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Victorville council unanimously adopts midyear budget amendments, staff says general fund will end year with large reserve
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The Victorville City Council on Feb. 3 approved midyear amendments to the FY 2025–26 budget, adding roughly $14.3 million in revenue and $20.47 million in expenditures across city funds and anticipating an approximately 81% general-fund reserve at year-end, staff said.
The Victorville City Council unanimously approved midyear amendments to the city’s fiscal year 2025–26 budget on Feb. 3 following a presentation from city finance staff.
Finance Director Carmen told the council the recommended midyear package increases aggregate revenues by about $14,276,000 and expenditures by approximately $20,470,000 across more than 85 city funds. The changes reflect grant awards, capital-improvement project rollovers and reclassifications of certain enterprise fund revenues.
“The revised budget is composed really of two main factors,” Finance Director Carmen said during the presentation, identifying council-approved amendments and CIP rollovers as drivers of the adjustments. She told the council, “We estimate that the general fund will have an 81% reserve” at the end of the fiscal year.
Why it matters: staff said the increase in appropriations is supported by updated multiyear cash-flow analyses. The proposed package moves large capital expenditures into the revised budget — the presentation noted capital improved projects and CIP rollovers that increase planned capital spending from roughly $387 million to $499 million — and includes targeted operating adjustments such as a proposed $8.5 million increase to general-fund revenues, of which about $2.7 million is property-tax growth.
Key details and adjustments: the midyear review items disclosed a range of fund-level changes, including reclassifications that consolidate some sewer-related fees into Fund 425 to simplify bookkeeping, a projected $2.1 million request from the Victorville Water District for wastewater treatment-plant work, and a recommended $50,000 expenditure from grant AB3229 to enhance portable radios across departments.
Council members asked technical questions before the vote: Council member Godin sought clarification on reduced bed fees at the Simba Center and on the nearly $1.9 million drop in development-impact fees; staff said the Simba change was tied to a contract business-model restructure and that DIFs declined because construction permit activity has slowed. Council member Lamont asked whether moving sewer receipts into Fund 425 was a deficit or an accounting reallocation; staff said it was intended to simplify revenue collection and accounting, not to create a new shortfall.
The council adopted a set of resolutions to implement the amendments (city resolution 26-001 and related resolutions for the Victorville Water District, Southern California Logistics Airport Authority, CHAS, the library board and a grant-specific budget resolution). The roll-call vote was recorded as unanimously “Yes” (Council members Godin, Irving, Mora; Mayor Pro Tem Harriman; Mayor Becerra). The clerk read the resolutions into the record prior to the vote.
What’s next: staff said they will continue to monitor revenues and expenditures and provide updates in subsequent budget reports and the next budget cycle. The council’s midyear action also authorized staff to execute associated adjustments and file the adopted resolutions as recommended.
Sources: presentation and staff remarks during the Feb. 3 Victorville City Council meeting, and the clerk’s reading of resolutions.
