Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 Recommended Budget

Budget Highlights: The FY 25-26 Recommended Budget is increasing by $6,414,160, or 39.0%.

The FY 25-26 City Manager division budget includes the following mid-year position changes, resulting in the net increase of one (1) position: the addition of one (1) Strategic & Crisis Communications Manager, the transfer of one (1) Administrative Support Specialist from Legislative to Executive, and one (1) Executive Administrative Coordinator was transferred from Executive to Police. The FY 25-26 City Manager division's overall M&O budget includes a reduction of $84,500 in consultant services and business meeting expenses. The FY 25-26 Community Relations division budget includes $5,000 for cost of business increase due to rising City Academy Program costs. The division budget also includes a reduction of $3,300 in roster position funding. During FY 25-26, the Community Relations division added one (1) Community Relations Assistant. During FY 25-26, the Arts & Cultural Affairs (Creative Greensboro) division had a net increase of .88 FTEs. One (1) part-time Van Dyke Performance Space Specialist (.75 FTE) and increased the weekly hours of an existing Administrative Assistant position from 25 hours per week to 30 hours per week (.125 FTE). The FY 25-26 Arts & Cultural Affairs (Creative Greensboro) division budget includes a reduction of $42,700 in music program funding. The FY 25-26 Economic Development division budget includes a reduction of $594,000 due to the elimination of contingency from incentives and various service contract cancellations. The FY 25-26 Internal Audit division budget includes a reduction of $16,000 in roster funding. During FY 24-25, MWBE was transferred from the Executive department to the City Attorney’s Office. This move included the transfer of 9.25 positions, $158,100 in maintenance & operation expenses, and $20,000 in donations revenue. During FY 24-25, the Contact Center moved from the Communications department to the Executive department as a new division. This move included the transfer of 13 positions and $81,500 in maintenance & operation expenses. The FY 25-26 Contact Center Maintenance and Operations budget was reduced by $4,850, which includes reductions to program supplies and training. The FY 25-26 Sustainability & Resilience division will also assume the responsibility of managing gas and electric utility payments for most City-owned facilities, which will increase the division budget by $3.8 million. As part of the FY 2024–25 budget, the Code Compliance division, previously under the General Fund portion of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Department, was reorganized under the Executive Department. This transition included the transfer of 17.5 FTEs and $628,666 in maintenance and operations (M&O) funding. During FY 24-25, the Office of Community Safety division moved from the Executive department and was established as a new department. This move included the transfer of 13 positions and $190,000 in maintenance & operation expenses. The Contact Center and Community Relations divisions will transition from internally developed applications to Salesforce in FY 25-26. The funding for the first year of implementation and licenses will be covered by the Network Services Fund. However, in FY 26-27, the divisions will begin paying for their licenses directly out of their respective budgets.

Recommended FY 25-26 Budget