FY26 Submitted Budget

On April 28, 2025, Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang submitted the proposed Operating and Capital budgets for fiscal year 2026 (FY26), as well as the FY26-FY30 Operating and Capital Plans to the Cambridge City Council.

The submitted FY26 Operating and Capital Budgets reflect the City of Cambridge’s commitment to providing exceptional City services, including supporting education, investing in critical city infrastructures, and meeting the evolving needs and interests of the community.

The Operating Budget of $991,181,320 is an increase of $35,596,970 or 3.7% from the previous year’s budget. The proposed Capital Budget is $151,140,770. The Budget maintains strong support for long time and ongoing City priorities including affordable housing; early childhood education and universal preschool; school infrastructure; transportation safety; and sustainability.

The public is encouraged to review the submitted budget document, which includes Consolidated Spending information across departments on key priority areas and budget highlights for FY26 (Section I); narratives for each department (Section V); and FY26 Capital projects (Section VI). Some of this information is also presented in an interactive dashboard that can be viewed below.

There will be public hearings on the FY26 Budget at the City Council Finance Committee on Thursday, May 8 at 9 a.m., Tuesday, May 13 at 6 p.m. (School Department), and Wednesday, May 14 at 9 a.m. The anticipated budget adoption date is Monday, June 2, 2025.

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