2025 Approved 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 manager'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 the final adjustments for funding certain requests. The preliminary budget is presented to the City Commission. Following a public hearing and discussion among City Commission and staff, the City Commission approves the final budget which may include modifications from the preliminary budget.

On this page the 2025 approved budget is provided for your review. The links below lead to PDF files; you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.

Budget Highlights

• The Mayor's 2025 Budget Message
• General Fund Budgeted Revenues and Expenditures with History
• Capital Outlay Requests
• Personnel Requests

Complete Budget Document

The entire 2025 Approved Budget can be viewed here.