Mayor’s Proposed Operating Budget Fiscal Year 2023
Key Budget Points
- Mayor’s Proposed Operating Budget Fiscal Year 2023: $517,017,653
- Appropriations to city departments will be $453,350,447 in the FY2023 proposed operating budget, up $75.6 million
- Appropriations up across the board for departments in General Government, Public Safety and Culture/Recreation
- Recently passed 5% employee raise reflected in each department
- Division of Youth Services will transition to Department of Youth Services ($3.1 million proposed budget)
- Division of Capital Projects will transition to Department of Capital Projects ($4.2 million proposed budget)
Investing in Youth
- Birmingham Promise: $2 million
- Conflict Resolution: $1 million (Department of Youth Services)
- Early Childhood Development: $1 million (Community Development)
- Financial Literacy: $1 million (Department of Youth Services)
- Juvenile Reentry: $225,000
- Mental Health Services: $1 million (Birmingham City Schools Board of Education)
- Safe Haven Program: $1 million (Parks and Recreation)
- Summer Jobs Program: $210,000 (Department of Youth Services)
Investing in Neighborhoods
- Demolition/Weed Abatement: $3.5 million
- Land Bank Authority: $500,000
- Sidewalks: $275,000
- Street Resurfacing: $15 million
- Strategic Pavement Management Plan: $500,000
- Uniform Trash Receptacle Initiative: $7 million
Investing in Transportation
- Birmingham Xpress Bus Rapid Transit: $1 million
- BJCTA: $10 million
- VIA/Bham On Demand: $1.2 million
Investing in Employees
- Cost of Living Adjustment (recently passed 5% employee raise): $11.6 million through surplus
- Medical Insurance Increase: additional $1.4 million
- Longevity Pay: $1.5 million
- Merit Pay (5%): $2.9 million
- Pension: $32.7 million
- Contribution to Fire and Police Supplement Pension: $4.8 million increase
- Police Department Uniforms: $1.3 million
Read the Budget here
Read the Capital Projects Budget Fiscal Year 2023 here
