Overview
Anchorage revised its 2026 general government operating budget upward by $8,926,730 in the spring of 2026, to $665,754,049 in department direct cost. Police ($153,677,299) and Fire ($133,366,028) together account for $287,043,327 — about 43% of the revised total — followed by Maintenance & Operations at $113,069,237. Separately, the resolution appropriates $277,203,264 in property taxes as a transfer from the Areawide General Fund to the Anchorage School District for the 2026 tax year; the school district is a separate entity, and that transfer is not counted in the $665,754,049 general government direct-cost total.
Source: Municipality of Anchorage, 2026 Revised Budgets and 2026 Property Taxes (AR 2026-81, As Amended).
At a glance
Revenue
The revised book presents financing by fund rather than a single revenue table, so this page does not invent a consolidated revenue breakdown. The largest general funds in the revised budget are the Areawide General Fund ($199,149,517), the Anchorage Metropolitan Police Service Area ($166,052,043), the Anchorage Fire Service Area ($95,512,597), and the Anchorage Roads & Drainage Service Area ($78,628,338). The book also reports a general government function-cost total of $633,100,215 (general funds $615,264,169, plus special revenue funds $23,487,634, less internal service funds $5,651,588); that function-cost total differs from the $665,754,049 direct-cost total because it nets out intergovernmental charges and similar items. This page headlines the direct-cost total, matching the $656.8 million approved figure quoted publicly for the original budget.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Areawide General Fund (101000) | $199,149,517 |
| Anchorage Metropolitan Police Service Area (151000) | $166,052,043 |
| Anchorage Fire Service Area (131000) | $95,512,597 |
| Anchorage Roads & Drainage Service Area (141000) | $78,628,338 |
| Anchorage Parks & Recreation Service Area (161000) | $27,776,919 |
| Largest general funds listed (not a total — see note above) | — |
Spending
The department table below is the resolution’s own Section 1 direct-cost table, revised figures. It re-adds exactly to the revised grand total of $665,754,049.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Police | $153,677,299 |
| Fire | $133,366,028 |
| Maintenance & Operations | $113,069,237 |
| Public Transportation | $35,394,114 |
| Convention Center & Reserves | $27,364,081 |
| Parks & Recreation | $27,339,142 |
| Chief Administrative Officer | $24,122,843 |
| Information Technology | $23,812,481 |
| Health | $21,648,543 |
| Finance | $17,112,888 |
| Development Services | $13,069,227 |
| Library | $10,678,949 |
| Municipal Attorney | $9,916,873 |
| Legislative Branch | $9,598,916 |
| Real Estate | $8,624,225 |
| Human Resources | $7,638,953 |
| Traffic Engineering | $7,492,349 |
| All other departments (12 departments, itemized in Sources) | $21,827,901 |
| Total revised General Government direct cost | $665,754,049 |
Disclosure — “all other departments”: Community Development $2,138,056; Equal Rights Commission $787,147; Equity & Inclusion $438,057; Internal Audit $974,582; Management & Budget $1,378,745; Mayor $3,177,863; Municipal Manager $2,825,604; Planning $3,943,632; Project Management & Engineering $956,626; Public Works $1,752,945; Purchasing $2,165,644; Areawide TANs Expense $1,289,000. These twelve sum to $21,827,901.
Sources & notes
- Source used: Municipality of Anchorage, 2026 Revised Budgets and 2026 Property Taxes, AR 2026-81 As Amended (introduced April 14, 2026; stamped Amended and Approved, dated April 28, 2026) Read the source document.
- Sum checks: approved $656,827,319 + revision $8,926,730 = revised $665,754,049; the 29 department revised figures in the table re-add exactly to $665,754,049; general funds $615,264,169 + special revenue $23,487,634 − internal service $5,651,588 = function-cost total $633,100,215; Police + Fire $153,677,299 + $133,366,028 = $287,043,327.
- Revised vs. approved disclosure: every figure on this page is the REVISED 2026 figure. Originally approved figures are shown only for the grand total ($656,827,319) and in this note, so the revision is never mistaken for the original adoption.
- Proposal excluded: the proposed 2027 budget (about $692.5 million) is a proposal only and appears nowhere on this page.
- Identity: this is the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska — a unified city-borough. It is not the Anchorage School District, whose $277,203,264 property-tax transfer is reported separately above and is not part of general government spending.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified palette was on file for this jurisdiction — the official site’s theme information could not be confirmed as a government-specific palette rather than a platform default — so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.
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