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Interim manager outlines FY2027 budget framework: $85.7M all‑funds, general fund ~ $26M; staff to return in August with recommendations
Summary
Interim city manager presented an FY2027 budget overview showing approximately $85.7 million in all funds, a $26 million general fund, about 186 FTEs citywide, and flagged outstanding items including reserve accounting and personnel projections; commissioners asked for follow‑up analysis and 5%/10% reduction modeling for the August workshop.
City staff presented an overview of the FY2027 budget development process and flagged items that remain to be finalized before formal adoption.
Interim City Manager Cynthia W. Curry walked commissioners through an all‑funds total of about $85.7 million (roughly $64 million in operating revenue) and a general fund estimate near $26 million. Curry said capital and grant items comprise about $41.4 million of proposed expenditures and that personnel totals identified approximately 186 funded FTEs citywide, with roughly 10 vacancies in the general fund. She emphasized outstanding tasks — finalizing state revenue sharing numbers, reconciling reserves and transfers, and confirming personnel projections with HR — and said staff will return in August with programmatic detail on 5% and 10% reduction scenarios and a recommended balanced budget. "This is general information. It is not a recommendation," she told the commission, while urging that the August workshop will contain actionable recommendations.
Commissioners praised the detail but pressed staff to clarify how reserves are presented and requested line‑level impacts of proposed percentage reductions. Staff noted that some reserves currently appear in operating totals and that those figures will be flushed out before the final budget hearings in September.
