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Oroville budget workshop prioritizes roads as city faces rising costs and falling grant revenue
Summary
City staff told the council the city has a $9 million reserve and has budgeted roughly $5 million for roads this year, but warned of a roughly $1.8 million revenue gap driven by a Cal Fire contract increase and the end of a multi‑year state grant. Council members asked departments to prioritize a long wish list for FY 2025–26.
Oroville city staff told the City Council at a goals-and-priorities workshop that while the city has healthy reserves and has spent heavily on road repairs this year, the next fiscal year will require tough prioritization as revenues fall and operating costs rise.
“the city has a very, very healthy reserve. $9,000,000 reserve has not been touched,” City Manager Robert Ring told the council, adding that “this past this year, over $5,000,000 is actually budgeted in road work.”
Ring and Finance Director Ruth (first name only in the meeting) urged the council to weigh departmental “needs and wants” against limited resources as they prepare the FY 2025–26…
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