Budget

The town council needs money to carry out its projects and provide services to its residents. The budget shows all the income and expenditure planned for the year in order to carry out these projects.
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What is a budget?

Article 14 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: "All citizens have the right to ascertain, by themselves or by their representatives, the necessity of public contribution, to consent to it freely, to monitor its use and to determine its amount, basis, collection and duration."

The budget applies this article of law. Every Montpellier resident is represented by elected officials. These elected representatives decide on taxes and spending for the year.

The 2025 budget

City and Metropolis budgets 2025: strategic, controlled management

Adopted on April 8 and 10, 2025, the budgets for the Metropolis and City of Montpellier once again bear witness to the Executive's determination to make strong political choices, despite a national context that remains constrained. Voting these budgets represented a challenge to enable the commitments made for the benefit of the territory, its inhabitants, as well as all the agents of our communities, to be put into practice.

A big thank you to all the divisions for their contribution, and especially to the Finance and Management Consulting (PFCG) teams for their commitment and rigorous steering in this complex task.

Total budget: €753m, including €505m of expenditure allocated to public policies

Gross savings of €44m, i.e. a 25% increase on 2024 (+€11m)

  • Real operating expenditure: €390m
  • Real capital expenditure: €257m
  • Capital expenditure: €169m

Investment priorities for action:

  • Enhancing the value of the Republic's schools (construction, extension, reconstruction and/or renovation of school groups, conversion of school restaurants to self-service, rues aux écoliers, adventure courses, increasing the number of municipal cribs...)
  • Accompanying the development and rebalancing of the city (ZAC Montpellier Sud, Carré Saint-Anne, Rondelet quartier apaisé, Agriparc des Bouisses...)
  • Aligning solidarity and proximity (maintaining the tax shield, deploying the communal mutual insurance scheme, rent control, participatory budget...)

Human resources:

Wage bill for the City: €217m

Actions planned in 2025:

  • A commitment to a return to employment and the fight against absenteeism
    • Assistance for agents to return to employment
    • Continuation of the plan to combat absenteeism
  • A reinforcement of human resources for certain public policies
    • Creation of positions in schools, for early childhood and the central kitchen (re-internalisation of meals)
  • A fair and social remuneration policy
    • Instatement of complementary social protection (PSC)
    • Removal of the deduction from the allowance for duties, hardship and expertise (IFSE)
    • Instatement of the sustainable mobility package (FMD)
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Frequently asked questions

The budget is prepared by the Mayor and City Hall departments.
The budget is voted by the City Council.

  • The primitive budget (the main budget) is voted on:
    • Before March 31,
    • or before April 15 in years when there are municipal elections.
  • Modifying decisions may be taken during the year to adjust income or expenditure.
  • The administrative account (which summarizes the budget year) is voted on before June 30.

The budget is voted on at city council meetings.
These meetingsare public, so anyone can attend.

Yes, the law gives all the commune's inhabitants the right to read the budget.

In Montpellier:

  • You can consult the budget at the municipal archives or in all the annexed town halls.
  • You can request a copy of the commune's budgets and accounts (copies are subject to a charge).