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Coachella staff flag $1.35M general-fund shortfall; equipment priorities and rate pressures proposed
Summary
Staff presented a FY26–27 budget preview showing a preliminary $1.35M general-fund shortfall, outlined public-works and utilities equipment requests intended to reduce recurring rental costs, and said the water enterprise could need steep rate increases in a worst-case chromium-6 funding scenario.
City finance and department heads presented a high-level FY 2026–27 budget preview May 5 that identified a preliminary general-fund shortfall of about $1,350,000 and proposed prioritized equipment purchases and rate changes to address operational needs.
Finance Director Lincoln Bogart told council the city projects roughly $45.5 million in general fund revenues, with about $31 million coming from taxes and $10.7 million in transfers. He said a newly implemented 2 CFR 200 cost-allocation plan shifts certain support-service costs into the general fund, increasing salary and benefits lines while offsetting them with transfers. "We are projecting this year or this next year general fund…
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