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Council Budget Scan — June 30, 2026

Every budget, spending, revenue, and fiscal-impact item on the next posted City Council agenda.

Scan date: June 24, 2026 · Meeting: Regular Meeting, Tue June 30, 2026, 6:00 p.m. · 51 items reviewed
Status: Every item below is proposed — published but not yet voted on. Items 1–42 are on the Consent Calendar (adopted in one vote unless pulled); 43–46 are Action; 47–51 are Information only. The June 23 Special Meeting (Biennial Budget Adoption) fell the day before this scan; this page covers the forward-looking June 30 agenda.

Summary totals

Headline new/amended direct spending: ≈ $8.56M (excludes debt issuance, discretionary grants, and reaffirmed prior reservations).

$8.56M
New / amended direct spending
Contracts + RFP authority · High
$105.0M
Borrowing / debt issuance
$85M TRAN + $20M GO bonds · High
~$439K
Incoming revenue
Grants + donation · Moderate
~$60K
Council discretionary grants
Items 37–42 · Moderate
BucketAmountConfidence
New / amended direct spending — of which amendment increases$4,260,532High
— of which new contracts$1,890,394High
— of which planned RFP/bid authority (Item 19)$2,408,500High
Reaffirmed (not new) N. Berkeley BART funding reservations (Item 29)$26,500,000excluded

A. Spending items

Direct city expenditure proposed for approval.

#Title / vendorNew $TotalCategorySummary
19Formal Bid Solicitations & RFPs planned for issuance$2,408,500Budget & FinanceAuthority to issue upcoming RFPs/bids; General Fund impact. Contracts over CM threshold return for final approval.
23Amend — TruePoint Solutions LLC dba GovPath (105921-1)+$180,000$1,657,200Budget & FinanceIncreases professional-services contract (Finance systems).
25EMS agreements extension — County of Alamedan/aPublic SafetyUp to three 1-yr extensions of FRALS + ambulance transport. No figure on agenda face.
28Amend — City Data Services LLC (32500126)+$22,460$188,540Health & Human SvcsUpgrade to community-agency contract monitoring system (HHCS).
29North Berkeley BART affordable housing — predevelopment+$3,358,072$8,358,072HousingAdded predevelopment advances (Lots A/B/D); reaffirms $26.5M prior reservations; owner change BRIDGE→EBALDC/Insight.
32Contract — Downtown Berkeley YMCA$174,528$174,528Health & Human SvcsFitness-center memberships for City employees, FY2027.
34Contract — Redwood Engineering Construction$1,715,866$1,715,866Parks & RecreationCedar Rose Park 5–12 playground renovation (incl. 20% / $285,978 contingency).
35Amend — AE3 Partners, Inc. (32300127)+$700,000$1,600,000Parks & RecreationArchitecture for African American Holistic Resources Center; term to 6/30/2029.
Subtotal new/amended direct spending: $8,559,426 (High). Item 25 has no posted figure and is excluded.

B. Revenue, taxes & financing

Incoming grants / donations
#SourceAmountCategorySummary
24Donation — Mary Parker, MD$2,000Public SafetyCash gift to Berkeley Fire Dept.
26Revenue Contracts — Alameda County (Aging, FY27–30)$79,046 + $149,994/yrHealth & Human SvcsSenior center activities + case management; annual over 4-yr term.
27Revenue Amend — Alameda County (Nutrition, ½ FY27)$70.5K + $88.1K + $49.8KHealth & Human SvcsCongregate + home-delivered meals, caregiver support (~$208K partial-yr).
36License — Masaba LLC dba Roaming Bean Coffeen/aParks & RecreationWaterfront concession to 2/28/2035. Revenue-generating; no figure posted.
Tax-rate ordinances (FY2027 · 2nd reading)

Items 2–15 set FY2027 special-tax / debt-service rates (Library Measure X & Library Services, Business License Tax on large non-profits, GO-bond debt service for Measures G/S/I, O, T1, M, FF-2008; Measures E, GG, FF, Paramedic, Parks/Trees). Item 1 reenacts BMC 14.52 (parking-meter hours, permit fees, fines). Item 17 = 0.5% sales-tax measure for the Nov 3, 2026 ballot (aggregate rate → 10.75%). Item 20 = first reading, 2027 rideshare (TNC) user-tax rate. Item 21 sets the FY2027 appropriations (Gann) limit at $420,156,522. Item 22 reaffirms the investment policy.

Borrowing / debt issuance (Action Calendar)
#InstrumentAmountSummary
43FY2026-27 Tax & Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRAN)NTE $85,000,000Short-term cash-flow borrowing, repaid within the fiscal year.
44GO Bonds, Series C (Measure T1, 2016)$20,000,000Infrastructure & facilities improvements bond issuance.

C. Policy referrals & discretionary grants

#Sponsor(s)Named $CategorySummary
37Mayor Ishii, CM Tregub$10,500Economic Dev.Replenish Business Damage Mitigation Fund via Downtown Berkeley Assn.
38Mayor Ishii$2,500Health & Human SvcsGrant to Berkeley Nikkei Senior Center year-end event.
39CM Bartlett$500Arts & CultureLittle Free Store clean-up & mural community party.
41CM Tregub, Mayor Ishii$2,800Arts & Culture"Zero Empty Spaces" artist-studio activation, Downtown.
42CM O'Keefe + co-sponsors$44,000Economic Dev.Co-sponsor 2026 Solano Avenue Stroll (50th annual).
40CM Tregub + co-sponsorsStaff timeHousingSupport position for CA SB 1383 (density-bonus labor standards).
45CM Lunaparra, CM TregubSee reportHousingPlace Rent Stabilization Ordinance amendment on Nov 3, 2026 ballot.
46City Manager (Public Safety Cmte)See reportPublic SafetySurveillance use policies — Community Video Streams + Investigative Software.
Discretionary-grant subtotal: ~$60,300 (Moderate — each is a "not-to-exceed per Councilmember" cap; more members may contribute). Information reports 47–51 (Voluntary Time Off FY27, Open Doors homebuyer, Health Plan changes, Auditor FY27 plan, Whistleblower report) carry no action.

Confidence & sourcing

High — explicit dollar figures quoted directly from the posted agenda (Items 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 37–42, 43, 44, 21).

Moderate — revenue totals that are annual or partial-year (26, 27) and discretionary-grant caps (37–42).

Low / Unknown — Items 25, 36 list "See report" with no figure on the agenda face; amounts live in the linked staff PDFs.

Tax-rate items (2–15, 17, 20) are rate-setting; total revenue yield is not stated as a single figure on the agenda.