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Indio council reviews FY 2025–26 budget, flags public-safety costs and parks maintenance needs
Summary
At a May study session the Indio City Council and staff reviewed the proposed FY 2025–26 budget and capital improvement plan (CIP), discussed rising public-safety costs and ambulance expenses, and debated how to maintain a new sports complex and other parks without unbalancing reserves.
The Indio City Council heard a detailed review of the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget that staff said is balanced but faces several pressures, including flattening revenue trends, rising public-safety costs and rollover capital projects that the city must fund. Finance staff presented general fund totals, revenue assumptions and a capital plan while asking council for direction to finalize the budget for adoption in June.
City Finance Director Ruby Walla told the council the proposed general-fund expenditures total about $111 million against roughly $106 million in budgeted revenue, and that about $6.7 million in one-time projects carried into the new year would be reflected as beginning fund balance. "The budget is balanced," Walla said, while also noting staff is recommending re-appropriating one-time funds and continuing a $1 million contribution toward pension liabilities and a $1.5 million OPEB contribution.
Council members focused most of their follow-up on public safety and parks. Mayor Glenn Miller and several council members said ambulances and fire/EMS costs have risen significantly…
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