Escambia County Budget Information

Role of the County Budget

The county's budget serves as the primary tool in allocating financial resources to programs and services. The budget can serve as a policy making tool, a management tool, a financial tool and a communication tool.

Budgeting for a government is essentially the process of allocating resources to fund services and projects benefiting the community. The goal is to provide a balanced budget funding ongoing expenses with ongoing revenues.

The process is complex because unlike private business, Escambia County government serves the taxpayers and is expected to address funding needs for the community's social issues, protecting the citizens' interests, providing public safety and enforcing laws and regulations. For accountability purposes, decisions are made in an open public forum in an effort to achieve Escambia County’s mission to provide efficient, responsive services that enhance our quality of life, meet common needs and promote a safe and healthy community.

Each year, the authorized financial and operational plans of Escambia County are published in the Adopted Budget. The adopted budget is posted online for public viewing.

Tips for Using the Online Budget Book

OpenGov allows you to explore budget in a simple graphical user interface. The OpenGov Tool is best viewed using the Google Chrome browser. Download the latest version of Chrome here.

You can access the Table of Contents for the adopted budget by clicking the link at the bottom of the Online Budget Book or click here.
You may access the interactive budget book for the adopted budget throughout the links within the Table of Contents or by clicking here.
You will notice the title of the report you are viewing in the top left corner.
Click on "Saved" on the left-hand side to view a list of common or favorite views on each report.
Select "Filter" to display key menus.
You can use the "Show" drop-down menu to select the data that is of most interest to you.
Use the "Broken Down By" drop-down menu to specify the category you would like the data organized by in your chart or graph.
Select the "Filtered By" option to view the data filters. These filters will allow you to select exactly which data you want to include or exclude from your graph or chart.
Use the "Search" function within each filter to find exactly what you are looking for.

Additional Tips for Using the Tool

There are five different types of visual representations of the data - a percentage graph, a stacked graph, a line graph, a pie graph, and a bar graph. You can change your view at any time by simply clicking the desired type of representation at the top right of the page.
You can share the data, in any view, on a social network or by email.
You can also download the data into a .csv spreadsheet or a .png image.

MSBU

This office also manages the county's Municipal Services Benefit Unit programs, which include the county-wide fire protection MSBU, the Santa Rosa Island MSBU, and numerous others for street lighting, holding ponds and nuisance abatements.

FY 23-24 Adopted Budget Book (pdf)
DownloadFY 23-24 Adopted Budget Book (21410 KB)
FY 23-24 Proposed Community Partners Binder (pdf)
DownloadFY 23-24 Proposed Community Partners Binder (146273 KB)
FY 23-24 Proposed Budget Book (pdf)
DownloadFY 23-24 Proposed Budget Book (142407 KB)
FY 22-23 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY 22-23 Adopted Budget (29670 KB)
FY2021-2022 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY2021-2022 Adopted Budget (19012 KB)
Citizen’s Guide to the FY2020-2021 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadCitizen’s Guide to the FY2020-2021 Adopted Budget (3661 KB)
FY2020-2021 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY2020-2021 Adopted Budget (22440 KB)
Proposed 20-21 Budget Book (pdf)
DownloadProposed 20-21 Budget Book (10601 KB)
20-21 Budget Prep Manual (pdf)
Download20-21 Budget Prep Manual (1670 KB)
Adopted FY19-20 Budget Book (pdf)
DownloadAdopted FY19-20 Budget Book (19249 KB)
Citizen's Guide to the FY2020 Proposed Budget (pdf)
DownloadCitizen's Guide to the FY2020 Proposed Budget (1040 KB)
FY 2019-20 Proposed Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY 2019-20 Proposed Budget (12693 KB)
FY 18-19 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY 18-19 Adopted Budget (12823 KB)
FY17-18 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY17-18 Adopted Budget (12263 KB)
2019 Citizen's Guide to the Budget (pdf)
Download2019 Citizen's Guide to the Budget (982 KB)
FY 18-19 Budget Prep Manual (pdf)
DownloadFY 18-19 Budget Prep Manual (1512 KB)
FY17-18 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY17-18 Adopted Budget (5772 KB)
FY17-18 Proposed Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY17-18 Proposed Budget (5659 KB)
FY17-18 Budget Summary (pdf)
DownloadFY17-18 Budget Summary (98 KB)
FY16-17 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY16-17 Adopted Budget (3212 KB)
FY 16-17 Proposed Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY 16-17 Proposed Budget (1741 KB)
FY10-11 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY10-11 Adopted Budget (6861 KB)
FY12-13 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY12-13 Adopted Budget (3486 KB)
FY15-16 Proposed Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY15-16 Proposed Budget (2896 KB)
FY15-16 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY15-16 Adopted Budget (3485 KB)
FY11-12 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY11-12 Adopted Budget (4384 KB)
FY13-14 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY13-14 Adopted Budget (8729 KB)
FY14-15 Proposed Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY14-15 Proposed Budget (1502 KB)
FY08-09 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY08-09 Adopted Budget (4220 KB)
MSBU Guidelines and Procedures (pdf)
DownloadMSBU Guidelines and Procedures (601 KB)
FY09-10 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY09-10 Adopted Budget (2847 KB)
FY14-15 Adopted Budget (pdf)
DownloadFY14-15 Adopted Budget (3852 KB)

Office: 850-595-4960 Email: budget@myescambia.com