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

Non-Departmental

Citywide revenue/expense not attributed to a specific operating department (most General Fund taxes flow here: property tax, TOT, sales tax, VLF, etc.).

$12,560,830
Proposed spending, FY 2026-27
All funds, not just the General Fund
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Summed from gl_transactions for Non-Departmental, fiscal year 2027, expense rows across all fund types. This department is budgeted for about 0 full-time equivalent staff.

What they do

Divisions

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Spending over time

Five-year expense trend

FY 23$28,353,458
FY 24$23,333,658
FY 25$20,629,886
FY 26$5,035,675
FY 27$12,560,830
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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 Non-Departmental yet. This part of the database is being expanded; decisions tied to specific projects will appear here as they are added.