements: The vision statements section of the budget provides a view of the various services provided by the city and is organized around the four city council vision statements and the Strategic Plan

Financial Section: This section provides a more traditional "fund accounting" view of the city's budget. Fund summaries and department summaries are provided.

Appendices: The fourth major section of the budget is the appendices, which contains supplemental information to meet specific City Charter requirements and to help the reader better understand the community.

The proposed budget is prepared and presented to the city council 30-90 days before the end of the fiscal year, which is Sept. 30. The city council then reviews and revises the budget and receives citizen input through a public hearing on the proposed budget.

The budget process shall span sufficient time to address policy and fiscal issues by the council.

The council will adopt by ordinance such budget as it may have been amended as the city's annual budget, effective for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.

Meeting Videos

• July 6 Budget Special Meeting
  • PowerPoint: Budget Presentation
• July 13 Budget Workshop
  • Policy and Revenue Sources
  • City Staffing
  • Service Level Adjustments
  • Financing and Capital Appropriations
  • Fund Balances
• July 14 Budget Workshop
  
  • Outside Agencies

Blog Posts

• Introductory Budget Blog (July 6)
• Budget Workshop Blog (July 13-14)

News Stories

• College Station unveils proposed budget of over half a billion dollars (KBTX, July 6)
• College Station City Council Hears Proposed FY2027 Budget (WTAW, July 6)
• College Station proposes $576.3M FY27 budget (Community Impact, July 7)
• College Station Assistant City Manager Jeff Kersten on WTAW (WTAW, July 10)
• College Station hosts first workshop for FY27 budget (Eagle, July 13)
• City of College Station kicks off FY27 budget workshops (KBTX, July 13)
• College Station budget proposal invests in public safety, employee pay (Eagle, July 14)
• CS's proposed 2027 budget includes nearly $36M in Midtown (KRHD, July 15)
• College Station City Council wraps up budget workshop week (KBTX, July 16)
• College Station Mayor John Nichols on WTAW (WTAW, July 16)
• College Station Mayor Pro Tem William Wright on The Infomaniacs (WTAW, July 17)

The City of College Station received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association. To receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan and as a communications device.