FY26 Adopted Budget

On June 2, 2025, the Cambridge City Council approved the Operating and Capital budgets for fiscal year 2026 (FY26), as well as the FY26-FY30 Operating and Capital plans.

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

The Operating Budget of $992,181,320 is an increase of $36,596,970 or 3.8% over the FY25 Adopted Budget. This is lower than both the 5-year average Operating Budget increase of 6.8% and the 10-year average increase of 6.2%. The 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.

In response to City Council feedback, the adopted budget was increased by $1 million from the budget submitted on April 28, 2025, to support a Municipal Supportive Housing Voucher Program.

The public is encouraged to review the adopted 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.

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