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Housing & Human Services shifts staff costs to grants, highlights lead grant and senior services
Summary
City housing and human services staff presented a FY2026 budget that reduces general fund salary costs by shifting positions to grant funding, detailed home‑repair and lead programs, and described senior transportation and community services operations.
Housing and Human Services staff presented the department’s FY2026 budget and answered council questions about staffing, program delivery and grant funding.
Presenters described total proposed expenditures of $3,366,496 for the division, a $333,355 (12.35 percent) decrease from the FY2025 budget as presented. Department staff said the budget includes a deliberate shift to charge a larger share of certain salaries to grant funds rather than the general fund; that shift reduces 1.3 FTE charged to the general fund and lowers the department’s direct general fund cost by about $61,471 compared with the prior year.
The presentation reviewed program‑level spending. Staff…
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