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No big deal, these changes are just routine adjustments to the adopted 2026 budget, moving money from one pot to another.
CB 121253Passed
Finance Cmte passes changes to the 2026 adopted budget, increasing General Fund appropriations by $95 million.
The purpose of the annual mid-year supplemental budget is to make necessary adjustments to the current year’s budget due to grant acceptances or costs that, per state law, "could not reasonably have been foreseen." By reappropriating unspent funds in several departments’ budgets for new, discretionary policy priorities, CB 121253 goes beyond routine changes to the adopted budget. (Update: adopted in City Council 9 to 0 on Aug. 11, 2026 – but read just for kicks!)
- $91.9 millionAdopted budget in the general fundSource: Summary of Amendments
CB 121253 would reappropriate planning reserves and departmental underspends, including $5.1 million for new Council priorities.
The current General Fund financial plan projects a $48.8 million unreserved ending balance (underspend) for 2026 and the city faces a projected $173 million GF deficit in 2027. Given this outlook, Council could choose to modify or reject some of these proposals and reserve funds to address the deficit.
The Executive transmitted a mid-year supplemental budget that would increase the 2026 GF budget appropriation by $94 million, with $10.8 million of that one-time and $83.6 million ongoing. On Aug. 4, the Finance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee made an additional $5.1 million in changes, including redirecting $435,000 from SPD for CCTV cameras to the Human Services Department for other programs.
City Council will vote on the amended legislation on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. UPDATE: City Council added an additional $500k in GF spending and adopted CB 121253 on a 9 to 0 vote.
Receipts
- SponsorDan Strauss
- CommitteeFinance, Native Communities & Tribal Governments Committee
- Fiscal note-> Fiscal Note lists a $94.5M increase to the General Fund (mostly from reserves), a $48M decrease across all other funds (underspends), and 8.5 new FTEs. Council added an additional $4.4M to the GF and reallocated or restricted $1.1M GF for a total of $5.6M for new policy priorities in the 2026 Adopted Budget.; see Summary Attachment A for line‑by‑line detail. (Summary and Fiscal Note attached; see Attachment A for detailed line items.)
Reality
Using any of the projected $48 million leftover in this year’s budget for new policy initiatives does not help with next year’s projected $173 million deficit.
Where it stands
- Stage
- Passed
- Last action
- Attested by City Clerk ·
- Next
- No further votes scheduled.
Primary documents
- Bill textFull bill text on Legistar
- Summary and Fiscal NoteSummary and Fiscal Note v3DOCX
- AmendmentAmendment B v2 (added; 8/13/26)DOCX
- Central staff memoCentral Staff MemoPDF
- PresentationCity Budget Office PresentationPDF
- Supporting documentsSummary Att A - 2026 Mid Year Supplemental Ordinance Summary Detail Table v3DOCX
13 more documents on file
- AmendmentAmendment APDF
- AmendmentAmendment 1PDF
- AmendmentAmendment 2PDF
- AmendmentAmendment 3PDF
- AmendmentAmendment 4PDF
- AmendmentAmendment 5PDF
- AmendmentAmendment 6PDF
- AmendmentAmendment 7PDF
- AmendmentSummary of AmendmentsPDF
- Central staff memoCentral Staff PresentationPDF
- Central staff memoCentral Staff Presentation (7/21/2026)PDF
- Supporting documentsAtt A – CIP Project AdditionsDOCX
- Supporting documentsSummary Att A – 2026 Mid-Year Supplemental Ordinance Summary Detail TableDOCX
Filed with the City Clerk. Opens on Legistar, the Council’s own records system.
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