Cities Index.
General Fund Budget Summary

Manhattan Beach City Council
May 5, 2026

Document
General Fund Budget Summary
Meeting
May 5, 2026
Body
Manhattan Beach City Council
Original file
648 KB
Text extracted from the city's file for reading and search. Open the original on legistar.granicus.com. That file is the official record.

FY 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET

FINANCE AT-A-GLANCE

TOTAL CITYWIDE BUDGET CITYWIDE EXPENDITURES
Revenues $199.7 million Operating $165.6 million
Expenditures $210.6 million CIP & Equipment $22.3 million Debt Service SIl.2 million
Transfers (Non-Departmental) $Il.4 million
• Spending plan supports priorities of:
• Community feedback through the Budget Survey • Outstanding essential services • Public safety and emergency services • Improved infrastructure and maintenance

GENERAL FUND REVENUES GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
by Source by Department
Transient Parks &
Service Charges Occupancy Tax Recreation
$12,407,075 $9,257,200 $11,882,807

10.4% Local Transaction
Sales & Use 7.8% 9.2%
and Use Tax Public Works
Tax Fire
$12,542,152 $6,654,000 . $13,896,994

5.6% $22,469,934 10.8%

10.5% Business 17.5%
License Tax
$5,900,000

5.0% Community
Use of Money Development
& Property . $9,978,224
$5,611,100 7.8%

4.7%
Management
Transfers In Services
$5,408,748 - $5,695,533

4.5% 4.4%
Licenses Finance
& Permits $5,139,966
$5,361,462

4.5% 4.0%
Fines & Human Resource
Forfeitures $2,947,97
$2,987,078 2.3%
Property Taxes Other Taxes 2.5%
$49,562,999 $2.100,900 Police

41.6% 1.8% $45,419,467 Non-Departmental
Revenues
Other Govts $1,007,000 35.3% $11,285,654
$312.800 0.8% 8.8%

GENERAL FUND BUDGET QUICK FACTS
Revenues $119.1 million
Expenditures & Transfers $128.7 million FY 2027 Proposed Budget includes:
-
Use of Accumulated Reserves $9.6 million • Placeholder increases for employee MOUs • CPI increases for materials and services
• Budget & Technology Enhancements
GENERAL FUND BUDGET - ONGOING • Year l of Proposed Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan Revenues $119.0 million • Reprioritized $1.3 million in expenditures to make way Expenditures $117.4 million for higher community priorities Operational Surplus $1.5 million
53% of General Fund Expenditures are allocated to public safety and emergency services, which includes an increase GENERAL FUND RESERVE PROJECTIONS AFTER FY 2027 of $6.0 million over the prior year 20% of Expenditures Policy $23.4 million
Notable Capital Improvement Projects funded in FY 2027:

Economic Uncertainty Reserve
• Facilities Structural Assessment Study
Unreserved Fund Balance $1.5 million • Mariposa Fitness Station Equipment Replacement *GOA Recommends 17% of Expenditures • Polliwog Park Historic "Red" House Roof Replacement • Outdoor Dining Project - Flex Spaces
• Slurry Seal and Street Resurfacing Projects
GRANT FUNDING - OVER $50 MILLION AWARDED • Future Project at 400 Manhattan Beach Boulevard • 26 Awarded Grants fund 23 projects or programs
• Sewer Master Plan Update
• 1 Grant Awarded and awaiting agreement • 2nd Street Booster Station Improvements • 2 Grant applications submitted and under consideration • Block 35 Elevated Tank Improvements
• 2 Grants are being reviewed for application
• Groundwater Well 15 Site Improvements

← All documents from this meeting