Kingsburg council adopts $29.86 million budget for fiscal year 2025–26

Kingsburg — The Kingsburg City Council on June 18 adopted the city’s fiscal year 2025–26 operating and capital improvement budget, a balanced spending plan covering all funds of $29,861,476 and including about $4,100,000 for capital improvement projects.

City Manager Alex Henderson presented the recommended budget, saying it is based on council-adopted strategic planning principles including preserving the Kingsburg experience, financial stability, support for businesses, community engagement and public safety. Henderson told the council the document “includes the financing authority and redevelopment successor agency budgets as well” and reported the overall all-funds budget is a 1.3% increase from the current year.

The budget packet, Henderson said, incorporates minor updates to revenues and known expenditures since a version presented two weeks earlier; those changes reflect updated sales tax data and finalized numbers from Measure C. Finance Director Alma Kolado told council the budget presentation conforms to Government Finance Officers Association standards and staff recommended adoption of resolution 2025-533 to approve the budget, including the Kingsburg Public Finance Authority and the successor agency budgets.

Council members thanked staff for the work that produced the document. Council discussion noted that many revenue sources carry restrictions and timelines that staff must follow when allocating funds. With no public comment on the item, the council voted by voice to adopt the resolution. The motion passed; the vote was recorded by voice and the council did not provide a roll-call tally in the transcript.

The adopted budget will guide operations and capital planning for the coming fiscal year, and staff said it will be posted with the supporting materials already provided to council. No additional program changes were announced at the time of adoption.