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Sunset City Council reviews FY27 budget, sets tentative adoption deadline for May 5
Summary
Council staff presented the proposed FY27 budget showing a projected revenue-over-expenditures gap but a healthy fund balance; council directed staff to prepare transfer scenarios and noted May 5 as the tentative-adoption deadline.
Presenter (speaker 1) walked the council through the proposed FY27 budget, saying revenues currently total $3,176,635 and expenditures $3,245,905 for the general fund, with total funds showing $6,647,030 in revenue and $6,965,005 in expenditures across funds. "Bringing our revenue over expenditures to $318,940," the presenter said, noting the city is "looking pretty good" but will need one or more transfers from fund balance to cover planned projects.
Why it matters: the council must adopt a tentative budget at its first May meeting. Speaker 1 told the council, "We have to have our tentative budget adopted the first meeting in May, which is May 5," and urged members to make timely decisions on items that could change the total or require transfers from savings.
Key details: staff highlighted that building-permit receipts are running well ahead of the original estimate (budgeted $30,000 vs. roughly $58,000 collected so far) and recommended keeping most revenue lines conservative until closer to June. Departmental adjustments included finalizing municipal election costs at $9,545 and updating attorney and overtime allocations to current actual rates. The council also discussed using a portion of utility and restricted funds for capital items (for example splitting an IT/server cost between non-departmental and utilities) to reduce the general-fund impact.
Next steps: council asked staff to prepare scenarios to adjust transfers and to return with a modeled percentage of fund balance to retain. Speaker 1 said she could add a transfer amount if members specify the desired ending fund-balance target; members asked for options to be returned at a special meeting to continue budget review.
