REPORT TO PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Review of the FY 2025/26 & FY 2026/27 Proposed Biennial Operating Budget
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
Deliver and Enhance High-Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
City Charter Section 1302 (Budget - Submission to the City Council) requires that at least thirty-five (35) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, (or at such prior date thereto determined by the City Council), the City Manager shall submit to the City Council the proposed budget. The proposed biennial budget process alternates between an operating and a capital budget. This year's proposed budget, released on May 1, 2025, focuses on the operating budget, maintaining facilities, and supporting recreational programs and activities that serve our residents and community. There will be a City Council Study Session on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, and a second on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. In addition, there will be a Public Hearing and Adoption of the FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27 Biennial Operating Budget and Amendments to the FY 2025/26 Capital Budget on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
The Parks & Recreation Commission has Goal F as part of the FY 2024/25 Work Plan which states: Consider the annual budget of the Parks & Recreation Department during the budget preparation process and make recommendations thereto to the City Manager and the City Council. The purpose of this report to the Commission is to provide an opportunity for the Commission to review the proposed budget as it relates to the Operating Budget under the purview of the Parks & Recreation Department and to provide appropriate feedback.
DISCUSSION
Enclosed, as Attachment 1, is the excerpt for the Parks & Recreation Department Chapter (pages 497-520) from the FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27 Proposed Biennial Budget book. The Commission may view and access the entire document for contex...
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