PREPARED BY: ARTURO CASTILLO DATE OF MEETING: 02/17/2026
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CONSIDER APPROVING THE REVISED BUDGET CALENDAR FOR THE FY 2026-27 AND FY 2027-28 BIENNIAL BUDGET
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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City council workplan statement
Continue Best Management Practices, Fiscal Excellence, and Fiscal Transparency is an adopted City Council Priority contained in the adopted Fiscal Year 2025-2027 City Council Priority Workplan, effective April 7, 2025.
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to the City Manager’s budget authority under Section 2.04.220 of the San Pablo Municipal Code (SPMC), the City prepares and follows a budget planning calendar to prepare and ensure the development, approval, and adoption of the city’s budget.
On October 6, 2025, the City Council approved the FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget Calendar. The budget planning calendar is a schedule of the dates by which budget information must be submitted by department managers. The calendar also contains the dates of budget meetings, such as initial planning meetings with the departments, subsequent review meetings with the City Manager’s office and budget presentation for both the Budget, Fiscal, and Legislative Standing Committee (BFLSC) and City Council. The attached October 6, 2025 FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget calendar was reviewed by the BFLSC including Vice Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, and City Council Member Patricia Ponce on September 29, 2025.
The Budget Calendar is subject to change by the City Manager.
The attached REVISED FY 2026-27 & FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget Calendar was prepared by City staff to support City Departments to better assess and prepare the FY 2026-27 & FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget. The major revisions to the PROPOSED FY 2026-27 & FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget Calendar are:
• Extending Department budget submissions from November 20th to December 18th, 2025
• Removing the February 2026 Revenue Ideation and Priority Setting Workshop
• Rescheduling the February 26, 2026 BFLSC Budget Presentation to April 1, 2026
• Scheduling a Special City Council Budget Session: Presentation of Draft Operating Budget & 5-Year CIP Budget Update on April 6, 2026
• Preparing the 2026 Budget Book from April 20, 2026 to May 18, 2026
These revisions affect internal operations only and will deliver a proposed budget for the City Council to consider on time, before the start of the new fiscal year.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item has no direct fiscal impact.
ATTACHMENT
Att. A - REVISED FY 2026-27 & FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget Calendar
Att. B - PROPOSED FY 2026-27 & FY 2027-28 Biennial Budget Calendar