Where every $100 of Fremont's budget goes.
Each square is $1 of every $100 the City plans to spend on departments this year.
Fremont's whole budget for fiscal year 2026/27 is . Most of it is set aside for specific uses, like sewers, parking or grants. The General FundGeneral Fund. The primary fund of the City used to account for all revenues and expenditures of the City not legally restricted as to use. This fund is used to accumulate the cost of the City’s general operations. is the part the Council can spend on anything. The chart shows the of it budgeted for departments, before citywide costs and savings.
The City describes its budget as allocating of the budget to direct costs for public safety and maintenance. That share is of the City's own total, not of the squares here.
General Fund department budgets, per $100 · FY 2026/27
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| Department | FY 2026/27 budgets | Of every $100 | Squares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police | $129,087,000 | $45.14 | 45 |
| Fire | $78,517,000 | $27.46 | 27 |
| Maintenance Operations | $38,861,000 | $13.59 | 14 |
| Administrative Departments | $23,606,000 | $8.25 | 8 |
| Human Services | $5,558,000 | $1.94 | 2 |
| Community Services | $3,256,000 | $1.14 | 1 |
| Public Works | $2,326,000 | $0.81 | 1 |
| Community Development | $2,286,000 | $0.80 | 1 |
| Economic Development | $1,588,000 | $0.56 | 1 |
| City Council | $898,000 | $0.31 | 0 |
- Public safety$72
- People & places$20
- Running the city$8
- Oversight & electedless than $1
- department budgets, FY26/27
- staff positions (FTE), FY26/27
- in reserve, FY26/27
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Property tax is the City's biggest source of money.
About $1 of every $2 the City collects is property tax. Sales tax brings in another 25%.
Property tax 56% total, FY26/27
Your property tax bill pays several governments, including the City, the school district and the county. This page shows only the City's part.
See where every $100 comes from2
Where the budget stands.
The City balanced its FY 2026/27 General Fund budget within its ongoing resources, without drawing on its Budget Uncertainty Reserve.
The City says projected revenue growth is enough to keep staffing and services at their current levels, but not to restore of ongoing maintenance support or of ongoing personnel, supplies and services reductions made in FY 2025/26. Its spending total also counts on of Citywide Savings, money it expects to go unspent, mostly from vacant positions.
- Contingency Reserve
- Budget Uncertainty Reserve
In FY 2024/25 the City used of its Budget Uncertainty Reserve to cover a one-time revenue shortfall. This budget adds nothing to it.
See balance & reserves3
Streets, buildings and parks have their own budget.
The capital program is planned separately from day-to-day spending. It sets out over five years, of it in FY 2026/27. The General Fund puts in a year for capital maintenance.
See the capital program