Overview
The City of Rochester's adopted FY2025–26 municipal budget appropriates $680,455,000 for current expenses of departments and agencies, cash capital, and debt service, plus a $3,084,183 tax reserve for a $683,539,183 total. Revenues other than real estate taxes and STAR funds are fixed at $615,001,783, and the real estate tax levy for municipal purposes is $68,537,400. Undistributed expenses ($193,683,900) are the largest single line, followed by Police ($115,436,800) and Environmental Services ($113,888,400).
Source: Rochester City Council minutes, June 17, 2025, Ordinance No. 2025-205.
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2025–26 (municipal purposes)
Municipal appropriations by department and purpose
The ordinance's appropriation table; the lines sum exactly to the $680,455,000 subtotal.
| City Council and Clerk | $6,821,300 |
| Administration | $19,371,900 |
| Neighborhood and Business Development | $19,741,300 |
| Environmental Services | $113,888,400 |
| Finance | $11,949,300 |
| Law | $3,271,200 |
| Information Technology | $9,767,600 |
| Library | $14,412,100 |
| Recreation and Human Services | $19,985,000 |
| Emergency Communications | $19,203,000 |
| Police | $115,436,800 |
| Fire | $66,803,200 |
| Undistributed Expenses | $193,683,900 |
| Contingency | $475,200 |
| Cash Capital | $23,054,700 |
| Debt Service | $42,590,100 |
| Subtotal appropriated | $680,455,000 |
| Subtotal appropriated | $680,455,000 |
| Tax reserve | $3,084,183 |
| Total | $683,539,183 |
Source: Rochester City Council minutes, June 17, 2025, Ordinance No. 2025-205.
Revenues and the municipal tax levy
Revenues other than real estate taxes plus the municipal real estate levy equal the total including the tax reserve.
| Current revenues and other receipts (other than real estate taxes and STAR) | $615,001,783 |
| Real estate taxation, municipal purposes | $68,537,400 |
| Total | $683,539,183 |
Separately, and NOT included above: the school-purposes budget (Ordinance No. 2025-206) appropriates $1,117,571,955 (operations $1,021,614,588; cash capital $15,000,000; debt service $80,957,367), with other revenues of $1,003,831,455, a school real estate levy of $119,100,000, and a $5,359,500 tax reserve, for a $1,122,931,455 school total. The FY2026–27 proposal of about $707 million reported in 2026 is a later proposal and is not used as the basis for this page.
Source: Rochester City Council minutes, June 17, 2025, Ordinances No. 2025-205, 2025-206, 2025-207.
Elected officials
| Council President | Miguel A. Meléndez Jr. |
| Council Vice President | LaShay D. Harris |
| Councilmembers (surnames as recorded) | Gruber, Lightfoot, Lupien, Martin, Monroe, Patterson, Smith |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Rochester, City Council minutes, Regular Meeting, June 17, 2025 (Ordinances No. 2025-205, 2025-206, 2025-207). June 17, 2025 Council minutes (PDF).
- Sum checks: municipal appropriation lines exact at $680,455,000; $680,455,000 + $3,084,183 tax reserve = $683,539,183; revenues $615,001,783 + levy $68,537,400 = $683,539,183. School lines likewise exact at $1,117,571,955.
- What is not claimed: this page is the municipal budget only; school figures are shown solely to prevent them being mistaken for municipal figures. No mayor is named in the cited minutes excerpts, so none is listed. Councilmember surnames below are as recorded in the minutes' attendance line.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Rochester palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.