Budget & Spending
Avondale FY2025 Budget
Verified information about Avondale's FY2025 adopted city budget.
Year over year
What changed
FY2025 adopted budget authority decreased by $21,675,600 compared with FY2024 adopted/adjusted budgeted expenditures/expenses, a decrease of 4.7%.
- FY2024 comparison amount
- $464,896,600
- Dollar change
- -$21,675,600
- Percent change
- -4.7%
Budget composition
Where the budget goes
| Category | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operating | $218,600,000 | 49% |
| Capital Improvement | $189,700,000 | 43% |
| Debt Service | $8,900,000 | 2% |
| Contingency | $26,000,000 | 6% |
Budget in Brief amounts are rounded resident-facing values.
The Budget in Brief presentation excludes indirect cost charges, transfers out, and interfund loans.
Fund accounting
Budget by fund
| Fund group | Amount |
|---|---|
| General Fund | $202,527,900 |
| Special Revenue Funds | $102,466,500 |
| Debt Service Funds | $7,868,000 |
| Capital Projects Funds | $21,373,000 |
| Trust and Agency Fund | $13,456,700 |
| Enterprise Funds | $85,229,800 |
| Internal Service Funds | $10,299,100 |
Revenue
Revenue measures
These figures use the accounting labels reported by the City. Different revenue measures are shown separately rather than treated as interchangeable.
- Projected revenue
- $259,900,000
- Estimated revenues other than property taxes
- $250,550,500
Budget in Brief projected revenue. Excludes transfers in, interfund loans, and other financing sources.
Exact FY2025 statutory adopted-budget measure.
Property tax
Property tax
- Primary levy
- $4,041,254
- Secondary levy
- $5,407,729
- Total levy
- $9,448,983
- Primary rate
- 0.6241
- Secondary rate
- 0.8351
- Combined rate
- 1.4592
Rate basis: per_100_assessed_value
FY2025 adopted statutory forms and Final Budget consistently report the same primary, secondary, and combined rates.
Capital
Capital measures
Capital figures can describe different accounting measures. OWVAZ keeps those measures separate instead of combining them.
- Budget in Brief capital improvement
- $189,700,000
- Adopted Capital Improvement Plan
- $189,687,000
- Capital outlay
- $196,820,000
Rounded resident-facing presentation.
Exact FY2025 CIP appropriation. Includes general capital, enterprise fund capital projects, and equipment replacement.
Final Budget expenditure-object category. The City explains that this differs from the CIP because vehicles may be considered capital while purchased from operating funds.
CIP appropriation and capital outlay are distinct accounting presentations and are not interchangeable.
Historical context
Mayor and Council at adoption
Final budget adopted Resolution No. 1075-0624
Mayor
Kenneth N. Weise
Councilmembers
- Mike Pineda Vice Mayor
- Tina Conde
- Veronica Malone
- Curtis Nielson
- Gloria Solorio
- Max White
Official Sources
These government sources support the budget figures and historical context on this page. OWVAZ preserves original source addresses even if the City later moves or removes a document.
FY2025 Adopted Budget
Official FY2025 adopted budget forms. Supports adopted all-funds authority, FY2024 adopted/adjusted comparison, statutory fund groups, statutory estimated revenue, property-tax levies and rates, and adopted CIP.
FY2025 Final Budget
Official final budget describing testing of intersection cameras functioning as license plate readers and explaining that the system captures images of vehicles passing through an intersection.
FY2025 Budget in Brief
Official FY2025 Budget in Brief. Supports resident-facing budget composition, projected revenue, and rounded capital improvement presentation.