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Cathedral City adopts $76M‑$78M biennial budget; council approves four separate budget resolutions
Summary
Council approved the city’s FY 2025–26 and 2026–27 biennial budget and four companion resolutions for related authorities. The staff presentation noted Year 1 revenues of about $70.8M vs. expenditures $76.6M (including $4.7M of discretionary one‑time spending), and Year 2 revenues projected at $73.5M vs. $78.0M in expenditures.
The Cathedral City City Council adopted the city’s proposed biennial budget for fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27 at its May 28 meeting, approving a set of five separate resolutions covering the city and associated entities.
Financial Services Director Kevin Biersack presented the final budget package, which the council reviewed through a six‑month process. Biersack said projected revenues for year 1 (FY 2025–26) total about $70.8 million, compared with budgeted expenditures of about $76.6 million. He said the approximately $5.7 million deficit included roughly $4.7 million in discretionary, one‑time extraordinary expenditures. For year 2 (FY 2026–27) staff projected about $73.5 million in revenues against $78.0 million in expenditures, a projected net deficit of about $4.5 million; staff indicated approximately $4.4 million of that total is one‑time discretionary spending.
Biersack emphasized the multi‑step process leading to adoption and noted the city concurrently adopted its appropriations (Gann) limit earlier on the consent agenda. The budget adoption followed staff presentations and the council’s budget workshop series.
Councilmembers voted on and approved, by separate roll call votes, the five resolutions: (1) the City of Cathedral City general fund and operating budget for FY 2025–26 and FY 2026–27; (2) the budget for the Cathedral City Public Financing Authority; (3) the Housing Successor Agency budget; (4) the Successor Agency to the Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency budget; and (5) the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) plan and Parks Improvement Program plan for the two fiscal years. Each resolution passed on unanimous roll‑call votes.
Councilmembers and staff noted the budget contains significant one‑time expenditures and emphasized continued monitoring of multi‑year fiscal impacts. After adoption staff said budget details will be available in published budget documents and that the council likely will not revisit “budget” language in regular meetings for several weeks.
