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General Committee reviews FY26 draft budget showing $830,000 operating shortfall; public safety remains top priority
Summary
City staff presented the draft FY26 operating budget, reporting an $830,000 general-fund deficit before further adjustments. The presentation highlighted rising health insurance, pension and communications costs, continued paving and public-safety vehicle replacements, and scheduled a second budget workshop for May 5.
City staff presented the draft fiscal year 2026 operating and special-fund budgets at the General Committee meeting on April 8 and said the current draft shows an approximately $830,000 deficit in the general fund before additional adjustments.
Jesse Eckeneroff, chief of operations, and city finance staff led the presentation and outlined the factors pushing the operating budget into the red: a roughly $200,000 increase in the ECC (the 9-1-1 communications center), about $100,000 higher property-liability insurance, an estimated $600,000 increase for employee health benefits (initial estimate at 15%), and roughly $80,000 associated with an increase in the state pension contribution rate. City staff said those four items combined account for nearly $1 million in additional cost beyond the department-submitted budgets.
Staff reported modest revenue…
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