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Imperial council adopts budget spending limits and budgets for FY 2025–26

4110963 · June 19, 2025

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Summary

Council approved the city’s fiscal year 2025–26 spending limits and related budget resolutions after staff presented a budget overview showing a roughly $46 million all-funds budget and a modest projected general-fund surplus.

The Imperial City Council voted unanimously to adopt the city’s spending limits for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and associated budget resolutions after staff presented a summary of the proposed budget.

Finance staff member Mister Manriquez told the council the overall all-funds budget totals “a little bit over $46,000,000” and said the general fund is projected to finish the year with a surplus of about $128,000. He told the council the proposed budget includes six new positions (five full-time and two part-time roles totaling a net increase of 6 FTEs) and that salary costs are budgeted at about $12.9 million under existing memoranda of understanding.

Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-28 establishing Gann spending limits and approved the related budget resolution (Resolution No. 2025-27) by 5-0 votes. Staff noted the city’s cash and investments include approximately $47 million invested across U.S. government securities, LAIF, Wells Fargo money market accounts and that interest income for the prior fiscal year was about $2 million. The finance presenter said the city is well within the statutory Gann limit calculation and is not close to the cap for general spending.

Why it matters: the budget sets operations and capital priorities for the coming year, including inclusion of six new positions funded in the proposed budget and planned additions of six vehicles for city departments. Staff said capital improvement program (CIP) changes will be presented in a subsequent meeting when year-end project carryovers are finalized.

Additional details: general-fund expenditures were listed around $19 million; water and wastewater enterprise funds were each reported near $7.4 million; special revenue funds totaled about $5.4 million; community facilities districts about $3.3 million; and successor agency funds about $1.7 million. Staff said key revenue indicators to watch in the coming year include sales tax, property tax and cannabis tax receipts. Council voted 5-0 to adopt the spending-limit and budget resolutions.