Exhibit 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-184
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2 6 BUDGET
CARRYFORWARD REQUESTS AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO
FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 AND AUTHORIZING CAPITAL OUTLAY PURCHASES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, established its General Fund Surplus Policy (City Council Policy No. 87) for the appropriation of surplus funds resulting from General Fund actual revenues exceeding total actual expenditures, plus any unspent and unencumbered expenditures budgeted for a given fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, at the close of fiscal year 2025-26, the city’s unaudited General Fund reserve balance was 63% and has exceeded its General Fund Reserve Policy (City Council Policy No. 74) target of 40%; and
WHEREAS, at the close of fiscal year 2025-26, the remaining unaudited unspent and unencumbered expenditure budget for the General Fund is $16.5 million of which $107,254 has been carried forward because of a previous City Council resolution, resulting in an unspent budget of $16.3 million; and
WHEREAS, at the close of fiscal year 2025-26, the General Fund surplus, or actual revenues less actual expenditures, was $1.0 million; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with City Council Policy No. 87, the City Manager has approved individual items of less than $100,000 that total $806,829 in General Fund carryforward requests and $801,665 in carryforward requests for other non-General Fund funds; and WHEREAS, City Council Policy No. 87 requires City Council approval for the carryforward of any unspent and unencumbered budget for a particular item equal to or greater than $100,000; and WHEREAS, department carryforward requests submitted for City Council approval that total $5,971,400 in General Fund carryforward requests and $8,927,481 in carryforward requests for other non-General Fund funds are listed in Attachment A to this resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2.The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) and does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) as it is a government fiscal activity and does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. The activity or projects for which this budget is intended to fund may require preparation of an environmental document in accordance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines.
3.That the budget carryforward requests shown in Attachment A to this resolution are approved for carryforward from fiscal year 2025-26 to fiscal year 2026-27.
4.That the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to purchase the capital outlay items as shown in Attachment A.
5.That the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to appropriate carryforward budgets to the funds in the amounts shown in Attachment A.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad and the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District on the 29th day of September, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
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SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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Attachment A
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