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Trustees press staff on 2026 budget after cost-allocation charges climb; staff explain reserves and process
Summary
Trustees probed Open Space staff on rising cost-allocation and transfer charges in the six-year fund projection and asked for more transparency and possible limits on how much central-service overhead is charged to the Open Space fund.
Board members spent substantial time on the department's proposed 2026 operating and capital budget, focusing on cost-allocation charges and interfund transfers that staff project will climb in the coming years. Trustees asked staff for greater transparency about what the city's central-service cost allocations represent, why those charges rise as a proportion of OSMP operating budget in the six-year projection, and whether the board should limit or challenge such increases when recommending the department's budget to City Council.
Lauren Kilcoyne, deputy director acting for a staff member on leave, walked the board through the schedule for budget submission and the fund financial: staff plan to submit materials to the city manager's office and finance by June 27; the department continues to operate in a fiscally…
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