This year vs. next

The FY 2026-27 proposed budget against the FY 2025-26 adopted budget it would replace.

In progress. The Council amends the proposal through August and votes on September 16; the full side-by-side lands here once the numbers stop moving.

FY 2025-26, adopted $5,202,637,237 the year ending September 30, 2026

FY 2026-27, proposed $5,655,235,456 before the Council now

Change +$452.6M +8.7%

Both totals are counted the same way: the proposed book’s summary table states them side by side. Here is that table, with the change computed:

By fund, FY 2025-26 adopted vs. FY 2026-27 proposed. Transcribed from Budget Overview chapter p. 3; percentages computed.
Fund	FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27 proposed	Change
General Fund	1,963,072,642	2,043,258,000	+4.1%
Aviation	208,704,381	209,701,503	+0.5%
Convention & Event Services	131,535,243	129,681,569	−1.4%
Dallas Water Utilities	880,895,629	900,307,628	+2.2%
DWU — Stormwater Drainage	90,573,980	97,367,029	+7.5%
Planning & Development	52,482,137	62,285,711	+18.7%
Municipal Radio	473,114	474,192	+0.2%
Sanitation Services	165,548,703	171,543,046	+3.6%
Transportation Regulation	729,332	714,073	−2.1%
Debt Service	491,015,332	525,445,418	+7.0%
Additional Resources	264,949,207	211,074,101	−20.3%
Total operating	4,249,979,700	4,351,852,270	+2.4%
General purpose capital	514,799,272	523,264,131	+1.6%
Enterprise capital	437,858,265	780,119,055	+78.2%
Total capital	952,657,537	1,303,383,186	+36.8%
Total budget	5,202,637,237	5,655,235,456	+8.7%

Most of the headline increase is not day-to-day operations. Enterprise capital — construction in the fee-funded systems, water and the airports — rises $342.3M, three-quarters of the $452.6M total increase. The operating budget grows 2.4%; the General Fund, where police, fire, parks, and libraries live, grows 4.1%.

Still to come: the General Fund by department, which requires untangling this cycle’s department reorganizations before any line can be compared.

Sources

FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget — both totals, Budget Overview chapter p. 3. Posted on the city’s Upcoming Budget page; the proposed total also appears in the Council briefing deck, p. 12.