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Taft council adopts 2025–26 budget, approves consent agenda and appointments in 4-0 votes
Summary
The City of Taft adopted the final FY 2024–25 budget and the proposed FY 2025–26 spending plan and approved multiple routine items, planning-commission appointments and a Verizon lease option; all votes passed 4–0 with one absence.
The City of Taft council voted to adopt a resolution approving the final budget for fiscal year 2024–25 and the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at its June 17, 2025 meeting. The adoption passed on a 4–0 roll-call vote with one absence.
Finance Director Theresa Binkley presented the 2025–26 proposed budget, describing projected revenue and expense changes, staffing allocations and planned capital purchases. Binkley said the city is projecting an operating surplus across funds of roughly $434,000 before capital transfers, but that personnel and insurance costs are rising. "There is a significant increase that we're proposing in the 25–26 fiscal year over the 24–25," Binkley said during the presentation, citing higher workers' compensation, liability insurance, CalPERS unfunded liability and ongoing operational costs tied to the Taft Alternative Program (TAP) correctional facility.
Why it matters: Binkley told the council that personnel-related costs and increases in insurance and…
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