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Finance committee reviews FY 2025–26 departmental budget requests totaling $5.5M across funds
Summary
Staff presented the FY 2025–26 budget development overview and department requests totaling about $5.5 million across funds; committee asked clarifying questions and will incorporate feedback into the manager’s proposed budget.
Budget Officer Felicia Glendo presented the City’s FY 2025–26 budget development timeline and summarized departmental operating and one‑time requests totaling approximately $5.5 million across all funds, of which $2.5 million were ongoing requests and $436,000 were listed as one‑time in the staff summary.
Key proposed general‑fund ongoing requests (approximately $2.1 million) and notable items by department included:
- City Manager/Communications: $70,000 for increased part‑time hours and cultural arts support. - Community & Economic Development: planning‑commission travel and a one‑time request for a building‑inspector trailer (partially funded from building fees). - Human Resources: additional HR analyst (deferred from prior budget cycle). - Innovation & Technology: higher software subscription and licensing costs (staff noted year‑over‑year increases on cloud and security products and specific items such as Windows 11 Copilot and micro‑segmentation/cybersecurity tools). - Parks, Recreation & Community Services: request for an operations supervisor for parks maintenance plus several positions and part‑time hours tied to the upcoming Multi‑Generational Center; total package (~$470,000) includes a six‑month funding assumption for staff tied to the facility opening and portion funded from Measure V operations. - Police: $512,000 request including animal‑services medical supplies, a spay/neuter program, increased Axon (fleet) expenses, training, collision repairs, digital evidence storage software and one additional public‑safety dispatcher. - Public Works: roughly $3.0 million in requests across funding sources with $375,000 general fund impact; requests include added supervisors, senior utility mechanics and a senior laboratory technician funded from water/wastewater funds, and vehicles/equipment tied to operations.
Glendo said the Municipal Code requires council adoption of the budget by June 30 and outlined the schedule: department review, Finance Committee workshops in April and May, council CIP workshop in June, and proposed budget to council June 17 for adoption. Committee members asked for more detail on IT licensing costs and noted the need to monitor long‑term personnel growth and recurring costs. The committee voted to accept the report and directed staff to incorporate committee feedback into the proposed FY25–26 budget for council review.
