Previous Annual Budgets by Year
The reports from previous years are for your historical reference. They have not been updated with new information that came out after they were published.
Fiscal Year Budget Cycle
May – June
- Our mid-year budget review begins.
- Departments start preparing their budgets for the next fiscal year.
July
- Mid-year budget reviews continue.
- Departments continue preparing their budgets.
- MWRD works on its five-year financial forecast
August
- Departments continue preparing their budgets.
- MWRD works on its five-year financial forecast
- The Executive Director and staff review budget estimates
September
The Executive Director and staff review budget estimates
October
- Preparation and printing of the Executive Director’s recommended budget
- Committee on Budget and Employment (COBE) and Board review the budget
- Another round of budget review begins
November
- Committee on Budget and Employment (COBE) and Board review the budget
- Preparation and printing of preliminary budget
- Budget review continues
- Board review continues
- Public hearings about the budget begin
December
- Board review continues
- Public hearings about the budget continue
- Final budget amendments are added
January
- Final budget is printed
- The budget is implemented for the new fiscal year
- A short-form version of the budget is published in a general circulation newspaper
February – April
- The budget cycle begins again
- The final budget is implemented for the fiscal year
Download: 2024–2025 Budget Cycle
To request additional information, please contact
Irene Green, Budget Officer
- Call: 312-751-6547
- Mail: 100 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611-3154