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Glendale presents proposed FY2026 operating budget, sets May and June adoption dates
Summary
City staff presented the City Manager'recommended FY2026 operating budget at the April 1 budget workshop, highlighting conservative revenue forecasts, $709 million in total proposed operating funds and a multi-step adoption schedule with tentative adoption May 13 and final adoption June 10.
Glendale City staff on April 1 presented the City Manager'recommended operating budget for fiscal year 2026 and outlined the adoption timeline and next steps.
The city'wide proposed operating budget totals $709,000,000, with the general fund representing $337,000,000, Public Safety (police and fire) accounting for roughly 65% of the general fund, and 13.25 new full'time equivalent positions proposed, staff said. "For the tenth year in a row, council has elected to not increase property taxes in the city of Glendale," staff stated during the presentation.
Why it matters: the workshop starts the formal budget review process that leads to a tentative budget adoption on May 13, a final budget and property tax levy adoption on June 10, and the property tax adoption later in June; after tentative adoption, the overall budget total may not increase. The…
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