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Atlanta's adopted budget for fiscal year 2027 — July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 — as published in the city's own adopted budget book. Every figure below is taken from that document and cited to it.

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Headline figures — FY2027 adopted

The budget book's Summary of Operating Budget by Funds (FY2027 adopted) and its Economic and Demographic Information section.

General Fund · FY2027 adopted

$994,643,093

The city's primary operating fund. The Mayor's message rounds this to $994.7 million, a 2% increase over the FY2026 adopted budget of $975.4 million.

Airport Revenue Fund · FY2027 adopted

$970,904,682

Enterprise fund for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — up 13.95% from FY2026 adopted, per the book.

Water & Wastewater Revenue Fund · FY2027 adopted

$740,187,487

Enterprise fund for the Department of Watershed Management's water and wastewater operations.

Enterprise funds, total · FY2027 adopted

$1,771,811,821

Airport, Water & Wastewater, Solid Waste Services, and City Plaza operating funds combined.

City population · 2025 estimate in the book

529,110

Table 1, Economic and Demographic Information — City of Atlanta population estimated as of July 1, 2025 (source given in the book: U.S. Census Bureau). The book's history section also describes the official city population as “more than 520,000.”

Source: 2027 Adopted Budget, City of Atlanta — fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 — Summary of Operating Budget by Funds; Economic and Demographic Information, Table 1.

Operating budget by fund — FY2027 adopted

Each operating fund exactly as listed in the book's Summary of Operating Budget by Funds (FY2027 Budget column).

General Fund$994,643,093
Airport Revenue FundEnterprise$970,904,682
Water & Wastewater Revenue FundEnterprise$740,187,487
Group Insurance FundOther$212,952,153
Hotel/Motel Tax FundOther$103,974,665
Solid Waste Services Revenue FundEnterprise$60,649,743
Fleet Service FundOther$47,353,813
Emergency Telephone SystemOther$24,606,320
Rental/Motor Vehicle Tax FundOther$1,364,856
City Plaza Project FundEnterprise$69,909
Total Operating Funds — FY2027 adopted$3,156,706,721

Source: 2027 Adopted Budget, City of Atlanta — fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 — Summary of Operating Budget by Funds. Enterprise funds total $1,771,811,821 and other funds total $390,251,807 in the same table.

All funds, including capital — FY2027

Beyond the operating budget, the book's Summary of All Funds lists every city fund — including capital projects, renewal & extension, sinking, grant, and tax allocation district funds. Its two grand totals for FY2027 are:

Governmental funds — grand total · FY2027

$2,737,383,406

General Fund ($994,643,093), special revenue funds ($963,475,579), capital projects funds ($712,646,100), bond sinking fund ($58,873,312), and special assessment fund ($7,745,322), as subtotaled in the book.

Proprietary funds — grand total · FY2027

$12,766,159,532

Airport funds ($9,947,161,657), water and wastewater funds ($2,496,246,878), solid waste funds ($62,375,122), internal service funds ($260,305,966), and City Plaza funds ($69,909), as subtotaled in the book.

Source: 2027 Adopted Budget, City of Atlanta — fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 — Summary of All Funds (Governmental Funds and Proprietary Funds).

Largest departments — General Fund, FY2027 adopted

The ten largest General Fund departments and offices in the book's Summary of Operating Budget by Fund and Department (FY2027 Budget column). Shares are computed from the book's own figures against the FY2027 adopted General Fund total of $994,643,093; together these ten account for 86.20% of the General Fund.

Department of Police Services$324,393,042
Department of Fire Services$146,219,060
Non-Departmental$136,453,919
Atlanta Department of Transportation$56,404,919
Department of Parks and Recreation$54,666,177
Department of Atlanta Information Management$34,583,181
Executive Offices$27,760,715
Department of Corrections$27,732,824
Department of City Planning$25,300,613
Department of Public Works$23,902,700

Source: 2027 Adopted Budget, City of Atlanta — fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 — Summary of Operating Budget by Fund and Department, General Fund, FY2027 Budget column. Department names are as printed in the book (the book's operational summaries title the fire department “Fire & Rescue Services”).

Things to do — next four weeks

Events on the City of Atlanta's official event calendar from Saturday, October 24 through Tuesday, November 17, 2026, in date order. Times are start times as listed; venues are as given in the official listing.

Sat · Oct 24, 2026

PNC Atlanta Mile and Dash7:15 AM

Atlanta (see official listing)

Mile and dash road races on the City of Atlanta event calendar.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Morningside Monster Dash 5K8:30 AM

Morningside, Atlanta

Halloween-season 5K in the Morningside neighborhood.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

AC Celebration (Tiny Park Concert)4:00 PM

Atlanta (see official listing)

Tiny Park Concert listed on the City of Atlanta event calendar.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Sun · Oct 25, 2026

L5P Sk8 Fest1:00 PM

Little Five Points, Atlanta

Skate festival in Little Five Points.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Sat · Oct 31, 2026

South Atlanta 5K8:00 AM

South Atlanta

5K run/walk in South Atlanta.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

2026 Midtown Halloween Bash5:00 PM

Midtown, Atlanta

Halloween bash in Midtown.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Sun · Nov 1, 2026

AFSP Atlanta Out of the Darkness Community Walk

Atlanta (see official listing)

Community walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Sat Nov 7 – Sun Nov 8, 2026

Chastain Park Fall Arts FestivalStarts 10:00 AM

Chastain Park, Atlanta

Two-day outdoor arts festival with roughly 175 artists along Park Drive in Chastain Park.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Sat · Nov 14, 2026

Slither 5K8:00 AM

Atlanta (see official listing)

5K run on the City of Atlanta event calendar.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Sat Nov 14 – Sun Nov 15, 2026

Atlanta Halal Fall FestivalStarts 12:00 PM

Atlanta (see official listing)

Two-day fall festival on the City of Atlanta event calendar.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Tue · Nov 17, 2026

Run for Justice8:00 AM

Atlanta (see official listing)

Run for Justice on the City of Atlanta event calendar.

Source: City of Atlanta — official event calendar

Local news

Recent reporting on Atlanta city government and civic life, newest first. Headlines are each outlet's own, linked to the story.

Inside the community pushback against one Atlanta data center

Canopy Atlanta · Oct 23, 2026

West End residents are continuing to fight a proposed $500 million data center conversion of a 100-year-old building on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard as the proposal returns to the City Council.

Atlanta doesn't want a real-life RoboCop: City council unanimously backs ban on weaponized robots

TechSpot · Oct 21, 2026

The City Council voted 15–0 to support a ban on weaponized robots, a measure introduced over concerns about federal autonomous-weapons programs reaching local police.

Why Atlanta's $68M City Detention Center sale faces backlash

FOX 5 Atlanta · Oct 20, 2026

The City Council voted 8–7 to advance a $68 million agreement transferring the Atlanta City Detention Center to Fulton County, over objections from activists and seven council members.

Avant South 2026: Putting AI to Work for Atlanta

ATL Direct (City of Atlanta) · Oct 14, 2026

The city's Avant South 2026 conference at Georgia Tech (Oct. 12–13) showcased AI already at work in city services, from water-leak detection to cameras that spot illegal dumping.

About these figures

All figures on this page are adopted FY2027 amounts from the City of Atlanta's published adopted budget book, 2027 Adopted Budget, City of Atlanta — for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. Atlanta's fiscal year 2027 runs July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.

Operating figures come from the book's Summary of Operating Budget by Funds and Summary of Operating Budget by Fund and Department; the all-funds totals come from its Summary of All Funds, which also covers capital, renewal & extension, sinking, and other non-operating funds. The one non-budget figure — city population — is the book's own Table 1 estimate for July 1, 2025. Department shares are arithmetic on the book's numbers; nothing here is estimated or drawn from any other source.

Read the source document: 2027 Adopted Budget, City of Atlanta — fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 (atlantaga.gov).