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San Gabriel adopts $86.5 million budget for FY 2025-26, approves $2.7 million in CIP funding
Summary
City Council adopted the FY 2025-26 operating budget, capital improvement program and appropriations limit in a unanimous vote. The general fund is balanced with a modest surplus pending salary adjustments; the budget funds seven CIP projects including an intersection project at Mission and Las Tunas.
The San Gabriel City Council on June 3 adopted the fiscal year 2025-26 operating budget, capital improvement program (CIP) and annual appropriations limit in a 5-0 vote.
Finance Director Kahulokula presented the proposed budget to the council and described the citywide numbers. "Total all city fund expenditure budget is $86.54 million," Kahulokula said. The general fund, which supports core municipal services, accounts for the majority of those expenditures.
Kahulokula said general fund revenues are projected at about $57.7 million, with proposed general fund expenditures of roughly $56.8 million producing a projected surplus of approximately $933,000; staff noted that final salary adjustments could affect that figure. From an expenditure perspective, personnel costs represent about 77% of the general fund budget.
The budget includes roughly $2.7 million in new funding for the capital improvement program across seven projects; the single largest project identified in the presentation was $1.47 million for Mission and Las Tunas intersection improvements. The finance director also reported a citywide total of 205 proposed full-time budgeted positions, with about 82.5 positions supported by the general fund.
On the appropriations limit, Kahulokula said the revised limit for FY 2025-26 is about $57.3 million and that appropriations subject to the limit are projected at approximately $35.6 million, leaving the city well under the limit.
Councilmembers asked clarifying questions and received details on the budget development process, community outreach conducted in April and May, and the five-year forecast showing the city maintaining reserves well above the 25% contingency target. Kahulokula summarized: the general fund reserves are projected to remain around 39% to 40% of expenditures and the five-year forecast projects positive net changes in fund balance.
Councilmember Tony Ding moved to approve the staff recommendation to adopt the operating budget, capital improvement program and appropriations limit; the motion was seconded and passed 5-0.
Ending: Council adopted the resolutions to adopt the FY 2025-26 operating budget, the capital improvement program and the annual appropriations limit. Staff warned that any approved salary adjustments could change the surplus projection and that council would see related fiscal impacts as those adjustments are finalized.
