Council presented with $72,818 appropriation to raise City Treasurer’s 2025–26 budget after court order

Javier Chagoyen Lazaro, City of Oxnard chief financial officer, recommended that the City Council approve a $72,818 appropriation from the General Fund Available Fund balance to raise the City Treasurer’s fiscal 2025–26 budget from $409,182 to $482,000.

The recommendation was presented as a response to a Ventura County Superior Court order dated June 20, 2025, directing the city to amend the Treasurer’s budget to $482,000 by Aug. 19, 2025. Council materials cited the city’s adopted annual budget for fiscal 2025–26, which the transcript records as having included $409,182 for the City Treasurer when it was adopted on June 17, 2025.

According to the presentation to council, the requested $72,818 appropriation would come from the General Fund Available Fund balance to make up the difference between the adopted appropriation and the court-ordered amount. The transcript records the CFO’s recommendation but does not record a motion, a vote, or a final decision on the appropriation in the provided excerpt.

The presentation to the council contained the following dates and amounts as presented to the body: adopted budget adopted June 17, 2025 with a $409,182 appropriation for the City Treasurer; Ventura County Superior Court order dated June 20, 2025 requiring the amendment to $482,000; and a court-mandated compliance deadline of Aug. 19, 2025. The transcript excerpt identifies the appropriation source as the General Fund Available Fund balance.

No additional policy discussion, alternatives, or council votes on the appropriation are contained in the transcript excerpt provided. The council’s next formal step—whether to schedule a vote, place the appropriation on a consent calendar, or take other action—is not specified in the excerpt.