CIRO
Fiscal Year End 2024-25
LONG TERM FINANCIAL POLICY
AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 12, 2026
MISTI D. WOOD,
COMMUNICATIONS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS OFFICER
2 CIRO FY 2024-25 Spending
Category 2024-25
Budget
2024-25
Actuals
(Over) Under
Budget
Salaries & Benefits $1,406,329 $1,116,545 $289,785
Services & Supplies 375,438 269,166 106,272
Total $1,781,767 $1,385,710 $396,057
3 CIRO Services & Supplies Detail
Expenditure 2024-25 Actuals
IT Cost Recovery & Replacement 81,248
Print Services - Advantage Printing 44,075
Advertising (Wine Country Radio, Sonoma Media) 42,169
Office Supplies 7,150
Subscriptions - Hootsuite & Dropbox 6,628
Conferences and Training – Metro Chamber 4,295
Office Operational Supplies 3,887
Telephone 2,955
Copier Services 2,476
Total 269,166
4 CIRO Organizational Chart
Chief Communications & Intergovernmental Relations Officer Intergovernmental
Relations & Legislative
Officer
Community Engagement
Manager
Communications
Coordinators
2 FTEs
Community Outreach
Specialist
Admin. Secretary
5 CIRO FY 2025-26 FTE Count
JOB TITLE FTE COUNT
Communications & Intergovernmental Relations Officer 1.00 Community Engagement Manager 1.00
Communications Coordinatior 2.00
Intergovernmental Relations & Legislative Officer 1.00
Community Outreach Specialist 1.00
Admisitrative Secretary 1.00
Total Positions 7.00
6 Communications
External
Social media – except Police and Fire
City Connections newsletter – bilingual, biweekly to approx. 103K subscribers
News releases and news flashes
Website – content and design
Media response
Recreation classes & events promotions – Activity Guides, website, social media, advertising
Talking points
Ribbon-cuttings and groundbreakings
Collateral - flyers, fact sheets, bill inserts
Crisis communications
Internal
INET
Support City Manager internal
messaging
Communications
Strategy
7 Community Engagement
Community Advisory Board (CAB) staff support – 6 annual meetings, Community Improvement Grants, 4 to 5 annual district-based community meetings
AmeriCorps members – neighborhood-level organizing and empowerment Event attendance and tabling – 16 events in 2025
Community and neighborhood meetings – 20 meetings in 2025 Serve as strategic advisor to other City departments – initiatives, projects, programs, policies Establish standards for meetings and tabling
Multicultural Roots Project
Maintain relationships with community groups
Share public feedback with departments and decision-makers, as appropriate 8 Legislative Affairs
Federal and State Legislative Platforms
Bill and issue positioning
Legislation tracking
Federal earmark funding
DC and Sacramento legislative advocacy trips
Grant opportunities and support
Maintain relationships with Federal and State
representatives
Questions?
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