Budget
The City Manager’s Office prepares an annual budget for City Council review and adoption. The Assistant City Manager’s and the Budget Manager assist the City Manager by preparing two major documents:
- The City Manager’s Recommended Budget, which is the document reviewed by council
- Adopted Budget, which is released after the council has adopted the budget for the fiscal year
It is the goal of the City Manager’s Office to maximize city resources by identifying cost saving measures and making improvements to the budget process each year. The City Manager’s Office also prepares for consideration any amendments to the budget which are necessary throughout the year.
The city budget is the operating plan for the fiscal year. The operating budget is the portion of the budget dedicated to the ongoing operations of the city, while the capital budget is the portion of the budget for major capital projects in the city’s capital funds. The city also prepares a five-year Capital Improvements Plan (CIP).
The budget office also helps to coordinate performance management for the City of Fredericksburg. Each year the city works to improve the collection of data and evaluate it accordingly, to continually improve the services provided to our residents.
FY 2022 Adopted Budget (for July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022)
Transmittal Narratives and Summaries
FY 2022 City Manager's Recommended Budget (released March 9, 2021)
This year’s budget meetings will be held electronically due to COVID-19 and they will be live streamed and recorded for playback at https://www.regionalwebtv.com/fredcc. The Budget Public Hearing will be held on April 20 at 7 p.m. Citizens who wish to participate in the public hearing will be able to send their comments in writing, please visit https://www.fredericksburgva.gov/677/Public-Comment for more information. We are happy to answer any questions you may have by calling the City Manager's Office at (540) 372-1010 or emailing citymanager@fredericksburgva.gov.
Budget Work Session Presentation and Documents from May 25, 2021
- CIP Presentation
- CIP Memo and Resolution
- Second Reading Budget Memo and Resolution
- Real Estate Tax Rate Memo and Ordinance
Budget Work Session and Public Hearing Presentations/Documents from April 27, 2021
Budget Work Session and Public Hearing Presentations/Documents from April 20, 2021
- Work Session Presentation
- Public Hearing Presentation
- Capital Budget CIP Propositions - Public Hearing
- Summary of Table of Changes - Public Hearing
Work Session Presentation/Documents from April 13, 2021
- Budget Presentation
- New School Financial Plan
- Memo with Recommended Budget Amendment #1
- Memo with Recommended Budget Amendment #2
- Summary Table of Changes
Work Session Presentations from April 6, 2021
- Budget Update
- Wastewater Treatment CIP Update
- Fire Department CIP Update
- Public Works CIP Update
- Stormwater & MS4 Update
Work Session Presentations from March 30, 2021
Work Session Presentation from March 23, 2021
Budget Documents
City Manager's Budget Remarks given at March 9, 2021 Council Meeting
Tab 1: Table of Contents and Transmittal Letter
Tab 2: Overview
Tab 3: Personnel
Tab 4: Financial Summary
Tab 5: Narratives
Tab 6: Partner Agencies
Tab 7: Capital Improvement Plan
Tab 8: Debt
Tab 9: Line Item Details
Tab 10: Supplemental
Previous Year’s Budgets
FY 2021 Adopted Budget
Adopted FY 2021 Budget (large PDF)
Tab 0: Table of Contents (PDF)
Tab 1: Transmittal Letter (PDF)
Tab 2: Overview (PDF)
Tab 3: Personnel (PDF)
Tab 4: Financial Summaries (PDF)
Tab 5: Program Narratives (PDF)
Tab 6: Partner Agencies (PDF)
Tab 7: Capital Improvements Plan (PDF)
Tab 8: Debt (PDF)
Tab 9: Line Item Detail (PDF)
Tab 10: Supplemental Information (PDF)
FY 2021 Revised Recommended Budget Information for the June 23 Council Work Session and Meeting - Second Reading of the Budget
FY 2021 Revised Recommended Budget Info for Budget Public Hearing on May 26
Cover Memo and Budget Advertisement
FY 2021 City Manager’s Recommended Budget (Released March 10, 2020)
Tab 0: Table of Contents
Tab 1: City Manager’s Transmittal Letter
Tab 2: Overview
Tab 3: Personnel
Tab 4: Narratives
Tab 5: Partner Agencies
Tab 6: Line Item Details
Tab 7: Supplemental
FY 2021 Recommended Budget in one large PDF file.
FY 2020 Adopted Budget
Adopted FY 2020 Budget (entire document - large PDF)
Adopted Budget Resolution and Cover Memo
Budget Work Session Presentations
March 26, 2019 - Summary of the Recommendations
April 2, 2019 - Capital Improvement Plan and Financial Update
School Enrollment Projection Documents
Weldon Cooper Center Report - April 1, 2019
Summary Comparison Data- Moseley 2017 & Weldon Cooper April 2019
City Manager’s Recommended FY 2020 Budget (Released March 12, 2019)
FY 2020 Recommended Budget (entire document - large PDF)
Tab 0: Table of Contents (PDF)
Tab 1: Transmittal Letter (PDF)
Tab 2: Overview (PDF)
Tab 3: Vision and Values (PDF)
Tab 4: Personnel (PDF)
Tab 5: Financial Summary (PDF)
Tab 6: Program Narratives (PDF)
Tab 7: Partner Agencies (PDF)
Tab 8: Capital Improvement Plan (PDF)
Tab 9: Debt (PDF)
Tab 10: Line Item Detail (PDF)
Tab 11: Supplemental Information (PDF)
FY 2019 Adopted Budget
Adopted FY 2019 Budget (large PDF)
Tab 0: Table of Contents (PDF)
Tab 1: Transmittal Letter (PDF)
Tab 2: Overview (PDF)
Tab 3: Vision Statement (PDF)
Tab 4: Personnel Tables (PDF)
Tab 5: Financial Summaries (PDF)
Tab 6: Program Narratives (PDF)
Tab 7: Partner Agencies (PDF)
Tab 8: Capital Improvement Plan (PDF)
Tab 9: Debt (PDF)
Tab 10: Line Item Detail (PDF)
Tab 11: Supplemental Information (PDF)
FY 2018 Adopted Budget
Tab 0: Table of Contents (PDF)
Tab 1: Transmittal Letter (PDF)
Tab 2: Overview (PDF)
Tab 3: Vision Statement (PDF)
Tab 4: Personnel Tables (PDF)
Tab 5: Financial Summaries (PDF)
Tab 6: Program Narratives (PDF)
Tab 7: Partner Agencies (PDF)
Tab 8: Capital Improvement Plan (PDF)
Tab 9: Debt (PDF)
Tab 10: Line Item Detail (PDF)
Tab 11: Supplemental Information (PDF)
FY 2017 Adopted Budget
Tab 1: Table of Contents, City Administration, Calendar (PDF)
Tab 2: Transmittal Letter (PDF)
Tab 3: Summary and Analysis (PDF)
Tab 4: Program Narratives (PDF)
Tab 5: Partner Agencies (PDF)
Tab 6: Capital Improvements Plan (PDF)
Tab 7: Debt (PDF)
Tab 8: Line Item Detail (PDF)
Tab 9: Supplemental Information (PDF)
FY 2016 Adopted Budget
Tab 1: Transmittal Letter (PDF)
Tab 2: Discussion and Analysis (PDF)
Tab 3: Program Narratives (PDF)
Tab 4: FY 2016 Line Item Details (PDF)
Tab 5: FY 2016 Capital Budget (PDF)
Tab 6: Other Supporting Documents (PDF)