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Cudahy council warned of widening budget shortfall; staff to explore ballot extension and cost options
Summary
City staff told the Cudahy City Council the preliminary FY26-27 general fund budget shows an approximate $1.8 million shortfall and projected deficits that grow sharply after a 2028 sales-tax measure expires; council asked staff to study ballot timing, revenue enhancements and expenditure adjustments.
City staff told the Cudahy City Council on Tuesday that preliminary work on the fiscal year 2026-27 budget shows a general-fund shortfall of about $1.8 million and a deteriorating fund balance if current revenue and cost trends continue.
Kaye Godby, who joined the meeting remotely as the presenter of a five-year financial forecast, said the model assumes essentially flat revenues and modest inflation in expenses. "We're going from 1.8 this year to 2.3 next year to over 4,000,000 the following year" after the expiration of a 0.75 percentage-point sales tax measure, Godby said, referring to the loss of that one-time revenue stream in 2028.
The city manager framed the presentation as an educational item rather than a decision tonight and highlighted long-term structural gaps: audited figures provided in the staff packet showed revenues rose to about $13.4…
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