Missoula’s FY2027 city budget process heads toward August adoption

Missoula’s fiscal year 2027 municipal budget process began with department presentations in June and is scheduled to continue through budget adoption in August, according to city budget materials.

The process concerns the fiscal year running from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The City of Missoula identifies the budget as a process that starts in June and runs through adoption in August, rather than an already completed budget action.

Departments presented their FY2027 budget requests as the process opened. The city’s public-engagement materials identify those requests as part of the municipal budget process and direct residents to a forum for questions and feedback.

Committee process and public input

City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee is part of the budget process. The approved source materials do not provide vote totals, identify any individual amendments approved by the council, or establish a final citywide dollar figure for FY2027.

Residents can review budget documents, including preliminary FY2027 materials, through the city’s budget page. The Engage Missoula budget page also provides an online channel for questions and feedback to city staff, Mayor Andrea Davis and the City Council.

The available materials describe an opportunity for public input while the budget is being developed. They do not identify particular tax changes, service reductions, staffing decisions or capital expenditures. Those details should not be treated as final without a supported proposal or final council action.

What remains before adoption

The next stated milestone is adoption in August. City materials describe that as the end point of the annual process that begins with June department presentations.

As a result, the FY2027 budget should be understood as moving through the city’s budget procedure, not as a document confirmed by the supplied materials to have been finally adopted. The source packet did not locate a final adopted budget or a complete total-dollar figure, and it did not establish whether the council had voted on individual amendments.

The eventual budget will cover city spending, staffing, services and capital priorities during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. Until a final action is documented, residents seeking to follow the process can use the city’s preliminary budget materials and public-engagement page to review information and submit comments or questions.