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Lemoore staff warns FY27 costs will rise as $4.3 million ESG project drives higher allocations
Summary
City staff told the council a $4.3 million ESG facilities project and related overhead allocations will push FY26-27 expenditures higher, leaving the general fund about $645,000 over the original budget and prompting proposed staffing and capital requests.
Miss Valdez, the city's finance/staff presenter, told the Lemoore City Council on March 17 that the general fund is projected to be over its original budget "to the tune of 645,000" largely because of a recently approved $4.3 million ESG facilities project.
The presentation combined operating expenditures and personnel for FY25-26 and proposed FY26-27 items, including a website and agenda-management contract (Civic Plus), AMI water meters and solar at 40 G Street, VFD installations at sewer lift stations, and upgrades to SCADA and headworks. Valdez said the ESG project is the single largest driver of higher costs and that, "had we not done the ESG project this…
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