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San Bernardino council reviews balanced FY 2025–26 budget proposal, approves overtime extension past 10 p.m.
Summary
City staff presented a proposed fiscal year 2025–26 balanced budget that relies on conservative revenue projections, a six‑month targeted non‑safety hiring deferral and the use of capital reserves for a $29.6 million slate of CIP projects. Council voted unanimously to continue the meeting past 10 p.m. to finish the workshop.
City staff presented a draft fiscal year 2025–26 budget to the San Bernardino City Council on May 6, outlining conservative revenue projections, an $8.1 million six‑month targeted non‑safety hiring deferral and use of designated capital improvement program reserves to advance projects in the coming year.
The presentation, led by Jeannie Fortune, interim director of finance and management services, and Zwieva Ruiz, budget division manager, framed the proposal as a balanced budget that assumes a modest 2.5% revenue increase for 2025–26 and continued caution amid economic uncertainty. Fortune told the council staff had aligned expenditures to the conservative revenue outlook and proposed monitoring quarterly results and returning to council should conditions change.
The budget team emphasized revenue drivers and savings: staff showed a projected end‑of‑year operating projection near $215 million, with a proposed operating budget of roughly $228 million for 2025–26. The presentation identified small decreases in some categories…
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