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2023-24 Budget#

2023-2024 Budget Update: The Fort Collins City Council approved the City's 2023-2024 Biennial Budget on November 15. The Budget Office is now working on the changes approved in the budget and will publish the documents, including the Budgets in Brief, in early 2023.

The City of Fort Collins is returning to a two-year cycle as of the 2023-24 Budget. The process begins with Council adoption of the 2022 Strategic Plan which has been used to create the Offers for the programs and services that are provided to our Community.

Budget process dates

May - Sep Public Engagement to inform Recommended Budget
Sep 2 City Manager's Recommended Budget published
Sep 13 Council Work Session #1
Sep 20 Council Meeting – Public Hearing #1
Sep 27 Council Work Session #2
Oct 4 Council Meeting – Public Hearing #2
Oct 11 Council Work Session #3
Nov 1 Council Meeting – First Reading of the Budget Ordinance
Nov 15 Council Meeting – Second Reading of the Budget Ordinance

2023-2024 Recommended Budget in Brief Document#

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La ciudad de Fort Collins le da importancia a escuchar la opinión de la comunidad y a realizar mejoras basadas en sus comentarios. Los comentarios de los últimos dos años han puesto de relieve deficiencias muy comunes en los documentos presupuestarios de la ciudad.

Este Resumen del presupuesto, publicado en español e inglés, se creó para abordar estos comentarios importantes. Está creado para que se lo lea y entienda con mayor facilidad. Las copias están disponibles en el Edificio Municipal en 300 Laporte Avenue, cuando la oficina está abierta al público. Se imprimirán copias adicionales según la demanda.

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The City of Fort Collins values listening to the community and making improvements based on feedback. Feedback in the last couple years has highlighted very common shortfalls in City budget documents.

This Budget in Brief, published in Spanish and English, was created to address this important feedback. It is intended to be easier to read and understand. Copies are available in the City Clerk’s Office at 300 Laporte Avenue, when the office is open to the public. Additional copies will be printed based on demand.

For Questions or Comments on the Budget:

Lawrence Pollack, Budget Director
970-416-2439
Email: lpollack@fcgov.com

2023-2024 City Manager's Recommended Budget#

Full version (651 pages)

The 2023-2024 City Manager's Recommended Budget is intended to resource and support the 2022 Strategic Plan. Below is a link to the list of the 2023-2024 budget requests (offers) included in the City Manager’s Recommended Budget. Each offer is notated with the recommendation to Council to be Funded or Unfunded.

The file is sorted by Outcome and can be filtered in many ways. When you find an offer of interest, you can read the offer narrative by clicking on the Outcome link on the left side. Doing so will open a PDF file with all the offers being considered in that Outcome. The offers are listed in numeric order and you can also search for the specific offer # you wanted to learn about. Please note that within each narrative there are links to view performance measures, as well as summary financials.

2023-2024 Budget Requests (Offers) list for all 7 Outcomes:

2023-24 Budget Requests list

2023-2024 Offer Narratives:

Measures used in Offers:

Measures used in Offers with links

Capital Projects Map:

2023-24 Recommended Capital Projects Map

View Recommended Budget

2022 Adopted Budget in Brief Document#

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La ciudad de Fort Collins le da importancia a escuchar la opinión de la comunidad y a realizar mejoras basadas en sus comentarios. Cuando se publicó el Presupuesto Recomendado para 2021 en el otoño pasado, la Ciudad recibió claramente el mensaje de que la información presupuestaria no es accesible para muchos miembros de la comunidad.

Este nuevo Resumen del Presupuesto, publicado en español e inglés, fue preparado como respuesta. El mismo tiene como objetivo que sea más fácil de leer y comprender. Hay copias disponibles a solicitud y
estarán disponibles, hasta agotar existencias, en el edificio municipal en 300 Laporte Avenue.

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The City of Fort Collins values listening to the community and making improvements based on feedback. When the 2021 Recommended Budget was released last fall, the City heard clearly that the budget information isn’t accessible to many community members.

This new Budget in Brief, published in Spanish and English, was created in response. It is intended to be easier to read and understand. Copies are available upon request and will be made available, while supplies last, in the City Clerk’s Office at 300 Laporte Avenue.

For Questions or Comments on the Budget:

Lawrence Pollack, Budget Director
970-416-2439
Email: lpollack@fcgov.com

2022 Adopted Budget#

Full version (538 pages)

The City's 2022 Budget was adopted by City Council on 2nd Reading on November 16, 2021. This budget is intended to resource both the 2021-23 Council Priorities and the 2020 Strategic Plan. The Adopted 2022 Budget includes the City Council changes to the 2022 Recommended Budget.

The links below contain details of the Offer Narratives of all funded and unfunded Offers by Outcome. Within each narrative there are links to view the performance measures included in the Offer.

View Adopted Budget