2026 Budget Retreat
Mayor Indya Kincannon, senior staff and City Council members will meet in a mid-year budget retreat on Feb. 13, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Public Works Service Center located at 3131 Morris Ave.
The annual retreat kicks off the public process of preparing the City’s budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
A key part of the meeting involves assessing the City’s financial posture midway through its current budget and forecasting the last half of the current fiscal year.
Presentation documents and the
Six Month Financial Report will be available here in the afternoon of Feb. 13.
Knoxville Community Media (KCM) will record and post a
video of the proceedings at
www.KnoxCM.org; the KCM video should be available by Monday, Feb. 16.
• 2025-2026 Six Month Financial Report [PDF]
(coming Feb. 13, 2026)
• Financial Update Presentation [PDF]
(coming Feb. 13, 2026)
• City Overview Presentation [PDF]
(coming Feb. 13, 2026)
• 2025-2026 Budget Information
• 2025-2026 Adopted Operating Budget [PDF]
• 2025-2026 Six Month Financial Report [PDF] (coming Feb. 13, 2026)
• 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program [PDF]
• Budget Archive (budgets from years 2001-current)
January 20-22, 2026 - Capital Budget Hearings / Meetings with Departments
February 13, 2026 - City of Knoxville Budget Retreat and Six Month Financial Report released
March 5-6, 2026 - Mayor's Budget Hearings
April 24, 2026 - Mayor's State of the City Address and Proposed Annual Operating Budget released
April 28, 2026 - City Council First Reading of Proposed Budget & Tax Ordinances
May 2026 - Knoxville-Knox Planning Commission Hearing on CIP
May 2026 - Legislative Budget Hearings & Public Hearing
May 26, 2026 - City Council Second Reading of Proposed Budget & Tax Ordinances
June 15 2026 - Last Day to Approve Budget & Tax Ordinances
July 1, 2026 - New Fiscal Year Begins
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