DATE: June 24, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: County Recommended Budget for FY 2025-26
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution approving the Recommended Budget (including Capital Projects budgets) of the County of Fresno for the period between July 1, 2025, and the Board of Supervisors' adoption of the FY 2025-26 Final Recommended Budget (including Capital Projects budgets) of the County.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action provides a mechanism for departments to continue day-to-day operations until your Board adopts the FY 2025-26 Final Recommended Budget of the County (including Capital Projects budgets). Once adopted by your Board, the Recommended Budget of the County operates as the County's budget for the period in question.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable options available. Without a recommended budget for the period in question, the County would not be able to conduct day-to-day operations during such period.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This item provides a mechanism for departments to continue to operate until your Board adopts the FY 2025-26 Final Recommended Budget of the County in September 2025. The fiscal impacts will be addressed in the FY 2025-26 Final Recommended Budget.
DISCUSSION:
Prior to FY 2018-19, County budget hearings and subsequent budget adoptions occurred in June of each year.
Beginning with FY 2018-19, the County Administrative Office (CAO) recommended a new process that allows your Board to adopt the County's Final Recommended Budget in September instead of the traditional June adoption. With this process, then-current fiscal year information for General Fund revenue estimates is available prior to budget hearings in September. This is a crucial piece of the budget process as the tax roll is needed by the CAO's Office to verify Property Tax and "Property Tax in Lieu of Motor Vehicle" revenue estimates, which...
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