Budget - Status Please?
The City of Sebastopol's fiscal crisis continues. See this November 14 article as well as this earlier article for overviews of our fiscal issues. The Budget Committee is meeting regularly to consider as many options as possible, including among them a tax measure for this coming November. Reports presented to the City Council by the Budget Committee are listed below. To receive alerts via email of upcoming Budget Committee meetings, which are open to the public, please subscribe at this link. The Budget Committee consists of Vice Mayor Stephen Zollman, Councilmember Sandra Maurer, City Manager Don Schwartz, Assistant City Manager Mary Gourley, and Administrative Services Director Ana Kwong. Bottom line: Nothing has changed as of now. We still face a $1.67M deficit in our $12.5M operating expense budget this year, and similar deficits in the future.
Budget Committee Reports and Other Resources:
- June 20, 2023 Council Meeting Agenda and Documents - First Meeting on 23-24 Budget
- June 27, 2023 Council Meeting Agenda and Documents - Second Meeting on 23-24 Budget
- Final 2023-24 Budget Adopted on June 27, 2023
- October 17, 2023 Staff Report on Revenue Options (with updated projections)
- November 7, 2023 Budget Committee Report Out
- December 19, 2023 Budget Committee Financial Update