Budget Agenda Scans

40 items reviewed, 27 with fiscal impact; draft scanned Sept 11, re-verified against the certified agenda and 1,382-page packet on Sept 19 (two items added, Vision 2050 referral moved to Consent, no dollar changes). ≈ $10.44M new/amended spending — the largest consent calendar since June. Plus $17.59M in RFP authority (almost all a 5-year, $17.5M parking-garage management contract), $1.19M confirmed incoming revenue, $10.91M in pending Alameda CTC grant applications (needing a $4.59M Measure FF match), and up to $25M in conduit bonds for Ashby Lofts. Flagged: Items 1–3 ask Council to ratify $5.84M the City Manager already committed during recess — the $2.9M Dell amendment includes $1.17M in back dues that were due April 2026; the radio-system contract had run 15 years on a $336K/yr cap. Also covers the Sept 24 Budget & Finance Committee: mandatory competitive bidding for services contracts over $100K, back from the cancelled July 23 meeting.

21 items reviewed — first meeting back from summer recess; draft scanned Aug 31, verified against the final agenda (certified Sept 3) on Sept 8 with no dollar changes. ≈ $3.59M new/amended spending, led by Fire Dept. purchase orders: Stryker gurneys/CPR units ($1.59M) and Bauer firefighting equipment ($1.58M). Plus $25.82M in RFP/bid issuance authority, ≈ $6.91M in incoming senior-services revenue contracts (FY27–30), and grant applications worth up to $25.5M ($25M ferry-pier construction; $500K Civic Center resilience planning). Flagged: Item 11 restructures the $970K Shattuck Senior Homes loans — interest cut 6%→3%, maturity extended 55 years, one affordability tier waived — with no stated cost figure.

32 items reviewed, 18 with fiscal impact. ≈ $7.70M new/amended spending — the last consent calendar before summer recess. Largest: Santa Fe Trackbed park ($3.69M), Life-Assist EMS supplies ($1.55M), Swifthawk wildfire coordinator ($1.00M). Plus ≈$2.72M contingent authority and ≈$2.26M incoming grants. Changed from draft: Dell IT +$2.90M amendment dropped; plaza naming pulled by the City Manager. Flagged: Item 27 refers Hopkins Street repaving with bikeways — a $14–15M project with no identified funding, whose obvious source (Measure FF) legally cannot pay for the bike lanes. Also covers the July 23 Budget & Finance Committee: mandatory competitive bidding for services contracts over $100K.

27 items reviewed. ≈ $2.87M new/amended spending — mostly Public Works: 10 electric Silverados ($790K), 9 parking enforcement vehicles ($550K), Belfor emergency restoration (+$400K). Plus $2.74M incoming state public-health grant. Key finding: the FY2027 budget was not adopted on July 7 — it was continued to July 14 and grew +$750K to $922.3M gross / $796.6M net. Also sends three tax measures to the November ballot: arts parcel tax, public bank parcel tax, and doubling the soda tax to $0.02/oz as a special tax.

11 items reviewed. ≈ $830K new/amended spending (Tyler Technologies CAD +$750K; Willdan nexus studies $80K), ~$80K incoming JAG grant revenue, $560K in referred/future appropriations. Correction: the FY2027 Appropriations Ordinance was continued to July 14, not adopted on July 7.

51 items reviewed. ≈ $8.56M new/amended spending, $105M in borrowing/bond issuance, ~$439K incoming revenue. Largest items: N. Berkeley BART predevelopment (+$3.36M), Cedar Rose Park playground ($1.72M).