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City manager presents $379.1 million FY25 recommended budget, highlights historic school funding and pay increases
Summary
City staff presented a balanced FY25 recommended budget of $379,106,000, proposing $106.9 million for schools, nearly $11 million in employee compensation increases, an $85 million CIP, and phased stormwater fee changes; council scheduled a public hearing April 25 and formal adoption May 13.
City Manager and budget staff on April 15 laid out the recommended FY25 budget—a balanced proposal of $379,106,000 in revenues and expenditures that the manager described as responsive to council priorities including schools, public safety, infrastructure and livability.
Budget highlights the manager cited include a historic contribution to Roanoke City schools of about $106.9 million (an increase of roughly $5.4 million over FY24), nearly $11 million targeted to increased employee compensation and recruitment/retention measures (including advancing public safety employees on step pay plans and raising paramedic, firefighter and police…
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