Every year, the City budget comes together after each department formulates budgets in three major areas: maintenance & operating; operating initiatives; and capital project requests. Concurrent with departmental budgeting, Finance staff completed the first draft of a salary/benefits budget as well as formulated initial revenue estimates. 

The Fiscal Year 2024 process began in spring 2023 with department directors outlining opportunities, accomplishments and challenges as part of efforts to best serve Milton citizens. This analysis – and each department’s proposed budget – was informed by the City’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan and its 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

From April through August of 2023, City staff shared budget proposals and sought feedback in several public City Council meetings. You can find videos from these meetings on the City Council's YouTube channel. Deputy City Manager Bernadette Harvill presented a draft budget to the City Council on August 14th of that year. The Council would approve that budget -- with the same numbers -- just over one month later. (Click HERE to view that budget.)

• WATCH August 14, 2023, Council meeting  | Budget presentation
• WATCH September 6, 2023, Council meeting (first "Public Hearing" on FY24 budget)
• WATCH September 18, 2023, Council meeting (second "Public Hearing" and vote to adopt FY24 budget)

The City's official "Budget Book" for Fiscal Year 2024 can be found HERE. In addition to the budget figures, this document contains supporting elements such as information on goals, metrics, and more.