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City presents FY2027 operating budget; one‑time pay options proposed to retain public safety staff
Summary
Staff presented the FY2027 operating budget showing roughly $9.9M in expenditures vs. $9.5M in revenue, proposed freezing some vacant positions and offered one‑time pay options (90%–100% market) to improve public‑safety retention.
City staff presented the FY2027 operating budget and corresponding fund summaries and said that property taxes will be the largest revenue source in the coming year. Jason said the presentation shows roughly $9.9 million in spending compared with $9.5 million in revenue and recommended preserving a 90‑day reserve in the general fund while using strategic‑initiative funds for one‑time items.
On staffing, Jason described options to use one‑time savings to make targeted pay adjustments for public‑safety employees to better align with market benchmarks (90%, 95%, 100% of market) and described constraints created by Social Security contributions that other jurisdictions may not incur. He said any one‑time pay actions would be broken out with funding sources and potential impacts to the strategic‑initiatives balance.
Council discussed freezing vacant positions until sales‑tax receipts are clearer and asked staff to return with detailed cost breakdowns for any recommended one‑time pay actions and their impact on long‑term fund balances.
