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Board adopts preliminary FY2026–27 budget and sets appropriations limit
Summary
The board reviewed the district's preliminary FY2026–27 budget in a department‑by‑department hearing, discussed administrative overhead allocation changes, capital requests (Stewart Street tank, SR‑4 design), and adopted the preliminary operating budget and the appropriations limit by roll call.
Finance Manager Denise Fritz presented the preliminary FY2026–27 operating budget, explaining a change in administrative overhead allocation: the district will use part of administrative revenue to offset administrative expenditures and thereby reduce overhead charged to departments this year to ease strain on some department budgets.
Fritz walked through each department (fire, facilities & resources, administration, water, WRF, wastewater) and highlighted capital project requests including additional funds for the Stewart Street tank, SR‑4 design/permitting and a WRF title‑22 engineering update. The board acknowledged the proposal and the public hearing closed; the board then voted by roll call to adopt the preliminary budget and to establish the FY2026–27 appropriations limit as presented. Directors asked follow‑up questions about line‑item presentation and were advised staff will refine the final budget and correct any bookkeeping or presentation anomalies before the final adoption in August.
