2026 Budget

All Agency Requests

• Mayor's Message & Guidance

Full Executive Capital Budget

• Executive Summary
• Legistar 89733

Finance Committee Amendments 

Common Council Amendments

The Common Council adopts the final budget and authorizes the property tax levy to fund the budget.

Adopted Capital Budget

• Legistar 90658

Agency requests are the first step in building Madison’s budget. These proposals are ideas from agencies on how best to achieve the goals outlined in the Mayor’s budget message. The Mayor and the Common Council will decide which of these potential reductions to make as they finalize the 2026 operating budget.

All Agency Requests

• Mayor's Message & Guidance 

For the 2026 operating budget, the Finance Department is launching a new digital budget book through ClearGov. This digital budget book will improve user experience by providing web, mobile, and PDF formats that are easy to navigate.

Print copies of the budget book will be available at all branches of the Madison Public Library. We will also update this webpage with additional resources on how to navigate the digital budget book in the upcoming days. 

Executive Operating Budget: Digital Book

• Executive Operating Budget Summary
• Executive Operating Budget
• Legistar 90249

Finance Committee Amendments

Common Council Amendments

The Common Council adopts the final budget and authorizes the property tax levy to fund the budget

Adopted Operating Budget: Digital Book

• Adopted Operating Budget
• Legistar 90658