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FY 2025/26 Budget Amendments

City Council and Authorities Concurrent
November 18, 2025

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FY 2025/26 Budget Amendments
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November 18, 2025
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City Council and Authorities Concurrent
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Attachment 3
Department/Item
Source of
Funds
Use of
Funds Explanation
Non-Departmental -
Separation Payouts
(200,000) Decreases the budget for separation payouts and reallocates the funding to Materials, Services, and
Supplies to cover contractor costs for repairs to the
City-owned property on Gianera Street (majority
affirmative Council Votes required).

Non-Departmental -
Materials/Services/Supplies
200,000 Increases the budget for Materials, Services and Supplies to cover contractor costs for repairs to the
City-owned property on Gianera Street, offset by a
reduction to the separation payouts budget
(majority affirmative Council Votes required).

Other Fees for Services
(Ambulance Transport
Revenue) / Transfer to the
Vehicle Replacement Fund
(Fire Department Reserve
Engine)
100,000 100,000 Recognizes revenue for ambulance transport payments received from public healthcare providers
and patients for Fire Department ambulance
transports to hospitals. Ambulance transports
began in March 2023 under the current Santa Clara
County dispatch orders, allowing agencies with
ambulances to transport patients to hospitals in
conjunction with County contracted ambulance
services. These funds will be transferred to the
Vehicle Replacement Fund to purchase a used fire
engine that will replace a 1996 reserve engine in the
Fire Department; this reserve engine is used when
other engines are not in service or have been
deployed to other jurisdictions to support mutual aid
efforts
(five affirmative Council votes required to
appropriate additional revenue).

Other Revenue / Human
Resources Department
18,700 18,700 Increases the Other Revenue estimate by $18,700 to recognize Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
forfeiture funds received in FY 2025/26 and
allocates those funds to the Human Resources
Department to support health and wellness
activities for City employees (five affirmative
Council votes required to appropriate additional
revenue).
118,700 118,700
FY 2025/26 Budget Amendments
General Fund (001)
1 Attachment 3
FY 2025/26 Budget Amendments
Department/Item
Source of
Funds
Use of
Funds Explanation
Materials/Services/Supplies 3,770 This action increases the Materials/Services/ Supplies appropriation to fund a portion of the
computer equipment, office furniture and cubicle
configurations for the three new positions added to
the Community Risk Reduction Division in FY
2025/26, as approved in the FY 2025/26 and FY
2026/27 Operating Budget. The costs will be funded
by enforcement fines previously received through
the Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA)
program (five affirmative Council votes for the
use of unused balances).

Unrestricted Ending Fund
Balance
(3,770) This change to the Ending Fund Balance offsets the recommended action above (five affirmative
Council votes required for the use of unused
balances).
- -
Department/Item
Source of
Funds
Use of
Funds Explanation
Materials/Services/Supplies 20,500 This action increases the Materials/Services/ Supplies appropriation to fund a portion of the
computer equipment, office furniture and cubicle
configurations for the three new positions added to
the Community Risk Reduction Division in FY
2025/26, as approved in the FY 2025/26 and FY
2026/27 Operating Budget (five affirmative
Council votes for the use of unused balances).

Unrestricted Ending Fund
Balance
(20,500) This change to the Ending Fund Balance offsets the recommended action above (five affirmative
Council votes required for the use of unused
balances).
- -
Fire CUPA Fund (159)
Fire Development Services Fund (158)
2 Attachment 3
FY 2025/26 Budget Amendments
Department/Item
Source of
Funds
Use of
Funds Explanation
Other Agencies Revenue /
2025 County of Santa Clara
Emergency Medical Services
Trust Fund
33,332 33,332 Recognizes and appropriates $33,332 of County funding from the 2025 Emergency Medical Services
Trust Fund, administered through the Santa Clara
County Emergency Medical Services System. The
funds will be used to support the Fire Department's
purchase of ambulance gurneys (five affirmative
Council votes required to appropriate additional
revenue).
33,332 33,332
Department/Item
Source of
Funds
Use of
Funds Explanation
Transfer from General Fund /
Capital Outlay
100,000 100,000 Increases the transfer from the General Fund and increases the Capital Outlay budget to purchase a
used fire engine that will replace a 1996 reserve
engine in the Fire Department; this reserve engine
is used when other engines are not in service or
have been deployed to other jurisdictions to support
mutual aid efforts (five affirmative Council votes
required to appropriate additional revenue).
100,000 100,000
Fire Operating Grant Trust Fund (178)
Vehicle Replacement Fund (050)
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