The Denver City Council unanimously — and quietly — approved a $4.4 billion budget for the city next year on Tuesday evening. The finalized 2025 document calls for $1.76 billion in general fund spending, just 0.6% more than the $1.75 billion budgeted to be spent on city services this year. That makes the 2025 budget the city’s most conservative when it comes to spending growth in any year not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic since 2011, according to Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration.