Tbilisi City Hall presented to the City Municipal Assembly the initial draft of the 2025 budget, according to which the City Hall expenses are planned at 1,781,853,300 GEL.
Despite cuts in the City Hall budget, the staff salaries in the City Hall departments are increasing up to 145.6 million GEL (by 14 million GEL).
The priorities of Tbilisi budget for 2025 are as follows:
• City passenger transport subsidy - 346 million GEL;
• Financing of kindergartens - 219 million GEL.
• Renovation of the Tbilisi bus park - filling - 145 million GEL;
• Waste collection, processing and disposal (subsidy intended for "Tbilservice Group") - 130.5 million GEL;
• Social protection - 127.5 million GEL;
• Financing of Tbilisi Development Fund, replacement of old buildings with new ones, strengthening and financing of homeowners association - 110 million GEL;
• Construction, restoration and maintenance of road infrastructure - 102 million GEL;
• Protection of biodiversity and landscapes - 83.2 million GEL;
• Financing of libraries and culture - 40 million GEL;
• Transport infrastructure arrangements - 38 million GEL;
• Health protection - 37.5 million GEL;
• Outdoor lighting - 33 million GEL;
• Leisure, recreation, sports - 14 million GEL;
As for the revenues of Tbilisi City Hall in 2025, the City Hall plans to receive 905 million GEL from local taxes, and predicts 601 million GEL from VAT.
Apart from that, in 2025, Tbilisi City Hall plans to receive capital and special transfers of 513 million GEL from the central government. Next year Tbilisi City Hall is set to receive 115 million GEL from fines, 60 million GEL from gambling fees, 19 million GEL from construction permit fees; 4.8 million GEL from taxi license fees and 80 million GEL from cleaning fees.
