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The City Manager is required to submit a preliminary budget to the City Council on or before May 15th of each year. One or two public workshops are held in May and June to review the budget and receive public input. One formal public hearing is held in June, prior to budget adoption.
The City Council must adopt an annual budget, by resolution, on or before June 30 for the coming fiscal year (July 1 – June 30). If the budget is not adopted by that date, the preliminary budget, except for capital outlays, goes into effect until the budget is adopted.
The budget may be amended during the year as necessary. A Midyear Budget Review is conducted in February, at which time adjustments to revenue estimates and appropriations are made. Expenditures may not exceed appropriations at the fund level. The City Manager may approve transfers of appropriation within funds; transfers of appropriations from one fund to another require City Council approval. Budgets are adopted for all governmental and proprietary funds on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our Adopted FY 2026-2027 Budget
The 2026-27 Adopted Budget and Capital Improvement Program is an online, interactive document. The Budget is best viewed on a tablet or computer to ensure full functionality with the various interactive charts, scrollable tables, and other features in the new format. It is recommended to view the document using Google Chrome or Firefox as the browser.
A searchable, printable PDF version of the budget will be available for downloading in the near future. To search the PDF versions, click the Ctrl and F keys at the same time to open a search box. It is important to note that some functionality and information may not display fully in this PDF version. A brief summary of key information from the budget is available in the Budget In Brief.
The PDF version has bookmarks that can be used to navigate through the document. Once the document is opened there is a side panel which has either page images (thumbnails) or a Table of Contents list. To use the thumbnails, just click on the image. To use the Table of Contents list, just click on the titles.
Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Meetings
- April 28, 2026 - Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Study Session - Fiscal Outlook Presentation
- May 5, 2026 - Joint Parks & Recreation / Public Works Commission CIP Review
- May 12, 2026 - Department Budget Presentations
- May 26, 2026 -Budget Presentation
- May 28, 2026- Capital Improvement Program(CIP) Study Session
- June 9, 2026 - Budget Presentation
- June 23, 2026 - Final Budget Hearing & Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Adoption
City Council has approved an extension for City Manager to submit the FY 2026-27 preliminary budget by May 30, 2026 to allow for more time to solicit input from Council and the public at the meetings listed above.
