Your Turn to Talk: The $3.8 billion dollar Metro Budget

This Is Nashville · Jun 5, 2025 · 50m

Fifty-seven percent of the mayor’s recommended budget for next year comes from property taxes. Another almost twenty percent comes from local sales tax.

But what are the other funding sources? And what does the budget cover? On today’s episode we cover many of the details of the proposed $3.8 billion spending plan — how the money's allocated, how metro departments request increases, and the difference between the operating budget and the Capital Improvements Budget. It’s your money, so join us!

Whenever it's Your Turn to Talk, call 615-760-2000 between noon and 1pm to join the conversation…