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Ceres council adopts $96.1 million fiscal 2026 budget over two dissenting votes
Summary
The Ceres City Council approved a $96.1 million citywide budget for fiscal 2026, acknowledging a $2 million structural general‑fund deficit and directing staff to return with process details for a $25,000 council discretionary allocation; the measure passed 3–2.
The Ceres City Council adopted the fiscal year 2026 citywide budget on a 3–2 vote, approving $96.1 million in projected expenditures against $87.2 million in projected revenues and accepting staff recommendations to monitor a $2 million structural deficit in the general fund.
Finance staff opened the public hearing by calling the proposal “the product of months of collaboration among department heads, staff, and community stakeholders,” and said the plan relies on one‑time capital funding and transfers from enterprise funds to cover a $9 million variance between overall revenues and expenditures.
The budget document identifies $29.5 million in general‑fund expenditures versus $27.5 million in projected general‑fund revenues and expects a $4.8 million fund balance at year end (16.3% of expenditures), short of the…
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