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Cerritos council adopts FY2025–26 budget after $2.2 million gap-closing, leaves $407,000 shortfall
Summary
The Cerritos City Council adopted the city—Y2025—onsolidated budget on June 26, approving a package of reductions and adjustments that cut a projected $2.9 million shortfall to $407,000 and directing staff to complete labor meet-and-confer steps before implementing hour or staffing changes.
The Cerritos City Council on June 26 adopted the city’s fiscal year 2025–26 budget, approving the annual combined financial program and related resolutions after a series of amendments that reduced a projected shortfall from $2.9 million to $407,000.
The vote followed weeks of staff briefings and public comment. Director of Administrative Services Drew Schneider told the council the budget includes negotiated pay adjustments and reserve policy targets, and summarized recent adjustments: "As part of our with the adoption of 25–26 budget, we will implement a 3.1% cost-of-living adjustment as negotiated in the current labor agreement with AFSCME." Schneider said updated sales-tax estimates from HDL had driven the larger shortfall earlier in the process and that council actions since then reduced the gap.
Why it matters: the budget sets Cerritos’ spending for city services, capital projects and staffing for the year that begins July 1. Council members…
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