How to Use this Document

This budget book is the City of Vancouver’s financial plan to be used by the Mayor and City Council as a guideline for meeting goals while providing the best service at the lowest cost to the people of Vancouver. The budget book is broken up into easy-to-read sections allowing any person to ready and understand the information.

Introduction

The introduction includes a community profile with demographics and information about the local area. This section also includes a list of City officials and an organizational chart.

Budget Message

This section includes the budget message providing an overview for 2025-2026 including any major national and local changes and upcoming issues being addressed. The City’s mission statement as well as citywide goals and objectives providing progress reports and performance metrics are also included in this section. The other half of this section details the City’s budget process and budget calendar.

Personnel Summary

This section includes the highlights of position changes during the biennium as well as the summary of changes from 2024-2025.

Financial Section

This section presents information on the 2024 current forecast and the 2025-2026 biennial budget and analysis for both budgeted revenues and expenditures.