Carson adopts $154 million spending plan for fiscal year 2025–26 with $474,000 projected surplus

The Carson City Council unanimously adopted the city's fiscal year 2025—'26 budget after a public hearing and staff presentation, approving about $154 million in spending against roughly $155 million in proposed revenues and a projected surplus of $474,000.

Will Jefferson, the city's director of finance, told the council that "the revenues did not change, which, we are proposing revenues of a 155,000,000, expenditures of a 154,000,000," and reviewed reallocations and program changes that produced the current surplus.

The approved budget keeps total revenue assumptions unchanged and reflects $128,000 in net expenditure reductions since the last workshop, producing the $474,000 surplus. Key adjustments approved by council include reclassifying roughly $317,000 in council staffing costs to the city manager's office (a net $236,000 increase to that office after offsets), an ISPM (information services/project management) reclassification of about $31,500, and a finalized sheriff contract increase that came in at 4.37 percent (lower…