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Corte Madera reviews draft FY 2025‑26 capital projects budget and five‑year plan, flags competing priorities
Summary
Council members reviewed a draft $12.8 million FY 2025‑26 capital program and a five‑year plan that relies heavily on sales tax override funds; members asked for clearer separation of true capital projects from community programming commitments such as the intergenerational center and wildfire mitigation.
The Corte Madera Town Council held an extended workshop session Tuesday to review a draft fiscal year 2025‑26 capital projects budget and a five‑year capital plan that shows roughly $12.8 million in proposed projects next year and approximately $9 million of that expected to come from the town's sales tax override fund.
Staff presented a consolidated view that combines conventional capital improvement projects with planned expenditures from the sales tax override fund so the council could see both infrastructure spending and programmatic commitments in one place. "One of the things we wanted to do ... was include in the same table all of the expenditures from our sales tax override fund as well," the town manager said, arguing the combined view helps the council evaluate competing priorities.
The draft FY 2025‑26 work program includes…
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