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Council reviews FY26–27 proposed budget; directs staff to create $100,000 outdoor‑dining incentive
Summary
Facing projected deficits, council reviewed the proposed two‑year operating budget and asked staff to include a roughly $100,000 competitive rebate program in the FY26 budget to encourage outdoor dining; council also asked staff to monitor homeless‑services funding shortfalls.
Walnut Creek — The City Council on June 3 reviewed a proposed two‑year operating budget that projects modest revenue growth but identifies an ongoing structural gap driven by slower revenues and rising costs, and directed staff to design a one‑time incentive to encourage outdoor dining.
Budget overview: Rindy Azzavito, the city’s budget and procurement manager, summarized the proposed FY26–27 general fund. The staff package forecasts modest revenue increases (roughly 2–4% excluding reserve uses) and proposed reductions in operations and maintenance and personnel to reduce a projected ongoing deficit (staff identified a projected ongoing deficit of approximately $4.97 million for FY26 before budget balancing actions). Personnel costs account for roughly 68% of general fund expenditures. The draft includes…
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