On May 7, 2012, the Alexandria City Council approved a $587.9 million General Fund Operating Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.  The Approved budget keeps the current real estate tax rate level at 99.8 cents per $100 of assessed value.  City Council also approved a $1.138 billion FY2013 - FY2022 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) on May 7, 2012 as well.  The approved operating budget document and CIP document is available to review and can be found below.

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> FY 2013 Approved Budget in Brief   
Brief summary of the FY 2013 Approved budget.

> Approved Operating Budget (Complete) 

• Section 1 - Table of Contents
• Section 2 - Overview
  -- CIP Overview Contents
  -- FY 13-22 Approved CIP Summary
  -- Comparison to Last Year's CIP
  -- CIP Purpose & Definitions
  -- CIP Development Process
  -- Approved FY 13 Project Highlights
  -- Approved FY 13-22 Project Highlights
  -- Projects Not Funded
  -- Capital Budget Funding Summary
  -- Debt Policy Guidelines
  -- EcoCity Initiative Efforts
• Section 3 - Strategic Plan 
  -- Alexandria's Strategic Planning Process
  -- CIP by Strategic Plan Goal
• Section 4 - Summary Expenditure Tables 
  -- Sources and Uses
  -- Project Section Summary
  -- Project Expenditure Summary
  -- Project Category Summary
• Section 5 - Summary Funding Tables
  -- Sources and Uses
  -- Debt Service Indicators
  -- Bond Repayment Schedules
• Section 6 - Capital Project Detail Sheet
  -- Format Description
• Section 7 - ACPS
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- Capacity Projects
  -- Facilities and Systems Maintenance
• Section 8 - Community Development
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- City-Wide Amenities
  -- Neighborhood Planning
  -- Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project
• Section 9 - Recreation and Parks
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- Park Maintenance & Improvements
  -- Recreation Facility Maintenance
  -- Renovated or New Recreation Facilities
  -- Open Space Acquisition & Development

• Section 10 - Public Buildings
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- General Government Facilities
  -- Library Facilities
  -- Preservation of Historic Facilities
  -- Mental Health Residential Facilities
  -- Public Safety Facilities
• Section 11 - Transportation & Transit
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- Sources and Uses
  -- Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
  -- Public Transit
  -- High Capacity Transit Corridors
  -- Non-Motorized Transportation
  -- Streets & Bridges
  -- Fixed Transportation Equipment
• Section 12 - Sewers
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- Sanitary Sewer Fund
  -- Stormwater Management Fund
• Section 13 - Other Regional Contributions
  -- Summary of Projects
  -- Northern Virginia Community College
  -- Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
  -- Peumansend Regional Jail
• Section 14 - Information Technology Plan
  -- Project Index
  -- Information Technology Plan Preface
  -- Executive Summary
  -- City's Strategic Goal Process
  -- Summary Project Totals
  -- Operating Budget Impacts
  -- Systems Development Projects
  -- IT Infrastructure Projects
• Section 15 - Legislative References
  -- Legislative References
• Section 16 - Appendices
  -- Appendix A: Elimination of CIP Projects