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Las Cruces presents FY2025–26 budget framework; Telstra fund, GRT and carryovers highlighted
Summary
City staff outlined a three‑phase “BASE” budgeting method and projected major carryovers from the Telstra fund, a voter-approved gross receipts tax increase set to take effect July 1, and next steps for council review.
City staff presented the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025–26 budget framework at a Las Cruces City Council work session on March 24, 2025. Jacqueline (budgeting grant administrator, last name not specified) summarized a new “BASE” budgeting method—Balanced, Accountable, Sustainable, Efficient—and walked council through three phases of funding: contractual/legal obligations (phase 1), maintaining current service levels (phase 2), and new or expanded requests including one‑time items and personnel (phase 3).
The presentation emphasized that the Telstra Fund is a restricted account intended to support “the continued physical, mental, developmental, emotional, and social well‑being, safety and housing needs of City of Las Cruces residents,” and that departments estimated roughly $28,000,000 budgeted from the Telstra Fund in FY25 with an estimated carryover…
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