2024 City of Fruita Budget - Draft

The Draft 2024 City of Fruita Municipal Budget can be found on our website at fruita.org/budget.  In addition, below, you can find presentations that have been shared with the City Council at recent meetings.  If you have any questions regarding the draft 2024 Budget, please feel free to email them to communications@fruita.org.  

2024 City of Fruita Proposed Budget

The 2024 City of Fruita Proposed Budget contains a detailed description of how the city plans to invest and spend available resources to achieve outcomes identified in the Strategic Plan and maintain a high level of core service delivery and city operations. The 2024 Proposed Budget has the five main parts:

1. City Manager’s Budget Message and Introduction

The City Manager’s Budget Message is a transmittal letter to the Fruita City Council and the Fruita community and summarizes the contents of the 2024 Budget. The transmittal letter includes highlights of the 2024 Budget, a year in review and highlight of accomplishments of 2023, and a financial overview of the City. Following the transmittal letter, the introduction includes information on elected and appointed officials for Fruita, detailed information on the Fruita community, and demographic data.

2. Policies and Procedures

The policies and procedures chapter of the budget includes an overview of the budget process, fund types, budget policies, and information on city goals and core services. (will be included in a future draft).  

3. Budget Overview

This section includes summaries of all funds for the 2024 Budget, sources of revenues, types of expenditures and costs by department and fund. For comparison, 2021 and 2022 actual amounts are provided, as well as the 2023 Adopted Budget, and 2023 actual estimated amounts. The % change indicates the percentage change between the 2024 Budget and 2023 estimated actuals. This section also includes a summary of all capital equipment and capital projects included in the budget.

4. Fund and Departmental Overviews

Fund and Departmental Overviews describe the city’s operational structure and function, accomplishments from 2023, budget highlights for 2024, and performance measures for each department. It also includes details on significant changes between the 2023 and 2024 operating budgets, as well as the detailed program budget for each department and program.

5. Appendix

The Appendix section contains supplemental information to the 2024 Proposed budget.