MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Public Works
Department
Budget Presentation
JUNE 3, 2025
Public Works Department
FY 2026 Total Budget2
Category FY 2023
Actuals
FY 2024
Actuals
FY 2025
Amended
FY 2026
Proposed
Personnel $ 24,805,437 $ 25,699,992 $ 34,453,500 $ 35,468,000 Non-Personnel 20,379,580 24,117,935 27,611,200 25,882,700 Interdepartmental 24,497,396 26,729,076 27,930,300 28,252,800 Operating Subtotal $ 69,682,413 $ 76,547,003 $ 89,995,000 $ 89,603,500 Debt Service 120,578 0 0 0
Capital 81,676,549 102,897,434 208,299,200 412,845,600
Total $ 151,479,510 $ 179,444,437 $ 298,294,200 $ 502,449,100 JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Notes
1. Personnel attrition rate of 6.18% implemented in FY 2025 is also included in FY 2026
Public Works Department
FY 2026 Budgeted Positions3
Category FY 2024
Adopted
FY 2025
Adopted
FY 2025
Amended
FY 2026
Changes
FY 2026
Proposed
Administration 14.75 14.00 14.00 1.00 15.00
Engineering Services 50.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Capital Management 49.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Traffic Operations and
Planning
31.75 60.50 60.50 2.50 63.00
Street Maintenance 121.00 126.50 126.50 2.50 129.00
Landscape Maintenance 146.75 157.25 157.25 (55.25)1 102.00 Traffic Signal and Streetlights 19.75 23.00 23.00 0.00 23.00 Sustainable Fresno 2.75 3.00 3.00 (1.00) 2.00
Graffiti Abatement 17.00 17.00 17.00 0.00 17.00
Total 453.25 401.25 401.25 (50.25) 351.00
JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Notes:
1) The Parks Landscape & Irrigation sections are transitioning to the PARCS Department in FY 2026 Public Works Department
FY 2026 Budgeted Positions, Continued4
Notes on Position Changes:
1) Administration – No new positions added; Increase in PCNs due to staff allocation adjustments
2) Traffic Operations and Planning – 1 new Project Administrator for CFD Administration; remaining increase due to reallocation of staff from Landscape Maintenance and Sustainable Fresno
3) Street Maintenance – No new positions added; increase due to staff allocation adjustments
4) Landscape Maintenance – 53 positions transferred to PARCS and GSD; remaining decrease due to reallocation of staff to Traffic Operations and Planning and staff allocation adjustments
5) Sustainable Fresno – No new positions added; decrease due to reallocation of staff to Traffic Operations and Planning
JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Public Works Department
Operational Impacts5
Description 2026
Proposed
1) CFD and LLMD Program $ 154,200
2) New and Replaced
Vehicles $ 503,700
3) Non-Personnel Reduction $ (768,100)
Notes:
1. Projects Administrator being added to
administer Community Facilities District and
Landscape Maintenance District programs,
fully funded through those sources
2. Replacement of older model hot patch truck
and new Ford Lighting required to comply
with California Air Resources Board (CARB)
requirements; funded by Measure C
3. Strategically implemented non-personnel
reductions to minimize public impact and
allocate activities to most appropriate non-
general fund source
JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Public Works Department
Federal & State Grants6
Description 2026
Proposed
Federal:
1) CDBG Projects $ 784,900
2) FHWA Transportation
(STBG, CMAQ, HSIP,
ATP)
$ 36,069,100
3) US DOT $ 40,600
State:
4) TIRCP/LPP $ 92,957,000
5) REAP $ 9,071,900
6) AHSC $ 2,876,700
7) ATP and HSIPSL $ 2,063,300
8) SJ River Conservancy $ 414,000
Notes:
1. Floradora/Yosemite SRTS; Highway City; Knight Ave
Improvements Jensen to Grove
2. Herndon Canal Trail Millbrook to Clovis; Polk Avenue Widening; McKinley Widening Marks to Hughes; First Street Resurfacing and Class IV Trail; Cedar Ave Overlay; E Street Reconstruction; Shaw Ave Overlay; CCB (KC) Adaptive ITS; Shaw Ave Complete Streets; Cedar Ave Repaving
3. Vision Zero Action Plan
4. Herndon Widening Polk to Millburn and Blackstone McKinley Grade Separation
5. Blackstone Smart Mobility SR180 to Pine
6. Blackstone Shields to Dakota AHSC Improvements
7. Traffic signal Scramble Chestnut Weldon HAWK; Downtown Neighborhood Safe School Crossing; Kids Crossing SRTS South Fresno, Cedar Shields Fountain Intersection Enhancement; Fresno Rapid Rectangular Beacon; Ashlan and Shields
Pedestrian Countdown Heads
8. River West Eaton Trail Extension and Audubon/Del Mar JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Public Works Department
Measure C Tier 1, TOD, and New Tech7
Description 2026
Proposed
1) Measure C Tier 1
Regional Projects
$ 22,903,400
2) Measure C TOD $ 4,679,300
3) Measure C New
Technology Reserve
$ 2,413,300
4) Measure C Grade
Separation Program
$ 50,549,000
Notes:
1. Peach Avenue from Butler to Florence and
Florence to Jensen; Peach Avenue from SR180
to McKinley; Veterans Boulevard completion;
Herndon Widening from Polk to Milburn; Cesar
Chavez Blvd (California) Enhancements Fruit to
Mayor Avenue
2. Fancher Creek Trail Clovis to Fowler; Merced
Street Reconnection; TS Holland and
Blackstone (Sr Activity Center and Housing
Street Improvements); Cesar Chavez Blvd
(Ventura)-7
th-8th Affordable Housing Street
Improvements; West Shaw Ave Planning Study
Golden State to Grantland
3. ITS Dynamic Downtown Phases 1 and 2; Next
Gen ITS Center to Center; Friant Advanced
Technology Pilot Project
4. Blackstone-McKinley Grade Separation Project
JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Public Works Department
Program & Project Highlights8
Notes:
7) Measure C Grade Separation Program,
State Local Partnership Program, State
TIRCP Grant
8) Measure C Tier 1 Urban Regional
Funding, Major Street Impact Fees,
State Local Partnership Program
9) State REAP Grant Funding
Description 2026
Proposed
1) Pave More Now Program $ 100,000,000
2) Pothole Repair Program $ 2,109,400
3) Concrete Repair Program $ 5,832,800
4) Slurry Seal Program $ 1,150,000
5) Geobase Tree Trimming $ 2,800,000
6) Tree Planting Program $ 950,000
7) Blackstone-McKinley Grade
Separation
8) Herndon Polk to Milburn
9) Blackstone Smart Mobility
SR-180 to Pine
$ 139,843,400
$ 31,780,300
$ 9,071,900
10)Council Dist Infrastructure $ 4,546,800
JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
Public Works Department
Community Outreach Highlights9
Ongoing community outreach for upcoming projects
Paving and slurry seal projects
Concrete repairs and tree trimming
Tree planting program
Transportation Planning outreach
Vision Zero Safety Action Plan
Active Transportation Plan Update
JUNE 3, 2025 MAYOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FY 2026
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