A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
City department

Administrative Services

Citywide support: accounting, payroll, recruiting, benefits, training, technology solutions and support.

$12,085,854
Proposed spending, FY 2026-27
All funds, not just the General Fund
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Summed from gl_transactions for Administrative Services, fiscal year 2027, expense rows across all fund types. This department is budgeted for about 29 full-time equivalent staff.

What they do

Divisions

Finance; Human Resources; Information Technology; Solid Waste Administration (joint with Public Works)
What it produces

By the numbers

$1,300,000
Investment income generated by new investment methodologies
66 people
Employees onboarded (full-time and temporary)

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Operating metrics are drawn from the performance_metrics table, sourced from the May 2026 budget workshop deck and Council staff reports. Each row records its own source document.

Spending over time

Five-year expense trend

FY 23$7,501,259
FY 24$8,589,474
FY 25$9,558,699
FY 26$12,067,584
FY 27$12,085,854
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Expense totals by fiscal year (FY 2023 through FY 2027) from the v_dept_summary view. FY 2023 to FY 2025 are actuals; FY 2026 is the adopted prior-year budget; FY 2027 is proposed.

How decisions were made

Recent Council actions

Council decisions tied to this department's projects, newest first. Expand any item to see what staff recommended and the source document.

No Council actions are linked to Administrative Services yet. This part of the database is being expanded; decisions tied to specific projects will appear here as they are added.