2027 Budget Work Session - Justice Community Service Area

Dayton City Government’s 2027 Budget Work Session for the Justice Community Service Area was held October 22, 2026. The recommended Justice CSA budget totals $94.3 million, up about $1.7 million (1.8%) from the 2026 original budget. Major allocations include $43.4 million for police patrol and investigations, an increase of about $3.2 million, and $7.6 million for Municipal Court. The presentation also identified a five-year grant of more than $1 million for youth services and landlord-tenant mediation, and reported that police had applied for nine grants totaling about $431,000. The Human Relations Commission budget includes added funding for legal services in fair-housing cases that may not be reimbursed by HUD.

Other spending-related items included modest contract and materials increases for inflation, continued funding for the court case-management system’s fourth year of hosting services, and renovations to the East Patrol substation. Police administration capital funding is lower because technology expenditures from the prior year are not expected in 2027; transfers increase to support traffic-enforcement camera reimbursements. The budget discussion presented recommendations and program goals; the transcript records no procurement award or spending-related vote.