Office of Management & Budget

OMB develops and administers the budget process for planning, decision-making, and managing control of City resources for the Mayor, City Council, department heads, and the public.

About OMB

Goal 6.6 of the City's Strategic Plan: Ensure continued financial stability and accountability through sound financial management, budgeting, and reporting.

OMB continually analyzes the revenues, appropriations, expenses, and encumbrances of all departments to develop clear financial reporting mechanisms for the status of resources. Resources are used as management tools for city officials in the City’s ongoing effort to provide the public with effective, efficient, and responsive municipal services.

 

The OMB staff develops the City’s annual operating, debt service, and capital acquisition budgets within legal and prudent fiscal management requirements. They monitor expenditures throughout the fiscal year to ensure that all City departments remain within budget allocations and prepare monthly financial reports of the City’s comprehensive budgetary status.

The department also administers the compilation of the citizen survey which is conducted approximately every two years and is used to provide input to the Mayor, Council, and Senior Management in directing resources and providing feedback regarding the delivery of city services.

Preliminary Budget FY 2026

Budget Focus

  • Maintaining/improving service delivery by offering competitive wages and benefits
  • Additional tax relief for seniors and disabled homesteads
  • Focus on developing structurally balanced budgets
  • Identifying new revenue for the General Fund
  • Maintaining infrastructure investment, including pay-go for streets, facilities, vehicles and equipment
  • Improving engagement, transparency and accountability in the process

Budget Highlights

  • Planned increase in cadet graduates will get police staffing back to pre-COVID level
  • Opening of two new fire stations and one new health clinic
  • Additional funding for health services impacted by loss of federal grant
  • Maintain $10 million in pay-go for street resurfacing projects
  • Adds an additional $250K for lane striping and $500K for park amenity replacements
  • Consolidates Code Enforcement functions into a new department

Preliminary Budget

Notice Of Intent for COs

Certificates of obligation (COs), fund public works without voter approval to finance projects quickly, such as reconstruction after a disaster or as a response to a court decision requiring capital.

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Budget Policies

Fiscal policies that the City uses to set standards of sound budgetary practices & guidelines. These policies are in place to ensure that the City is responsibly meeting all of its goals.

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