2027 Budget

The City of Fargo follows a standard budget development process. The process includes an update of revenue projections by the Finance Department, based upon historical trends and changes in our resources. Then, a budget review team consisting of the City Administrator, Assistant City Administrator, Director of Finance, Assistant Director of Finance, Human Resources Director, Assistant Human Resources Director and the Mayor meets with department and division heads to discuss the details of each Director’s requests for the upcoming year. Upon conclusion of the meetings, the budget review team prioritizes requests based on the overall needs of the City and makes adjustments for funding certain requests.

Introduced to the process in 2025, a public meeting budget workshop was held the week of July 20th, 2026, between staff and the City Commission to discuss 2027 budget requests.

Prior to the Budget Workshop, City Commissioners were provided with a budget binder including various budget materials. We’ve included the budget binder materials here for reference.

Note from the budget team: Following the budget workshop a few minor changes were made to the preliminary general fund budget as presented in the binder materials. Budget team commentary, along with a reconciliation of the original and approved preliminary general fund budgets can be found here.

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A 2027 Budget public hearing was held on September 14, 2026 during the Board of City Commission meeting.

After numerous public meetings with Commissioners to discuss 2027 budget priorities and public comment, please see this powerpoint summarizing the 2027 General Fund budget that was approved during the September 28, 2026 Board of City Commission meeting.

The approved 2027 Budget Book can be found here