The 2017 Annual Financial Report for the City of Brownsville, Texas presents the government’s financial activity for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. It lists all sources of revenue—property taxes, other taxes, fees, intergovernmental transfers, etc.—and shows how the city spent the money on public safety, public works, sanitation, culture, debt service and capital outlay. The report also records the change in the city’s fund balances and the ending total of its governmental funds.
| Total revenues | $138,241,771 |
| Total expenditures | $154,502,739 |
| Overall deficit (excess of expenditures over revenues) | $16,260,968 |
| Ending fund balance | $49,538,366 |
| Largest revenue source – property taxes | $43,674,847 |
| Largest expense category – public safety | $58,705,353 |