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Mount Shasta council reduces FY2025–26 spending after review, approves budget adjustment
Summary
Council adopted a staff-recommended budget adjustment on July 14 that reduces the FY2025–26 appropriation after earlier cuts and staffing reductions; city officials said the move aims to stabilize reserves amid lower sales-tax projections.
City staff presented a budget update and a recommended adjustment to the fiscal year 2025–26 appropriation at the July 14 council meeting. Melissa, the city manager, reported that after department reviews the team returned with a near-balanced budget and proposed reductions to reduce a projected shortfall.
Staff reported the adoption of a two-year budget earlier and that the adjustment before council represented aggregate expense reductions. Melissa said department heads had reviewed budgets and recommended cuts amounting to a reduction in appropriations; staff also reported two eliminated full-time equivalents (one police position and one fire position) as part of earlier guidance. The city manager said the team returned with a near-balanced budget and noted an earlier $54,000 shortfall that leadership had worked to address.
Council members raised broader fiscal concerns, noting general-fund reserve erosion over recent years and the need to control overtime and other costs. Staff projected sales-tax receipts of about $1.5 million for the coming year and flagged overtime levels in some departments; staff also conveyed that the Apex Tech IT budget rose because of software and server costs and that some dispatch overtime projections could be adjusted downward.
Council moved to adopt the staff-recommended budget adjustment as presented; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The adjustment was recorded on the public record; staff will continue monitoring overtime, reserves and revenue, and report back as needed.
Ending: Council approved a budget adjustment to align FY2025–26 appropriations with projected revenue and to curtail expenditures; staff will return with further monitoring and any requests if overtime or revenue deviates from projections.
