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Finance and Management Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/finance <br />Item # 1 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />May 15, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Work Study Session <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Work Study Session <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Discuss and provide direction to staff. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br /> No <br />Update on Budget Study Session <br />The May 6, 2025, City Council meeting included a scheduled Budget Study Session as <br />part of the agenda. However, due to the length of the meeting and other discussion items, <br />the budget item was not heard and has been continued to the already scheduled Budget <br />Study Session on May 15, 2025. <br />To support the upcoming discussion, the following items are now available at the following <br />locations: <br />•Exhibit 1- The draft Budget Document is available at the Budget Office website: <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/fiscal-year-2025-26-budget/ <br />o The Miscellaneous Fee Summary will be finalized by Monday, May 12. <br />•Exhibit 2- The Measure X Spending Plan is attached to this Staff Report <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Council provided Early Direction on March 18; staff has since updated the draft <br />budget based on City Council consensus. This report includes additional information on <br />some of the funding options identified during the discussion. The City conducted internal <br />budget meetings with departments from March 24 to April 4 to review supplemental <br />budget requests and staff priorities. After comparing the requests to City Council priorities <br />received during Early Direction and community priorities identified during budget <br />outreach, Finance worked with the City Manager’s Office to build a draft budget for the <br />City Council's consideration. The City continues to accept budget survey submissions, <br />although City Council will review feedback received on or before May 11. Staff continues <br />to conduct community outreach and will present the top community-identified priorities to <br />the City Council as part of this agenda item.