City staff presents tentative FY2027 budget, sets review timeline and June public hearing

City staff presented the tentative FY2027 budget and walked the council through the required state pages and a checklist for the budget process. The presenter said the tentative budget is intentionally conservative and based on prior fiscal years and current revenue expectations, noting that some one-time grants that boosted prior-year totals are not repeated in the FY2027 projection.

Staff recommended a work session on May 12 to go line-by-line, a council review and tentative adoption on May 26, and setting a public hearing for June 23 with final adoption required by June 30. The presenter encouraged department heads to review their pages and said staff would accept changes up until the final adoption.

Why it matters: The tentative budget provides the framework for departmental spending and rate-setting decisions for the coming fiscal year; staff noted the need to reconcile capital projects with the CIP and to account for grant-funded items that will not recur.

What’s next: Staff requested the council consider the May 12 work session and provided contact information for follow-up questions; the council did not take a final vote on the budget at this meeting.