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2026 Budget Planning
Planning for the 2026 City Budget is underway. The City of Hastings values citizen participation in the budget process. See the budget process timeline below and view City Council documents for Council information packets, meeting times and more.
Budget Process, Timeline and Feedback
The city's budget is structured to provide quality public services to residents and businesses. The budget process follows a timetable established by state law. The city uses an open and public process to adopt its annual budget. The process typically follows this timeline:
- June - Departments prepare budget requests; City Council Workshop is held to discuss priorities
- July - Department budgets reviewed by City Administrator
- August - Finance Committee and City Council review budget requests
- September - Council adopts preliminary budget and tax levy
- November - Council Finance Committee reviews detailed preliminary budget
- December - Council reviews the budget at a public meeting and adopts final budget and tax levy
We welcome feedback and input at public meetings and workshops. Proposed property tax statements (mailed in November) list the dates of budget hearings of the taxing districts.
News Announcements
9/3/2025 - Council Sets 2026 Preliminary Budget and Levy
Upcoming Meetings
November 25, 2025 - City Council Finance Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., to review detailed preliminary budget.
December 1, 2025 - City Council Truth-in-Taxation Hearing and Regular City Council Meeting, 7 p.m. Council may adopt the final budget and levy at this meeting.
Documents
Capital Improvement & Equipment Plan
Additional Information
The following video, Special Delivery: City Services and Your Property Taxes is approximately seven minutes in length and provides background on the property tax process in an easy to understand, storytelling format.