2026 Budget Process
This year’s budget schedule is below. Dates are subject to change:
- June 17, 2025: Presentation of City Manager’s Recommended 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Plan
- July 15, 2025: Revenue Neutral Rate Discussion
- July 8, 2025: Presentation of City Manager’s Recommended Budget
- September 2, 2025: Budget Public Hearing and Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing
- September 16, 2025: Budget Adoption
Questions & Answers
2026 Proposed Budget & Capital Improvement Plan Questions and Answers
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Strategic Planning and Priority-Based Budgeting
The City Commission adopted the Strategic Plan in October 2020. The Strategic Plan outlines a systematic process for moving toward a vision in a manner that involves the development and prioritization of strategic goals along with measurable strategies.
- The Strategic Plan drives the Annual Operating Budget.
- The Annual Operating Budget moderates the Strategic Plan.
- The Annual Operating Budget also enables the City to operate Strategic Management.
For additional information on the Strategic Plan, please visit lawrenceks.gov/strategic-plan.
The City uses Priority-Based Budgeting as part of the annual budget process to evaluate and connect government resources with the community’s highest priorities using program data.
Budget Archives
Questions about past funding or budgets? View budget archives.
For more information on the Capital Improvement Plan, please visit https://lawrenceks.gov/budget/cip/.