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City council adopts two-year operating budget; plan emphasizes public safety and pavement rehab
Summary
The council unanimously adopted the FY 2025–27 operating budget that maintains a structurally balanced general fund, adds public-safety staffing and Measure U-funded investments, and funds pavement rehabilitation and utility staffing.
The Moreno Valley City Council on Tuesday adopted the city's proposed two-year operating budget for fiscal years 2025'26 and 2026'27, approving a plan staff says keeps the general fund structurally balanced while prioritizing public safety, street and parks maintenance and Measure U expenditures.
City Manager Brian Mohan presented the budget, describing it as a "rollover" approach that retains prior council investments and funds new positions and Measure U implementation. "The general fund has been structurally balanced for the past 12 years, and the proposed budget is as well," Mohan said during his presentation.
The adopted budget includes 18 new general-fund positions and 14 new positions for the city's electric utility as the city transitions from a single contractor model to more in-house operations. On public safety, the budget assumes Measure U resources that could support up to 18 additional deputies, six motorcycles, six community-service officers and a first-responder program; the fire department component could add four additional paramedic patrols staffed by 24 paramedic firefighters.
Mohan also described ongoing pavement-rehabilitation work: staff said deferred pavement maintenance has been reduced from an estimated $225 million to about $150 million because of prior council investments, though the city still estimates roughly $10 million per year is needed to maintain current pavement-condition levels.
Council members on the dais praised staff for keeping the budget balanced after outreach and review. Council Member Bernard said investing in homeless-coordination staff was especially important; Council Member Delgado and Mayor Pro Tem Baca Santa Cruz highlighted pavement and parks investments and the budget's alignment with the city's strategic plan, Momentum O'Val.
After deliberation the council voted unanimously to adopt the two-year budget; staff will finalize the capital improvement program (CIP) documents in June and prepare the formal adopted budget book for publication.
