May 21, 2025 Budget Overview and CIP

City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2025-05-21)

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Budget Overview and Capital Improvement Plan
May 21, 2025

Agenda
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1) Budget Overview
2) Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Overview

Budget Process
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Staff 
Prepares 
5-Year 
Financial 
Forecast
Develop 
Base 
Operating 
Budget 
Requests
Develop 
and 
Balance 
CIP
Present 
Draft 
Budget 
Council 
Adopts 
Final 
Budget
Staff 
Prepares 
Budget 
Book

Budget Components
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Revenues
Capital Improvement 
Plan
Debt Service
Contingency
Operating
Expenditures

Balanced Budget
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Revenues/Fund 
Balance
Expenditures

FY25-26 Total Budget Appropriation
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Operating 
$710M
48%
Capital
 $478M
33%
Contingency 
$157M
11%
Debt 
$115M
8%
FY25-26 Total Budget
$1.46B

FY25-26 Operating Budget by Fund
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General Fund
$338M
48%
Enterprise Funds
$151M
21%
Internal Service 
Funds
$122M    17%
Special Revenue 
Funds
$87M     12%
Vehicle Replacement Fund
$12M  2%
Total FY25-26 Budget
$710M

Elements of a Capital Improvement Plan
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• Assets valued over $50,000 with a useful life of 5+ years
• Land, buildings, streets & improvements, plants, large 
equipment
• Ten-Year Plan (only FY25-26 is adopted as part of the 
FY25-26 budget)
– Projects in years 1 to 5 have identified funding sources
Financial Policy:
A. Improve existing assets
B. Replace existing assets as needed
C. Construct new assets

CIP Funding Sources
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• Enterprise Funds
– Water/Sewer
o Funding can come from G. O. Bonds, revenue bonds, revenue obligations or cash financing
o Debt service paid from future water/sewer fee revenue
– Landfill – paid by Landfill user fees
– Solid Waste – paid by Solid Waste user fees
• General Obligation Bonds
– Debt issuance must be authorized by Voters 
– Streets, Public Safety, Parks, Government Facilities, Open Space/Trails, 
Libraries, and Flood Control
– Debt service paid by Secondary Property Tax
• Pay-As-You-Go
– Cash funded projects

CIP Funding Sources
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• Transportation Sales Tax
– Half cent sales tax 
– Improve service for all modes of transportation
• Highway User Revenue Funds
– Restricted Special Revenue Fund
– Right of Way acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair 
• Development Impact Fees 
– One-time charges to developers for new development
– New or expanded infrastructure
• Grants
– Federal or state grant funding
– Often require a match contribution to the project

10-Year CIP by Project Type
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Water $737M 
30%
Streets $481M 
20%
Public Safety $323M
13%
Wastewater 
$297M 12%
Facility Maintenance 
$169M  7%
Parks  
 $137M 6%
Solid Waste
 $58M 2.4%
Drainage
 $56M 2.3%
Airport
 $53M 2.2%
Landfill 
$42M 1.7%
Library
 $37M  1.5%
Parking Lots
 $22M  0.90%
Transit 
$11M  0.46%
Arts
 $1M  0.04% 
Total 10-Year CIP      
$2,423M

10-Year CIP by Funding Source
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Enterprise Funds 
$1,133M 47%
G. O. Bonds 
$515M 21%
Special Revenue 
$404M 17%
Pay-As-You-Go 
$196M 8%
Grants 
$111M 5% 
Development Impact Fees 
$64M 2%
Total 10-Year CIP      
$2,423M

Questions?
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