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File #: ORD. 2026-063    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Regular Agenda
File created: 3/10/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/23/2026 Final action:
Title: To adopt the annual budget, which includes all of the separate current expense budgets for the general operation of the City government and for each utility as defined in ch. 13 of the City Charter and provides for increases to certain fees for the fiscal year commencing Jul.1, 2026, and ending Jun. 30, 2027, and to appropriate the estimated revenues for such fiscal year for the objects and purposes stated in such budget.
Patrons: Mayor Avula
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2026-063
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To adopt the annual budget, which includes all of the separate current expense budgets for the general operation of the City government and for each utility as defined in ch. 13 of the City Charter and provides for increases to certain fees for the fiscal year commencing Jul.1, 2026, and ending Jun. 30, 2027, and to appropriate the estimated revenues for such fiscal year for the objects and purposes stated in such budget.
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WHEREAS, (i) the Mayor submitted to the Council a proposed annual budget for the City for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, and it is necessary to make appropriations sufficient to fund said budget and to regulate the payment of money from the City treasury, and (ii) the recommended budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, is as set out in the attachment to this ordinance entitled "General Fund Budget, July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027," and the outside agencies and central appropriations programs are set forth on the attachment to this ordinance entitled "General Fund Budget, Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations, July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027;"
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
I. Budgets and Appropriations.
? 1. General Fund.
(a) The budget designated as the General Fund Budget in the total amount of $1,099,079,826 for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, set forth on the attachment to this ordinance entitled "General Fund Budget, July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027," including the budget for outside agencies and central appropriations programs set forth on the attachment to this ordinance entitled "General Fund Budget, Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations, July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027," which is incorporated into this ordinance, is hereby adopted and made part of this ordinance.
(b) The sum of $1,099,079,826 of the estimated revenue for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026, be and is hereby appropri...

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