Avondale public money
← Avondale community hubFY2022 Budget & Spending
A plain-language look at Avondale's adopted budget for July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Budget at a glance
Avondale adopted a $336.1 million FY2022 budget
Key adopted-budget measures for FY2022, presented in the same location used across the Avondale budget archive.
The $336,147,700 budget is not the same thing as taxes collected in one year
Total municipal budgets can include current revenue, accumulated fund balances, grants, utility revenue, debt proceeds, transfers and other available resources.
What changed from FY2021?
The adopted budget increased by about $56.0 million
Avondale’s FY2022 adopted budget was $336,147,700, compared with $280,109,400 in the FY2021 adopted/adjusted comparison. That is an increase of $56,038,300, or 20.0%.
The Budget in Brief reported that actual revenues exceeded the City's forecast by an estimated 20%, allowing Avondale to continue investing in services and infrastructure.
The City said its strong financial position and higher revenue collections allowed strategic investments in City services and essential infrastructure.
The Final Budget projected the Capital Projects fund group balance would decrease by $11.2 million as accumulated impact fees and bond proceeds were used for capital projects.
The Final Budget projected enterprise fund balances would decrease from $100.3 million to $64.4 million, primarily because of several major capital projects.
Where the money goes
FY2022 spending by major purpose
These are the resident-facing budget categories presented in the Budget in Brief.
Budget by fund
Another way to look at the $336,147,700 budget
| Fund group | FY2022 adopted budget |
|---|---|
| General Fund | $142,078,500 |
| Special Revenue | $75,421,000 |
| Debt Service | $7,585,000 |
| Capital Projects | $24,144,000 |
| Trust & Agency | $7,047,400 |
| Enterprise | $72,420,400 |
| Internal Service | $7,451,400 |
| Total | $336,147,700 |
The statutory fund groups shown here reconcile to the adopted all-funds total.
Where the money comes from
Two different FY2022 revenue measures
Property taxes
The combined City property-tax rate was 1.4224
Capital projects
About $140.9 million in FY2022 capital work
The formal capital appropriation was $140,914,000. The Budget in Brief presents a rounded capital figure of $140.9 million.
Capital figures need context
The Capital Projects Fund, formal capital appropriation, Budget in Brief capital figure and detailed CIP project totals are separate measures unless the source explicitly reconciles them.
FY2022 capital funding by major function
Major FY2022 projects
FY2022 Total equals FY2022 new appropriation plus carryover as presented in the individual Capital Improvement Plan project records. The complete capital plan contains additional projects not shown here.
Public Safety
Public Safety projects
BLVD
BLVD projects
Transportation
Transportation projects
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation projects
Utilities
Utilities projects
Asset Replacement
Asset Replacement projects
General Government
General Government projects
These are budgeted project amounts, not proof of actual spending
Budgeted project amounts do not establish that the money was actually spent or that a project was completed.
Technology & public-safety items
Technology identified in the FY2022 budget documents
These entries come from records explicitly classified in the canonical dataset as technology or public-safety evidence.
| Item | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Body-worn camera expansion | The recommended budget requested 31 additional body-worn cameras for sworn Police officers. | FY2022 City Manager Recommended Budget |
| Existing body-worn cameras | The same request stated that 98 body-worn cameras were already in use. | FY2022 City Manager Recommended Budget |
| Body-worn camera hardware | The request identified $90,700 in one-time body-worn-camera hardware. | FY2022 City Manager Recommended Budget |
| Evidence.com storage | The request identified $65,900 in ongoing Evidence.com storage costs. | FY2022 City Manager Recommended Budget |
| Vehicle GPS software upgrade | A separate City IT change request identified $56,000 for a vehicle GPS software upgrade. | FY2022 City Manager Recommended Budget |
| Police drone program | The Final Budget reported a new Police drone program and stated that seven staff members had been trained as licensed drone pilots. | FY2022 Final Budget and Financial Plan |
| Security cameras and equipment | Project M0118 identified $79,000 in FY2022 funding for cameras at libraries, City locations and traffic signals for enhanced surveillance and Police crime analysis. | FY2022 Final Budget and Financial Plan |
How to read this page
Budgeted does not necessarily mean spent
An adopted budget authorizes spending. It does not necessarily mean the entire amount was ultimately spent.
A budget entry also does not prove that equipment was purchased, a vendor contract was signed, or a project was completed.
Contracts, purchase orders, invoices and audited actual expenditures provide additional evidence about what happened after funding was approved.
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Primary sources
These City of Avondale documents are the primary sources for this page. Historical PDFs are also retained by Our West Valley AZ so the source record is preserved if City URLs change.