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File #: 25-312    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/15/2025 In control: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*
On agenda: 6/3/2025 Final action:
Title: FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND HOUSING AUTHORITY BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL REPORTING FOR EQUIPMENT USE POLICY PER AB 481 AND VACANCY STATUS AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES PER AB 2561
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. 1. 2025-26 City Manager Budget Message, 3. 2. Budget Resolution No 2025-XX, 4. 3. FY 2024-25 All Funds Revenues with General Fund, 5. 4. FY 2025-26 All Funds Appropriations with General Fund, without CIP, 6. 5. FY 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program, 7. 6. FY 2025-26 Table of Organization, 8. 7. Housing Authority No 2025-XX, 9. 8. FY 2025-26 Housing Authority Budget, 10. 9. Appropriation Limit Resolution No 2025-XX, 11. 10. FY 2025-26 Special Event Rates, 12. 11. AB481 Annual Report 2025, 13. 12. AB481 Renewing Military Equipment Ordinance Resolution No 2025-XX, 14. 13. AB481 Ordinance 22-03, 15. 14. AB481 Equipment Inventory
Related files: 25-270, 25-298

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FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND HOUSING AUTHORITY BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL REPORTING FOR EQUIPMENT USE POLICY PER AB 481 AND VACANCY STATUS AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES PER AB 2561

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DEPARTMENT:                                                               CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE, FINANCE DEPARTMENT

PRESENTED BY:                                                                CECILIA GALLARDO DALY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CAROL MOLINA, FINANCE DIRECTOR                     

CONTACT INFORMATION:                     CAROL MOLINA, FINANCE DIRECTOR, (714) 754-5243

 

RECOMMENDATION:

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Staff recommends the City Council:

 

1.                     Approve Resolution 2025-XX, adopting the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget; and

 

2.                     Approve Joint Resolution 2025-XX adopting the Housing Authority Budget including Economic and Community Development expenditures for Fiscal Year 2025-26; and

 

3.                     Authorize the “Emergency Exception” clause of the Capital Asset Needs Ordinance under Section 2-209.2 (a)(2), Economic Downturn, for Fiscal Year 2025-26; and

 

4.                     Approve a financial plan to reinstate $6.9 million from Fiscal Year 2025-26 in deferred projects by:

 

a.                     Reinstate the funding over a 10-year period to ensure a fiscally sustainable General Fund budget.

 

5.                     Authorize and approve staffing for the following full-time positions: increase of 1.0 FTE for Custody Officer for Police Department, decrease of 1.0 FTE for Human Resources Analyst, decrease of 1.0 FTE for Programmer Analyst I, decrease of 1.0 FTE for Senior Management Analyst (CON), and a decrease of 1.0 FTE for Community Outreach Worker as presented at the May 13, 2025 Study Session; and

 

6.                     Approve Resolution 2025-XX establishing the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Appropriations Limit for the City of Costa Mesa at $330,924,446, by using Orange County’s growth for population adjustment, and the California per capita income growth for inflationary adjustment; and

 

7.                     Approve the City of Costa Mesa’s Revised Special Event Rates; and

 

8.                     City Council action is requested for the following to comply with AB 481 Police Equipment Report and Resolution:

 

a.                     Receive and file the 2025 Annual AB 481 Report and take public comment; and

 

b.                     Approve Resolution 2025-XX Renewing Ordinance No. 2022-03, the AB 481 Equipment Use Policy of the City of Costa Mesa, California, governing the use of police safety equipment.

 

9.                     Receive and file the job vacancy status information required by AB 2561.

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