Title
Resolution to Adopt Ann Arbor City Budget and Related Property Tax Millage Rates for Fiscal Year 2026
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is the proposed FY 2026 City Budget that totals $680 million in revenue and $638 million in expenditures and is in compliance with the City Charter. This budget resolution reflects the recommended budget delivered to you on April 21, 2025.
General Fund Activities
This recommended budget holds recurring expenditure levels in line with the projected revenue levels (see attached file for full details).
General Fund recurring expenditures increased by $10,190,943 (+7.6%) compared to FY 2025's adopted budget, and recurring revenues increased by $9,211,538 (+6.7%). Below is a summary of non-recurring expenditures:
(see attached file for full details)
FTEs
The City's FTEs are proposed to increase from 849, as adopted for FY 2025, to 863 in FY 2026 (excluding transfers between Service Areas and net of incidental changes):
* 0.87 FTE increase in Community Services, Planning
* 4.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Building
* 4.0 FTE increase in Community Services, Ann Arbor Housing Commission
* 1.0 FTE increase in City Administrator, Sustainability
* 1.0 FTE increase in Safety Services, Police
* 3.5 FTE increase in Public Services
As part of the workforce planning initiative, Council is authorizing staff to exceed the authorized 863 FTEs by 10 on a temporary basis.
Millage Rates
The following millages are the maximum allowable levy after the Headlee rollback multiplier is applied (for FY 2026 the Headlee rollback multiplier is anticipated to be 0.9940) (see attached file for full details):
Staff
Prepared by: Marti Praschan, Chief Financial Officer
Approved by: Martin Dohoney, Jr, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, City Council has reviewed the City Administrator's proposed budget for FY 2026 for the City of Ann Arbor, which was submitted on April 21, 2025 in accordance with Charte...
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