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Ukiah Valley Fire District adopts final FY 2025–26 budget after staff explain major line-item changes
Summary
The board adopted the district’s final FY 2025–26 budget after staff explained higher ambulance/IFT revenue estimates, equipment purchases, debt-service entries, and personnel increases tied to fuels crew and IFT operations.
The Ukiah Valley Fire District board approved the final fiscal year 2025–26 budget after district finance staff explained several substantive updates to the preliminary budget previously reviewed in June.
Eric, the district finance contact who participated remotely from an incident, told the board that ambulance and IFT (interfacility transfer) revenues were re-estimated with a better picture of reimbursement rates. He said the district’s ambulance/IFT revenue line moved from roughly $12 million in earlier estimates to about $15 million after additional data from operations since November were factored in.
Finance staff also explained that machinery and equipment spending increased in the final budget from roughly $32,000 to $2,000,000 to account for capital purchases, and that a $150,000 debt-service entry appeared under a debt-service account that had been zero in the preliminary budget. Staff said two fire engines would be funded through ambulance (IFT) funds and that some cross-account contributions are accounted for in specific fund lines.
Eric said changes also reflected the addition of a fuels crew and adjustments to personnel costs to staff that crew and to respond to higher-than-expected IFT activity. He said some grant-funded fuels-crew expenses are not eligible under the grant, so the district is offsetting those costs in the general fund personnel lines.
Board members asked for clearer flagging of significant budget changes in future packets. The board voted to adopt the final FY 2025–26 budget by resolution.
