Mykolaiv's budget was fulfilled by 91% last year: ₴650 million remained unused

Mykolaiv City Council, photo: Vladyslav Kazmin

At the end of 2025, 653 million hryvnias remained unspent in the budget of Mykolaiv. These are the official data on the use of Mykolaiv's budget funds as of 1 January 2026, published on the official website of the city council, according to NikVesti.

The document states that out of 7.4 billion hryvnias of planned expenditures, structural units spent 6.7 billion hryvnias over the year, which is 91.2%.

If we evaluate the use of last year's budget of Mykolaiv by expenditure items, the structural units coped best with the payment of salaries and accruals — the performance here was 99.1% and amounted to 2 billion 46 million 914 thousand hryvnias. At the same time, the city managed to save on utility bills, with expenditures amounting to 88.4% of the plan, or 246 million hryvnis.

Information from the city council on the implementation of the 2025 budget of Mykolaiv, data from the city council website

Instead, the city spent less than planned on paying interest and commissions on loans: by the end of 2025, 3.2 million hryvnias out of the 7.5 million hryvnias envisaged were actually spent, which is 43.4% of the plan. These are the budget performance indicators of the Finance Department of the Mykolaiv City Council for these items.

The city also spent less than planned on capital expenditures — repairs, construction and purchase of machinery and equipment — with 77.6% of the planned 2 billion hryvnias spent in 2025.

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Implementation of the 2025 budget by departments of the Mykolaiv City Council

• Executive Committee: cash expenditures amounted to ₴1.2 billion, which is 87.9% of the plan for the year;
• Department of Education: cash expenditures — ₴2.3 billion, which is 95.6% of the plan for the year;
• Department of Health: cash expenditures — ₴253 million, which is 98.8% of the plan;
• Department of Labour and Social Protection of the Population: cash expenditures — ₴350.5 million, which is 98.8%;
• Department of Culture and Protection of Cultural Heritage: cash expenditures — ₴221 million, which is 98.6%;
• Department of Sports: cash expenditures of ₴195.8 million, which is 99.4% of the plan for the year;
• Department of Housing and Communal Services: ₴1.4 billion was spent, which is 86.1% of the annual plan;
• Department of Energy and Energy Saving: ₴57.5 million was spent, which is 92.8% of the plan;
• Capital Construction Department: cash expenditures amounted to ₴142.7 million, which is 60.7% of the annual plan;
• The State Architectural and Construction Control Department: ₴10.4 million was spent, which is 96% of the annual plan;
• The Department for Emergency Situations and Civil Protection of the Population: ₴96.4 million was spent, which is 88% of the annual plan;
• Department of Communal Property: ₴9.2 million was spent, which is 99.6% of the total budget of the department;
• Department of Administrative Services: ₴40.8 million was spent, which is 99.8% of the budget of the division;
• Finance Department: ₴22.6 million was spent, which is 56.6% of the annual plan;
• Internal Financial Control, Supervision and Anti-Corruption Department: ₴12 million was spent, which is 88.8% of the annual plan;
• Administration of Zavodskyi district: spent ₴87.8 million, which is 99.7% of their annual budget;
• Administration of Korabelnyi district: spent ₴88.3 million, which is 99.7% of the annual budget:
• Administration of Inhulskyi district: spent ₴94 million, which is 97.9% of the annual budget;
• Administration of the Central District: U₴93.4 million was spent, which amounted to 99.6% of the annual budget.

Earlier, the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych , stated that the budget balances of Mykolaiv at the end of 2025 were about 300 million hryvnias, which is «the lowest figure in recent years».

As is known, the Mykolaiv City Council plans to appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to provide an additional subsidy from the state budget. According to the city's estimates, its own budget revenues for 2026 are only 82.5% of the real need, and the financial resource deficit exceeds 1 billion 140 million hryvnias.