A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
City System
Funded FY27–31

Information Technology Master Plan and Implementation

Project CPC001 · Public Works

Also identified in the budget as “IT Master Plan & Implement” (project code CPC001).

Cost & funding
Five-year planned cost
$2,500,000
Where the money comes from
  • Capital Project Funds$2,500,000
Specifically
  • General Capital Improvements Fund$2,500,000

    General Fund money that has been transferred over for capital projects. Once here, it is used for capital work — not General Fund operating expenses.

    What is this fund?

Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 501 appropriation.

Funding pathway
General FundGeneral Fund-dependent

IT infrastructure modernization. Conventional funding through General Fund Capital Improvement transfer (Fund 501) or Internal Service Fund cost allocation. Subject to annual GF transfer capacity.

What is the Capital Improvements Fund?
Category
Capital Improvement Plan
Department
Public Works
Spent FY 2023–25
$2,890,996
Budgeted FY 2026
$500,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$2,500,000
Budget labels for this project

Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPC001; resident-facing name shown here is “Information Technology Master Plan and Implementation”. The OpenGov summary label is “IT Master Plan & Implement”. Budget worksheet labeled “IT Master Plan”. Budget proposal labeled “Information Technology Master Plan and Implementation”.

$2.5M
Funding gap
Estimated lifetime cost $2,500,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$2,500,000
Secured (awarded, received, allocated)
Amount not disclosed
Committed, not yet executed
$0
Pending application
$0
Anticipated (not yet applied for)
$0
Funding gap (not yet covered)
$2,500,000
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The lifetime cost estimate is $2,500,000, from 5-year CIP allocation (May 30, 2026). Source: FY 2026-27 Public Budget Workshop deck (May 28, 2026). The funding gap is the estimated lifetime cost minus all funding that has not been lost, added up from the funding sources listed below. Year-by-year figures come from the City's adopted five-year capital plan.

Who is paying

Funding sources

Each source carries its own status and citation. Expand a row to see the conditions, dates, and source document. “Ongoing” sources are recurring formula funds; sources still being pursued show no dollar amount.

Internal Service Funds (IT) and General Capital Fund mixAllocated
City of Menlo Park (city) · construction

Conditions: IT capital typically a mix of Internal Service Fund (charging City departments for shared services) and General Capital Fund. Specific allocation not yet confirmed against a dedicated staff report.

Source: FY 2026-27 Public Budget Workshop deck (May 28, 2026)
Spending

Spending by year

Past years are recorded actuals from the City's general ledger. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the five-year Capital Improvement Plan proposes to spend.

FY 23$550,257
FY 24$958,136
FY 25$1,382,603
FY 26$500,000
FY 27$500,000
FY 28$500,000
FY 29$500,000
FY 30$500,000
FY 31$500,000
Spent Current year (adopted) Planned
Where the money went, line by line
YearFundCategoryAmount
FY 23Capital Project FundsProject Control$439,230
FY 23Capital Project FundsOperating Expenses$75,933
FY 23Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$28,581
FY 23Capital Project FundsDebt Service$4,250
FY 23Capital Project FundsInternal Service Charges$2,264
FY 24Capital Project FundsProject Control$840,130
FY 24Capital Project FundsServices$70,598
FY 24Capital Project FundsOperating Expenses$24,966
FY 24Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$18,360
FY 24Capital Project FundsDebt Service$4,082
FY 25Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$1,225,905
FY 25Capital Project FundsProject Control$143,538
FY 25Capital Project FundsDebt Service$13,160
FY 26Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$500,000
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Past years are summed from gl_transactions for this project. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget for the project. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the City's adopted five-year CIP proposes to spend, taken from cip_projects.

How decisions were made

Council actions

No Council actions are linked to CPC001 yet. As decisions tied to this project are added to the database, they will appear here.