# 2027 Budget Work Session - City Manager's Recommended Budget Overview

Dayton City Government’s 2027 Budget Work Session on the City Manager’s Recommended Budget was held October 22, 2026. Staff presented a balanced recommended budget totaling $592.4 million in operating and capital funds, while warning that costs are growing faster than revenues and that the General Fund’s structural imbalance continues. The budget preserves current service levels and includes a planned 2% wage increase, subject to ongoing union negotiations. Balancing measures include $2.7 million from cash reserves and $7.2 million in one-time solutions; departments also identified about $4.4 million in solutions. The presentation noted a $7.75 million lead-hazard-removal grant received in 2026, with associated work beginning in 2027, and steady funding for neighborhood investments. Water and sewer rate increases are planned, including an 8.5% water increase in 2027 and a further increase in 2028.

Procurement- and operations-related items included the planned replacement of the city’s main financial ERP system in 2027, adding three Public Works fleet positions to bring some contracted work in-house, and a proposed elimination of the DATV contract. Staff reported that, through September, $91.2 million in Dayton Recovery Plan contracts had been awarded and $81.5 million spent. No contract award or budget-adoption vote was reported at this work session; staff said a temporary budget resolution would follow later in October and final adoption was expected in early December. Officials also highlighted continued reliance on one-time revenues and the need to identify longer-term savings or revenue sources.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Information Technology
**Topics:** Grants & Funding, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 22, 2026

### Sources
- [2027 Budget Work Session - City Manager's Recommended Budget Overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZp60zqNefA) - Dayton, Ohio - City Government