Budget Schedule

Each year we establish a budgeting process schedule for the coming fiscal year. 2027 Fiscal Year Schedule:

• October 22, 2025: Service and Financial Updates
• January 14, 2026: Five-Year Forecast presentation to the Budget Committee
• January-March 2026: City departments submit budgets for review and approval by the City Manager.
• Budget Committee meetings:
  • April 15, 2026, 6 p.m.
  • April 22, 2026, 6 p.m.
  • April 29, 2026, 6 p.m.
  • May 6, 2026, 6 p.m.
  • May 13, 2026, 6 p.m. (if needed)

How You Can Participate

The Citizen Budget Committee is the fiscal planning advisory board for the City Council. Through the budget process they prepare a proposed budget and present it to the public and the Salem City Council for final approval.

You can get involved in several ways through the Citizen Budget Committee:

• Inform yourself about the City’s budget by reading the City Manager’s message and financial summaries in the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget when it is published in early April.
• Watch Budget Committee meetings on CCTV cable, Channel 21.
• Stream live or later on the City of Salem YouTube Channel.
• Attend a Citizen Budget Committee meeting at the Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty Street SE, Loucks Auditorium.
• Sign up to testify at a meeting either in-person or online.
• Apply to be a Budget Committee Member.