{"about":"Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee 2027 budget, compiled by County Commons (independent, nonpartisan; not a government website). Every amount cites its source document and page.","page":"https://nashvilletn.countycommons.us/budget","meta":{"document":"Metro Nashville & Davidson County FY2027 Budget","title":"Nashville — the money trail","grand_total":3848620900,"year":2027,"note":"Nashville and Davidson County are one consolidated metropolitan government (since 1963) — one budget for the city and the county together. This is the tax-supported operating budget for FY2027, $3.85 billion, grouped by function. It is the Mayor’s Recommended figures (the footing table Metro publishes); the Council-adopted budget was about $1.3M higher — the exact adopted ordinance is on the docket. Metro Water Services is a separate self-supporting utility, outside this total. The property tax rate is $2.782 per $100 across the county (the urban core pays $2.814). Every function figure ties to Metro’s budget book and foots to the dollar."},"documents":[{"id":"nashville-fy27-budget","title":"Metro Nashville FY2027 Budget (Mayor’s Recommended)","jurisdiction":"metro-nashville","layer":"appropriation","source_url":"https://www.nashville.gov/departments/finance/management-and-budget/citizens-guide-budget","retrieved_at":"2026-08-21","status":"ingested","note":"FY2027 tax-supported operating budget $3,848,620,900 by function (Recommended; adopted ~$1.3M higher). Education (MNPS) $1.44B is the largest. Foots to the dollar; revenue side also foots."}],"verification":{"total_checks":7,"passed":7,"failed":0},"nodes":[{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-0","parent":null,"name":"Education (Metro Nashville Public Schools)","amount":1438449800,"note":"The public schools — the largest single thing Metro funds, over a third of the budget."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-1","parent":null,"name":"Public Safety & Justice","amount":852927600,"note":"Police, Fire, the Sheriff, emergency communications, and the courts."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-2","parent":null,"name":"General Government","amount":444011700,"note":"Metro-wide administration and services."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-3","parent":null,"name":"Debt Service","amount":441319300,"note":"Principal and interest on Metro debt."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-4","parent":null,"name":"Infrastructure & Transportation","amount":212825900,"note":"Public works, streets, and WeGo transit."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-5","parent":null,"name":"Health & Social Services","amount":208189700,"note":"Public health and social services."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-6","parent":null,"name":"Recreation & Culture","amount":167478100,"note":"Parks and libraries."},{"year":2027,"layer":"appropriation","section":"appropriations","docket_ref":null,"source":{"doc":"nashville-fy27-budget","page":null},"status":"sourced","id":"fn-7","parent":null,"name":"Other","amount":83418800,"note":"Everything else in the tax-supported budget."}]}