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Santa Fe finance committee adopts FY26 budget, reallocates Green Bank funds to boost parks maintenance
Summary
The Finance Committee approved the City of Santa Fe's fiscal year 2026 operating budget as amended May 12, reallocating $525,400 in one-time Green Bank funds and $108,500 in recurring city manager contractual dollars to a parks maintenance pilot.
The City of Santa Fe Finance Committee voted May 12 to approve the fiscal year 2026 operating budget as amended, moving $525,400 previously held in a city “Green Bank” account and $108,500 in recurring contractual-services funds into parks and open-space maintenance programs. The committee approved the budget and both amendments by roll call, with Chair Tara Merroworth, Councilor Cassatt, Councilor Lee Garcia and Councilor Lindell voting yes; one councilor was excused.
The amendments are intended to fund a one-year pilot that will increase contract labor for medians while redeploying five city median crew staff to a floating “parks action team” to address urgent litter, weeds, graffiti and other high-priority maintenance needs. The pilot is explicitly time-limited: the $525,400 reallocation comes from one-time funds moved into the Environmental Services Division in…
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