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Council receives FY 2025–26 preliminary budget showing a small projected deficit and reserve overview
Summary
Deputy Finance Director Jennifer Stachinski presented the preliminary FY 2025–26 budget. Staff showed an estimated general‑fund shortfall of about $45,000 before department reductions, projected reserves and capital funding plans; council set June 24 for the public hearing on the final budget.
Deputy Finance Director Jennifer Stachinski presented the city’s preliminary fiscal-year 2025–26 budget on May 20, 2025, telling the council the packet is a conservative, department-level forecast that includes known labor costs and existing MOUs and that staff will seek further reductions before the final budget.
Stachinski said the current preliminary model shows a modest general‑fund deficit of roughly $45,000, which staff plan to reduce to near zero by asking departments to identify additional reductions (she said managers were asked to find…
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