MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Personnel
Services
Department
Budget Presentation
JUNE 4, 2025
Personnel Services Department
FY 2026 Total Budget2
Category FY 2023
Actuals
FY 2024
Actuals
FY 2025
Amended
FY 2026
Proposed
Personnel $ 8,000,053 $ 10,901,240 $ 8,461,800 $ 8,181,100 Non-Personnel 10,119,326 12,618,525 13,873,400 14,435,100 Interdepartmental 1,566,151 1,770,691 2,193,000 2,064,900 Contingencies 34,787,227 46,432,296 46,326,100 58,503,700 Total $ 54,472,757 $ 71,722,752 $70,854,300 $ 83,184,800 Notes
1) Personnel attrition rate of 6.18% implemented in FY25 is also included in FY26 2) Contingency Costs increase due to anticipated increase for claims costs related to Worker's Compensation and Liability
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Personnel Services Department
FY 2026 Budgeted Positions3
Category FY 2024
Adopted
FY 2025
Adopted
FY 2025
Amended
FY 2025
Changes
FY 2026
Proposed
Human Resources Admin. 7.95 8.40 8.40 0.00 8.40
Organization Dev. & Training 3.00 3.00 3.00 (0.64) 2.36 Human Resources Operations 25.10 25.80 25.80 0.00 25.80 Labor Relations 4.00 5.00 5.00 0.00 5.00
Loss Control 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 2.00
Risk Management 14.00 13.00 13.00 0.00 13.00
Workers Compensation 4.00 4.00 4.00 0.00 4.00
HR Employee Benefits 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 2.00
Total 62.05 63.20 63.20 (0.64) 62.56
Notes
1) FY26 position changes include partial defunding of 1 Sr. HR/Risk Analyst @ 0.64 FTE JUNE 4, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Personnel Services Department
Operational Impacts4
Description FY 2026
Proposed
1) Workers Compensation
Contractual Obligations
$ 9,929,700
2) Liability Risk Fund
Contractual Obligations
$ 4,044,700
3) Insurance Premium for all
Risk Funds
$ 1,747,300
4) Professional Services /
Consulting – Outside
$ 209,700
5) Property Insurance Claim
Reduction
$ (1,129,800)
Notes:
1. Worker's Compensation Contractual Obligations
increases are primarily made up of anticipated
claims payments determined by actuarial
reports. Other contractual increases include an
increase in Worker's Comp Excess Insurance
premiums, and administrative costs for the Third-
Party Claims Administrator
2. Liability Risk Fund Contractual Obligations
increases are primarily made up of anticipated
claims payments determined by actuarial
reports. Other contractual increases include
increase in Annual Insurance premiums
3. Statewide insurance premium increases for all risk
funds
4. Professional outside consulting annual increase in
contractual fees
5. Property insurance claims budget reduced based
on evaluation of historical averages
JUNE 4, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Personnel Services Department
Federal & State Grants and Program Highlights5
Item FY 2026
Proposed
State:
1) One Fresno Youth Job
Corps Program
$ 1,640,200
Notes:
1. The One Fresno Youth Job Corps Program was
established with a goal of helping at-risk youth
of our community who experience barriers to
employment
• The program launched in Summer 2022
• Currently, there are over 100 youth
ambassadors/participants employed with the City,
and another 45 participants are employed within 5
community worksites. 26 have attained
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Community Outreach Highlights6
1. One Fresno Youth Job Corps Program:
• The program was established with a goal of providing a livable wage and a career path to future employment for at-risk youth who experience barriers to employment • Program outreach consists of presentations at schools, organizations like Workforce Regional Development Board, and attending various job fairs
2. The Recruitment and Examination team:
• Markets City job openings through various avenues including but not limited to; attending job fairs, distribution of job bulletins to various community groups and public agencies and placing nationwide advertisements
• Jobs are also advertised using social media and direct distribution to increase and diversify our applicant pool. Through their hard work, this team receives and processes thousands of applications for our various job openings
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AB 2561 Presentation7
JUNE 4, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024 # of Vacancies # of Budgeted FTEs % of Vacancies Unit 1 – Local 39 102 915 11.15%
Unit 3 – Fresno City Employees Association 140 1131 12.38% Unit 4 – Fresno Police Officer’s Association 38 890 4.27% Unit 5 – Fire Non-Management IAFF 29 355 8.17%
Unit 6 – Bus Drivers and Student Drivers ATU 27 335 8.06% Unit 7 – International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers 10 74 13.51%
Unit 9 – Police Management 3 36 8.33%
Unit 10 – Fire Management 0 19 0%
Unit 11* – Fresno Airport Public Safety Officers
Assoc. 2 14 14.29%
Unit 13 - City of Fresno Professional Employees
Association 65 494 13.16%
Unit 14 - City of Fresno Management Employees
Association 22 196 11.22%
8 Questions
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