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Budget committee reviews FY 2026/27 preliminary budgets, flags $342,000 request for recreation services
Summary
The Castroville Community Services District Budget & Personnel Committee reviewed preliminary FY 2026/2027 budgets and a 5‑year CIP, and recommended transferring ad valorem funds to support Extended Recreational Services and a capital project; the committee will present recommendations to the full board May 19, 2026.
The Budget & Personnel Committee of the Castroville Community Services District reviewed preliminary FY 2026/2027 budgets and the district’s 5‑year capital improvement program at a meeting May 5 in the district boardroom. Director Ron Stefani called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m., and committee members discussed budgets for Castroville Zone 1 (water and sewer/governmental), Zone 2 (Moro Cojo, NMCHS and Monte Del Lago Mobile Park) and Zone 3 (Moss Landing).
General Manager James Derbin presented the draft budgets and walked committee members through proposed transfers and carryovers. Derbin said the Zone 1–Sewer fund reflects a proposed transfer of $242,000 in ad valorem property tax to the Zone 1–Governmental fund to finance Extended Recreational Services ($142,000) and a critical capital improvement project ($100,000). He noted the Zone 1–Governmental fund also still holds $100,000 that had been allocated for a gymnasium heating system in 2025/2026 but was not used by the North County Recreation & Park District (NCRPD).
Derbin told the committee that NCRPD General Manager Alex Lopez has submitted a formal request that is included in the board packet, and the committee discussed recommending total funding of $342,000 for NCRPD in FY 2026/2027. Committee members emphasized that the final funding source and amounts will be decided by the full Board; the committee is scheduled to report its recommendations at the regular board meeting on May 19, 2026, and the Board is slated to consider adoption of the budgets on June 16, 2026.
The committee also reviewed the district’s planned capital projects across zones and noted that Zone 2’s last approved sewer rate increase took effect in FY 2020/2021. Derbin said the district is beginning a Water and Sewer Rate Study that could affect water rates for FY 2026/2027 and potentially sewer rates in the following fiscal year. Committee members discussed employee health benefits and other budget pressures but took no formal action at the May 5 meeting.
The Budget & Personnel Committee adjourned at 11:52 a.m. and will forward its recommendations to the full Board for consideration.
