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Page 3 of 6 <br />rising demand for services. <br /> <br />3. Controlling Contract Service Costs and New Services and Programs <br />• Limiting costs associated with contract and professional services. <br />• City departments are not permitted to start new services and programs that are funded <br />by the General Fund. <br /> <br />4. Delaying Projects and Purchases of Vehicles and Equipment <br />• Fire station and other City facility renovations are deferred. <br />• Delaying purchases of vehicles and equipment such as a 30+ year-old fire engine. <br /> <br />5. City Council approved $2.5 million in reduction from the upcoming fiscal year’s budget. <br /> <br />The City has also deferred critical infrastructure repair and replacement to balance the General <br />Fund operating budget and to continue to support the delivery of services. Currently, there is <br />not sufficient capital funding, nor is there sufficient operational funding, to continue to deliver <br />services and programs at the level the Pleasanton community has come to expect. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br />Although the broader regional economy is relatively stable and the City’s General Fund is <br />being prudently managed, the City faces financial and operational challenges over the next <br />decade. The current revenue level is not sufficient to cover operating expenses required to <br />maintain the current level of City services. Attachment 1 provides the General Fund Citywide <br />Contingency Menu of Potential Service Reductions. This menu shows the magnitude of <br />service reductions potentially necessary without significant revenue enhancement as soon as <br />in FY 2025/26. These proposed reductions were developed with input and analysis from every <br />City department and presented to the City Council on May 21, 2024. Budget reduction <br />strategies include the following: <br />• Reduce Parks, Trees, and Landscape Maintenance <br />• Reduce Streets and Facilities Maintenance <br />• Reduce Library Services <br />• Reduce Community Programming, Youth and Senior Programs, and Special Events <br />• Reduce Plan Checking and Traffic Management Programs <br />• Reduce Sustainability Programming/Services <br />• Reduce Funding to Community Programs <br />• Reduce Economic Development Services <br />• Eliminate City-Funded School Crossing Guard Program <br />• Reduce Police Services <br />• Reduce Fire Services <br />• Reduce Critical Internal Service Functions <br /> <br />Approval of a ½ cent sales tax increase would improve the City’s ability to provide the level of <br />Page 233 of 248