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Buellton council reviews biennial budget; staff seeks separate votes on medical, housing and pay items
Summary
City finance staff presented a proposed two-year budget that projects modest surpluses while asking council to decide separately on proposed employee benefits and pay adjustments including a medical benefit increase, a $750 monthly housing allowance and department-head raises.
Finance Director Chanel Zamora presented the City of Buellton’s proposed biennial budget for fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27 at the City Council meeting on May 22, asking council for direction on several employee benefit and compensation proposals and on how to handle items before final adoption.
Zamora said the draft budget shows a modest operating surplus for 2025–26 and reserves above the city’s 35 percent target, but she warned the numbers are preliminary. “Tonight’s budget is not set in stone,” Zamora told the council, and staff asked councilors whether to include several personnel cost assumptions in the adopted budget or to return them as separate business items for formal action.
The proposals that staff asked council to consider…
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