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Council approves modest CPI increases to CFD and landscape assessment levies; staff warns of general‑fund exposure if rejected
Summary
Ceres City Council approved CPI-based adjustments for two community facilities districts and a landscape-and-lighting district for fiscal year 2025–26. Staff said denial would shift hundreds of thousands of dollars of maintenance and public‑safety costs to the general fund or reduce services.
The Ceres City Council on Aug. 11 approved a set of annual, CPI-based adjustments to assessments that fund local public services and maintenance, including Community Facilities District (CFD) levies and Landscape & Lighting District (LLD) assessments for fiscal year 2025–26.
Staff explained that both CFDs are limited by a CPI cap for annual adjustments (staff cited a 2.9% CPI adjustment for the two CFDs) and that the LLD adjustments would be 2.23% under the engineer’s report. Staff said the CFD levies fund police, fire, ambulance and park…
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