To: Board of Supervisors/Directors/Commissioners
Department or Agency Name(s): County Executive’s Office
Staff Name and Phone Number: Peter Bruland, 707-565-2431
Vote Requirement: Informational Only
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Workshops
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Recommended Action:
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Receive the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Department Budget Presentations
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Executive Summary:
Each year the County holds budget workshops in April. The purpose of these workshops is to provide the Board and the public with information about the Preliminary Budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and to offer an opportunity for deeper understanding of the County’s programs and services to assist the Board before deliberation and adoption of the next fiscal year’s budget at the conclusion of the June Budget Hearings. Budget decisions for Fiscal Year 2026-27 will not be made at this workshop.
The FY 2026-27 Preliminary budget includes $2.7 billion in operating expenditures funded by $2.5 billion in revenue and $281 million in use of available fund balances. Each department/agency will present an overview of their FY 2026-27 Preliminary Budget. The FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget will be available online on May 13, 2026. The FY 2026-27 Budget Hearings will be held beginning on June 9, 2026. At the June Budget Hearings, the Board will deliberate on adjustments to the Recommended Budget and will officially adopt the Budget for FY 2026-27.
Discussion:
Each year, California counties are required to adopt balanced budgets for the fiscal year, which runs from July 1 through June 30. While budgets may be adopted up to 90 days following the start of a fiscal year, Sonoma County endeavors to adopt a budget in June, prior to the beginning of the new fiscal year. In order to ensure that the Board has the information they need to deliberate on and adopt a budget, the County has held spring budget workshops in which each department presents their budgets in advance of budget hearings since 2018.
Generally, these workshops are held in April, with Budget Hearings and adoption occurring in June. The budgets included here are referred to as the “Preliminary Budget”.
Budget Overview
The FY 2026-27 Preliminary Budget includes $2.7 billion in expenditures which is a 1.2% increase from the FY 2025-26 Adopted budget. Individual presentations, attached to this item, cover the Preliminary Budgets for each operational department/agency.
There are no formal budget actions associated with this item; the Board is expected to adopt the Budget, which will be made up of the Recommended Budget plus any modifications considered during budget hearings deliberations based on departmental Add-Backs, departmental Program Change Requests, Board Budget Requests, and or any other Actions at the conclusion of the June Budget Hearings.
Strategic Plan:
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Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
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Prior Board Actions:
June 10, 2025; Resolution 25-0300: Concurrent Resolution Of The Board Of Supervisors Of The County Of Sonoma, State Of California, and all Public Entities for which the Board Of Supervisors Acts as the Board Of Directors or Commissioners; Adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget for all Governmental Entities within its Jurisdiction.
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the item. The Board will make final determination and adopt the FY 2026-27 Budget during the June Budget Hearings.
Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
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Attachments:
FY 26-27 Budget Workshop Schedule
FY 26-27 Budget Information Request Template
FY 26-27 Budget Workshop Overview Presentation
Community Foundation Grant Program Interim Report
FY 26-27 HR1 Impact Mitigation Planning Presentation
HR 1 Impact Mitigation Plan Memo
Department Presentations
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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