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Finance committee forwards proposed FY 2025–26 budget development package to council
Summary
Staff presented the proposed FY 2025–26 citywide operating and capital budget and the committee voted to forward the budget development package to the full City Council, including proposed personnel additions and general-fund capital requests.
City staff presented the proposed FY 2025–26 citywide operating and capital budget at the May 27 Finance Committee meeting and the committee voted to forward the budget development package to the full City Council for further review and incorporation into the June workshop and council adoption schedule.
Staff said the total proposed citywide expenditures for FY 2025–26 are $301,632,000. General fund revenues were estimated at roughly $161,000,000 with sales tax comprising about 51 percent. Staff proposed 14 new full-time positions across departments (six in parks, six in public works, one in HR, one public-safety dispatcher) and outlined general-fund capital requests totaling roughly $3.7 million for next fiscal year, plus other citywide augmentation requests.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about the sustainability funding placeholder (12% policy) and about staff recommendations on prefunding CalPERS and retiree medical—those topics were deferred to the next agenda item. A public commenter asked for more detail on a proposed 50/50 sidewalk replacement program; staff described the proposal as voluntary, modeled after programs in other cities, and intended to address non‑threshold repairs via a cost-share where the homeowner would cover part of material costs and the city would provide labor.
The committee voted to forward the budget-development materials to the full City Council and directed staff to incorporate committee feedback into the June 3 CIP workshop and the June 17 budget presentation.
