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San Fernando council wrestles with budget trade‑offs, OPEB liability and staffing requests in second study session
Summary
Council held a wide‑ranging budget study session focused on personnel costs, retiree health (OPEB) liabilities, reserves, capital projects and proposed staffing enhancements across community development, parks & recreation and public works; staff and council agreed to refine proposals and return with final budget language for the June 16 meeting.
City staff and councilmembers spent the evening on the second fiscal year 2025–26 budget study session, debating long‑term retiree health liabilities, reserve policy, proposed staffing enhancements and capital project priorities.
Councilmember Joe Fajardo pressed for continued funding of retiree health contributions, saying, “we will not have a system and plan to pay that unless we begin now,” and flagged a projected future peak in retiree health costs. Administrative Services Director Erica Milton and City Manager Kimball explained the city’s reserve policy: the general fund reserve target is 20 percent of operating expenses, the current balance is approximately 40…
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