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Las Cruces unveils FY25 proposed budget with higher general-fund spending, new positions and CIP changes
Summary
City staff presented a proposed FY2025 budget that increases the general fund to about $166.7 million (a 9.8% rise), outlines 13 new positions and changes to the CIP. Councilors and the public pressed staff for specifics on funding sources, timing and program priorities.
The City of Las Cruces presented the city manager’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget at a work session on April 22, with officials highlighting higher general-fund spending, a reorganized capital improvement program and a handful of new positions.
Budget and Grant Administrator Jacqueline Rubalcava said the FY25 proposed general fund is about $166.7 million, up from a FY24 revised $151.8 million (a roughly 9.8% increase). Citywide all-funds totals shown in the presentation were approximately $589.5 million for FY25, down from a FY24 revised $613.2 million, reflecting carryovers and reclassifications across enterprise and capital funds.
Rubalcava and CIP staff said personnel and operating increases account for most of the general-fund growth: personnel increases were listed at about $10 million and…
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