City Budget

The Mayor's 2024 Budget

Mayor Mike Johnston's 2024 Budget(PDF, 18MB)  responds to the need for a city that is affordable, safe, sustainable, and vibrant for everyone. The budget focuses on five top priorities: affordable Denver, safe neighborhoods, a vibrant and revitalized downtown, a greener Denver, and housing for all.

“Every budget is a moral document, it is an affirmation of our values and a roadmap to deliver a city that lives up to its greatest potential,” said Mayor Johnston in his letter to City Council, city employees, and residents of Denver. “In my first budget as your Mayor, we are positioning our city to respond quickly and decisively to our toughest challenges and take advantage of our greatest opportunities. I deeply believe the challenges we face as a city are solvable, and we will be the ones to solve them.”

Read the Mayor's September 2024 budget announcement(PDF, 151KB)

The 2024 Budget unanimously passed City Council on Monday, November 13, 2023. A new version will be posted in the coming weeks. 

2024 Budget Versions

• 2024 Proposed Budget(PDF, 20MB) - September version
• 2024 Revised Budget(PDF, 18MB) - October version

Letters

• City Council's budget request letter(PDF, 308KB)
• October response to City Council(PDF, 224KB)
• Mayor Johnston's Budget Presentation(PDF, 522KB)

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  Previous Budgets

  2023 Budget

  Mayor's 2023 Budget (Volume 1, 2, and 3)(PDF, 20MB)

  Watch the 2023 Budget Press Conference

  
  

  2022 Budget

  • 2022 Budget (Volume 1, 2, and 3)(PDF, 20MB)
  • 2022 Proposed Budget Announcement
  • April 13, 2021, 2011 Budget Kick-off and Economic Update Council Presentation(PDF, 2MB)
  • 2022 City Council Kick-Off Presentation Video

  2021 Budget

  • 2021 City Budget Book (PDFs:Volume 1, 2, & 3(PDF, 25MB) )
  • 2021 City Budget Release Press Conference
  • Oct. 22, 2020, Video of the 2021 Proposed Budget Community Conversation and Telephone Townhall
  • Sept.16, 2020, Proposed 2021 Budget Presentation to City Council(PDF, 5MB)
  • Sept. 16, 2020, Video of Proposed 2021 Budget Presentation to City Council
  • Sept. 15, 2020, Video of Mayor's Proposed 2021 Budget Announcement
  • Sept. 15, 2020, Proposed 2021 Budget Book(PDF, 25MB)

  2020 Budget

  • 2020 City Budget Book Volume 1(PDF, 11MB) , Volume 2(PDF, 16MB)
  • December 10, 2020, Year End Financial Update to City Council(PDF, 1MB)
    • Video of Presentation
  • August 20, 2020, Financial Update to City Council(PDF, 1MB)
    • Video of Presentation
  • August 6, 2020, Federal Funding Update(PDF, 306KB)
  • June 17, 2020, Financial Update to City Council(PDF, 1018KB)
    •  Video of Presentation
  • May 20, 2020, Financial Update to City Council(PDF, 1MB)
    •  Video of presentation
  • May 19, 2020, Federal Funding Update(PDF, 237KB)
  • April 20, 2020, Financial Update to City Council(PDF, 1MB)

  To view budgets in years before 2020, please contact DOF.Communications@denvergov.org.