File #: 25-0323    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Reports Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/28/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/24/2025 Final action:
Title: Fiscal Year 2025-26 City of Orange Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment A - Budget Message, 3. Attachment B - Resolution No. 11620, 4. Attachment C - Resolution No. 11622, 5. Attachment D - Resolution No. 11621, 6. Attachment E - Schedule of Changes in Fund Balance, 7. Attachment F - Historical Summary of Revenues and Expenditures by Fund, 8. Attachment G - Schedule of Revenues by Fund Type and Category, 9. Attachment H - Schedule of Expenditures by Fund Type and Category, 10. Attachment I - Recommended Staffing Changes, 11. Attachment J - Schedule of Positions by Department, 12. Attachment K - Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan, 13. Attachment L - Budget Reductions
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager

FROM: Trang Nguyen, Finance Director


1. SUBJECT
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Fiscal Year 2025-26 City of Orange Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program.
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2. SUMMARY
Each spring, the City staff presents the City Council with an annual budget that serves as the City's financial and operational plan for the upcoming fiscal year. This budget document is prepared following two City Council study sessions, two regular meetings, and one special meeting during which various aspects of the proposed budget are considered and Council direction is given.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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The following action items are recommended to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget, effective July 1, 2025:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 11620. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange adopting said City's Budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 and authorizing transfer of funds within and between appropriations, transfer of funds between funds, and additional appropriations.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11622. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange adopting the appropriations limit for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
3. Adopt Resolution No. 11621. A Resolution of the City Council of The City of Orange approving and authorizing staff to submit to the Orange County Transportation Authority the Measure M2 Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 through 2031-2032 to comply with Measure M2 eligibility criteria.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
Adoption of the annual budget establishes the City financial plan for the Fiscal Year 2025-26.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 2: Enhance Economic Development and Achieve Fiscal Sustainability

6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND

Background:
The City's budget is a financial plan based on anticipated revenues and expenditures in a fiscal year starting July 1 through June 30. Each year, the City's budget is prepared prioritizing resident identified...

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