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Vallejo council told of $29 million shortfall; broad balancing motion fails, council funds police‑reform manager
Summary
City finance staff told the council of an estimated $29 million structural shortfall for FY26‑27 and proposed personnel and non‑personnel reductions plus one‑time offsets. A motion to accept the presented balancing options failed; council later authorized the hiring of a program manager to oversee police reform (vote carried with one dissent).
The Vallejo City Council was presented on March 26 with a plan to address a projected $29 million general‑fund shortfall for fiscal year 2026–27, anchored mainly in personnel costs and gaps between ongoing revenues and expenditures.
Assistant City Manager Nolongo Connolly told the council the gap could be narrowed by a mixture of ongoing personnel changes — using OPEB trust funds ($2.7 million), vacancy savings ($3 million), position eliminations ($5.3 million) and police/fire overtime reductions ($3 million) — plus $5.3 million in non‑personnel cuts and a package of one‑time actions including use of workers’ compensation surplus. “We have…
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