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Las Cruces finance director outlines options to close FY27 gap; council signals combined cuts
Summary
Finance Director Leslie Doyle presented the proposed FY26–27 budget showing a personnel‑driven 7.9% increase in the general fund and a projected small ending balance; councilors discussed vacancy savings and operating cuts and expressed support for combining both approaches to reduce fund‑balance use ahead of the May 18 adoption.
Finance Director Leslie Doyle presented the City of Las Cruces’s proposed FY26–27 budget to the council and public on April 13, laying out revenue and expenditure forecasts, staffing and benefits assumptions, and several options to reduce reliance on fund balance.
Doyle said the proposed all‑funds FY27 budget is $598.1 million, with enterprise funds (primarily utilities) at roughly $199 million. The General Fund shows a $13.2 million (7.9%) increase driven entirely by personnel costs, including a budgeted 2% general wage increase and higher health‑insurance…
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