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Budget advisers warn personnel costs — 63% of general fund — will shape FY2027
Summary
Staff told the Budget Advisory Board that payroll and benefits drive roughly 63.2% of the general fund and that bargaining agreements and rising pension and health costs will constrain short-term flexibility for FY2027 planning.
Staff told the Budget Advisory Board that payroll and benefits account for the bulk of the general fund and will be the principal driver of next year’s budget.
Laura Reese, director of office management and budget, said the city’s personnel costs “drive 63.2% of the general fund” and noted 139 net new positions over the past decade, with 70 added in police and 58 in fire to serve population growth. She added that most general-fund employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements that limit management’s ability to change wages without negotiations: “the team’s contract and the federation contracts both are recently approved. They…
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