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Council adopts FY26 supplemental budget adjustments including near-$1M street-fund reduction
Summary
Council approved Supplemental Budget #2 to recognize new revenues and adjust spending: modest increases to finance, fire and police operating budgets (offset by reimbursements/grants) and a near-$1,000,000 temporary reduction in street fund expenditures to align with revenue projections.
Deputy Finance Director Jessica Mummy presented Supplemental Budget #2, the second of three scheduled supplemental budgets for FY26, and highlighted several adjustments staff requested the council adopt.
Key items summarized by staff: an increase of about $16,000 to finance department operating expenditures to support the municipal court becoming a court of record; a $166,000 increase in the fire department operating budget, offset by reimbursement revenue from wildfire response; a $116,000 police department operating increase offset by a state grant for jail-based opioid-use-disorder medications; and a near-$1,000,000 temporary reduction in street fund expenditures to align with current revenue forecasts.
Council questions and rationale: councilors pressed staff on how the temporary street-fund reduction could affect maintenance and operations; staff said the change pauses planned expenditures to avoid overspending while staff and council discuss longer-term decisions and revenue variability. The council emphasized that capital street work funded by voter-approved measures remains distinct from routine operations and that operations/maintenance is a statewide challenge.
Vote: with no public comment, the council adopted the supplemental budget adjustments by roll call, 5 yes, 0 no.
Next steps: staff will continue discussions with the city manager and the council about how to manage street operations and report back as part of continuing budget work.
