RESOLUTION NUMBER 6683-2025
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL ESTABLISHING THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL FOR THE 2025-26 FISCAL YEAR
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIII B OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION _____________________________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, Article XIII B of the California Constitution (Proposition 4) provides for an annual appropriations limit for state and local governments beginning with the 1980-81 fiscal year, based on the 1978-79 appropriations, as adjusted for the changes in the cost of living or per capita personal income, population, and other specified factors; and
WHEREAS, implementing legislation, which became effective January 1, 1981, provides that each year the governing body of each local jurisdiction shall, by resolution, establish its appropriations limit for the year pursuant to Article III B at a regularly scheduled meeting or noticed special meeting; and WHEREAS, local jurisdictions may select either the percentage change in California per capita personal income as reported by the California Department of Finance or the percentage change in the local assessment roll due to the addition of local nonresidential new construction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Sebastopol:
1. For fiscal year 2025-26, the City of Sebastopol hereby (a) elects the change in the California Per Capita Personal Income for calculating the inflation factor, and (b) elects the change in the County’s population for calculating the population factor, necessary to determine the City’s appropriation limit.
2. For the fiscal year 2025-26, the total annual appropriations subject to limitation as specified by Article XIIIB of the Constitution of the State of California for the City of Sebastopol Budget shall be:
$21,585,408.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 1st day of July, 2025.
VOTE:
Ayes: Councilmembers Hinton, Maurer, Vice Mayor McLewis and Mayor Zollman Noes: None
Absent: Councilmember Carter
Abstain: None
APPROVED:__________________________
Mayor Stephen Zollman
ATTEST: ______________________________________________________________ Mary Gourley, MMC, Interim City Manager
Approved as to Form: _____________________________________________ Alex Mog, City Attorney
Docusign Envelope ID: E560F391-CBEF-4508-B13C-066FC589A480