FY 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET

FY 2025 Adopted Budget Document (one PDF for printing)

Document by Section:

Introduction
Title page-City Council
GFOA Distinguished Budget Award
City of Santa Cruz Organization Chart
Administrative Staff and Board, Commission and Committee Chairpersons
Guide to the Document

City Overview

Budget Discussion
City Manager’s Budget Message
General Fund Financial Outlook   
Budget in Brief
Primary General Fund Budget and General Revenues
Climate Action Plan
Health in All Policies

Financial Summaries
Fund Balance Projection
Assignment of General Fund Balance and Explanation of Fund Balance Change of 10%
Audited Net Position of Enterprise Funds
Differences Between ACFR and Budget Actuals
Summary of Projected Revenues and Other Financing Sources
Summary of Projected Expenditures and Other Financing Uses
Revenues and Other Financing Sources – Primary General Fund
Operating Expenditures by Department – Primary General Fund
Summary of Transfers

Personnel
Personnel Profile – Overview of Changes
Personnel Authorization

Department Summaries
Guide to the Department Summaries
   City Attorney
   City Council
   City Manager
   Economic Development and Housing
   Finance
   Fire
   Human Resources
   Information Technology
   Library
   Parks and Recreation
   Planning and Community Development
   Police
   Public Works
   Water

Capital Outlay

Overview of Financial and Budgetary Policies

Capital Investment Program (CIP)
Guide to the CIP
Projects that Support the Climate Action Plan and Climate Adaption Plan
General Fund CIP Priority Criteria
Unfunded and Underfunded CIP List
Project Maps of Existing Projects
Projects Summarized by Department/Fund and FY 2025 Fact Sheets 
   City Manager CIP
   Citywide CIP
   Economic Development and Housing CIP
   Fire CIP
   Information Technology CIP
   Library - Measure S CIP
   Parks and Recreation CIP
   Public Works CIP 
   Water CIP

Appendix
Budget Adoption Resolution 
Proposition 4 Appropriations Limit (Gann) Resolution 
Debt Service and Pension Obligations
Legal Debt Limit
Acronyms
Glossary