CITY OF SANTA MARIA
Measure U
Annual Report
Fiscal Year 2024-25
MARCH 3, 2026
RECOMMENDATION
1. Receive a presentation from City staff on the Measure U Annual Report for the period ending June 30, 2025; and
2. Receive and file the Measure U Citizens’ Oversight Committee FY 2024-25 Annual Report.
Recommendation
• June 5, 2012
– Measure U2012 Adopted - one-quarter cent transaction and use tax
• July 17, 2012
– Measure U Oversight Committee established
• November 2018
– Measure U2018 adopted - transaction and use tax from a one-quarter cent rate to a full one-cent rate
• March 5, 2019
– City Council set goals and objectives
Measure U Background
• Measure U Fund Adopted Budgets
• Reviewed with Measure U Oversight Committee on January 26, 2026 FY 2024-25 Measure U Fund Budget Status
(in thousands) Adopted
Budget
Current
Budget
Year-End
Estimates
2024-25
Actual
Percent of
Current Budget
Revenue $ 26,716 $ 26,886 $ 25,705 $ 25,947 96.5%
Expenses
Community Development $ 824 $ 824 $ 824 821 99.6%
City Manager’s Office 1,435 1,435 1,420 882 61.5%
Finance 3 3 0 0 0.1%
Library 1,015 1,015 1,015 983 96.8%
Recreation & Parks 3,071 3,489 3,254 2,793 80.0%
Fire 11,946 17,939 17,164 11,577 64.5%
Police 12,836 12,870 12,870 12,819 99.6%
Total Expenses $ 31,130 $ 37,575 $ 36,550 $ 29,875 79.5% Departmental Review
• City Manager’s Office:
– 1.00 full-time equivalent (FTE) Public, Education, and Government (PEG) Production Manager position
– $73,000 was provided for operational expenses for the PEG division – $1,200,000 for the Motorola Backhaul Refresh and Refresh of CAD/RMS capital project • Community Development/Code Enforcement:
– 6.00 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions
– Due to balancing the City Council’s policy of appropriating 90 percent for public safety, 5 percent for youth services, and 5 percent for quality of life 1.0 FTE Code Enforcement Officer added in FY 2023-24 was moved from Measure U to the General Fund in FY 2024-25
• Finance Department:
– $2,600 annual independent audit of Measure U financial activity. • Fire Department:
– 49.80 FTE positions
– Funding for participating in the Regional Dispatch, which was anticipated to begin in early 2025 but began in May 2025
– Funding for the Fire Station 1 Expansion project, fleet expenses, and parking lot and building upgrades
Departmental Review – Continued
• Library:
– 7.60 FTE full-time and part-time staff
• Reduced 1.00 FTE Librarian II, in order to balance the City Council’s policy of appropriating 90 percent for public safety, 5 percent for youth services, and 5 percent for quality of life – $45,000 for architectural services for a library building improvement capital project • Police Department:
– 54.00 FTE positions.
• Included funding 6.00 FTE Police Officer positions that were previously authorized but unfunded
– $73,000 for police building maintenance and upgrades
• Recreation and Parks:
– 19.20 FTE positions
• 7.60 FTE positions moved to the General Fund in order to balance the City Council’s policy of appropriating 90 percent for public safety, 5 percent for youth services, and 5 percent for quality of life
– $197,000 was included for Veterans’ Memorial Park program equipment and a carryover for a vehicle and other equipment approved in the prior fiscal year FY 2024-25 Year End Results by Department
• FY 2024-25 year-end results
Department
Public Safety Youth Services Quality of Life Actual 2024-25 City Attorney $ - $ - $ - $ - City Manager 720,498 - 161,379 881,877
Community Development - - 821,120 821,120
Finance 138 8 11 157
Fire 11,576,844 - - 11,576,844
Library 179,752 625,118 177,919 982,789
Police 12,819,252 - - 12,819,252
Recreation and Parks 1,668,952 825,691 298,617 2,793,260 Total Expenditures $26,265,016 $1,450,817 $2,159,467 $29,875,299 90% 5% 5% 100.0%
ENDING FUND BALANCE – MEASURE U FUND
(in thousands)
FY 2024-25
Beginning
FY 2024-25
Ending Variance
Percent
Change
Assigned to:
Unassigned $ 6,244 $ 2,289 $ (3,955) -63.3%
Assigned for Carryovers 6,340 *6,366 26 0.4%
Total $ 12,584 $ $8,655 $ (3,929) -31.2%
Fund Balance – Measure U Fund
Questions or Concerns
• Questions or Concerns
RECOMMENDATION
1. Receive a presentation from City staff on the Measure U Annual Report for the period ending June 30, 2025; and
2. Receive and file the Measure U Citizens’ Oversight Committee FY 2024-25 Annual Report.