City department

General Administration

Provides policy, legal, leadership, and management services to the entire city.

$10,213,841

Proposed spending, FY 2026-27

All funds, not just the General Fund

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Summed from gl_transactions for General Administration, fiscal year 2027, expense rows across all fund types. This department is budgeted for about 19 full-time equivalent staff.

What they do

Divisions

City Council; City Attorney; City Manager's Office (City ClerkCommunicationsEconomic DevelopmentEmergency PreparednessSustainability)

What it produces

By the numbers

$3,390,000

Anticipated PV solar utility savings over 25 years

City advisory body vacancies filled

positions

33 homes

Homes installed with electric appliances

381 people

Staff trained as Disaster Service Workers

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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$5,810,944

FY 24$5,514,291

FY 25$6,309,893

FY 26$11,106,013

FY 27$10,213,841

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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 General Administration yet. This part of the database is being expanded; decisions tied to specific projects will appear here as they are added.