RESOLUTION NO. 26-xx
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE PROPOSED
CITY OF LANCASTER FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 GENERAL
FUND OPERATING BUDGET AND SPECIAL FUNDS
BUDGET, AS SPECIFIED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND
BUDGET DOCUMENT
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget and held a Public Hearing regarding the adoption of the budget on June 09, 2026 (totals as listed below):
Appropriations by Department/Category:
City Administration $14,999,984
Administrative Services 105,416,398
Community Development 19,973,522
Public Safety 60,863,474
Public Works 41,832,129
PARCS 32,807,395
Total Operating Budget 275,892,902
Transfers Out 30,174,333
Debt Service & Capital Outlay 24,150,292
Total City of Lancaster Budget 330,217,526
Appropriations by Fund:
General Funds $147,076,812
Internal Service Funds 24,907,715
Special Revenue Funds 36,749,607
Developer Fee Funds 128,611
Maintenance District Funds 19,252,272
Lancaster Housing Authority Funds 950,961
Lancaster Finance Authority 7,606,519
Enterprise Funds
Successor Agency Funds
68,477,995
25,067,034
Total City of Lancaster Budget by Fund 330,217,526
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Lancaster Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Operating Budget, and Special Funds Budget, included in the document entitled “City of Lancaster Fiscal Year 2026- 2027 Proposed Budget” (the “FY 2026-2027 Budget”) is hereby adopted.
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Section 2. Interfund transfers are hereby approved and incorporated into the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget.
Section 3. Personnel Analysis is approved, establishing position counts for fiscal year 2026-2027. The City Manager is authorized to make changes to position classifications, as service demands dictate, while staying within approved FTE totals.
Section 4. Unused appropriations at the end of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for capital projects, special projects, and grant programs that are unfinished and continuing into Fiscal Year 2026-2027 shall be carried forward and become part of the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget.
Section 5. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to approve transfers between Operating and Capital Improvement Program budgets as needed to implement the provisions of this budget.
Section 6. Council approves not-to-exceed expenditure authority for vendors in, “Vendor Expenditure Authority List for FY 2026 – 2027”, and authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.
Section 7. The Mayor and the City Manager are authorized and directed to enter into any agreements and to execute any documents as may be necessary or advisable to implement the provisions of this budget.
Section 8. The City Manager’s salary is $355,957.29 and increases by 3.5% annually on each anniversary of the hire date.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this ________ day of ________________, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster
Resolution No. 26-
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF LANCASTER )
CERTIFICATION OF RESOLUTION
CITY COUNCIL
I, __________________________, ___________________________ City of Lancaster, CA, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Resolution No. , for which the original is on file in my office.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, on this _____ day of ________________ ________.
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