Council Intelligence Briefing · CI-2026.06.16.01

June 16, 2026 City Council Meeting

The annual budget, Community Facilities District taxes, fire protection, sponsorship policy, and employee agreements — with verified outcomes.

Regular meeting 6:00 PMStatus Outcomes verifiedFeatured votes UnanimousTranscript Available

Official agenda and staff reports ↗Official meeting video ↗Budget Center →

✓ AgendaOfficial record linked

✓ VideoOfficial recording

✓ TranscriptReviewed

✓ OutcomesVerified

✓ Vote bounds30-second post-vote buffer

Executive summary

Council adopted the new fiscal-year spending plan

The central action was unanimous adoption of the FY 2026–27 appropriation limit, operating budget, and five-year Capital Improvement Plan. Council also approved annual CFD tax levies, two fire-protection agreements, an interim deputy city manager contract, and employee memorandums of understanding.

Major decisions

Actions with continuing financial or operational effects

★★★★☆

Pulled Consent Item G.5 · Digital Billboards

Direction to prepare a digital-billboard ordinance

Council actionReceived the survey and workshop summary, directed additional public outreach, and directed staff to prepare a draft ordinance regulating digital billboard outdoor advertising for Planning Commission review.

ActionApproved

Vote5–0

Video1:28:01 · Vote 1:29:33

Council pulled this item from consent to clarify how replacement ratios should treat static billboard faces. The discussion asked staff to base the calculation on individual static faces rather than billboard poles when developing the ordinance.

G.5 staff report ↗Presentation ↗

★★★★☆

Pulled Consent Item G.13 · Police Dispatch

Axon Prepared AI dispatch-software agreement

Council actionAuthorized the City Manager to negotiate terms and sign a service agreement with Axon Enterprise for Prepared AI dispatching software.

ActionApproved

Vote5–0

Video1:29:33 · Vote 1:33:05

The Police Chief described a first phase focused on business-line calls, with live transcription and translation intended to reduce dispatcher workload and preserve attention for 911 calls. The item was pulled so Council could ask about testing, capabilities, and how the system would be used.

G.13 staff report ↗Axon Prepared quote ↗Prepared terms ↗

★★★★★

Public Hearing I.1 · Budget / Capital Plan

FY 2026–27 operating budget and five-year CIP

Council actionAdopted the annual appropriation limit, operating budget, FY 2027–31 Capital Improvement Plan, related prior-year project list, and requisition list.

ActionAdopted

Vote5–0

Video1:33:05 · Vote 1:43:48

Staff presented General Fund revenues and expenditures of $75.6 million each. Across all funds, projected revenues were $168 million and expenditures were $162.5 million. Staff explained that restricted funds, reserves, transfers, and equipment-replacement funding account for part of the all-fund difference.

Key context

These figures are adopted plans and legal spending authority. They are not proof of actual revenue, expenditure, or year-end surplus; those require later interim reports and audited statements.

Budget adoption evidence →Budget Intelligence Center →

★★★★☆

Action Item J.1 · Community Facilities Districts

Annual CFD special-tax levies

Council actionAdopted five resolutions authorizing FY 2026–27 special-tax levies, with separate votes used where Council members recused themselves from particular improvement areas.

ActionAdopted

VoteUnanimous among participating members

Video1:45:29 · Vote 2:00:29

Staff described approximately 34,920 charges on roughly 16,149 parcels, totaling about $30.8 million—approximately 2.25% more than the prior year. The proposed levy was described as about $679,000 below the maximum authorized amount.

The transcript verifies the presentation, recusals, motions, and votes. District-level resolutions and tax-roll detail still need to be archived.

★★★★☆

Action Items J.2–J.3 · Fire Protection

Wildland and Riverside County fire-service agreements

Council actionApproved the CAL FIRE local-responsibility-area reimbursement agreement and a one-year Riverside County Fire Department agreement with a one-year renewal option.

ActionApproved

Vote4–0 · Mayor Voigt recused

Video2:00:29 · Vote 2:10:58

The CAL FIRE agreement was approved for an amount stated in the transcript as not to exceed approximately $62,526. The County fire-service agreement was approved for up to $10,053,935. The Mayor Pro Tem was authorized to execute documents because the Mayor recused herself.

Key context

These are contract authorizations. Executed agreements, invoices, service levels, and later expenditures remain separate evidence.

★★★☆☆

Action Items J.5–J.6 · Administration / Labor

Interim deputy city manager and employee agreements

Council actionApproved Carrie Mendoza's interim deputy city manager employment agreement and authorized memorandums of understanding with the Police Management Unit and Managers Professional Technical employees.

ActionApproved

Vote5–0 on both actions

Video2:13:51 · Vote 2:18:46

The interim contract presentation identified a $241,000 annual salary and stated benefits. The MOUs run from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 and include compensation and leave changes described during the meeting.

Additional outcomes

Other meeting actions

Consent calendar

Remaining consent items approved

Items G.1–G.4, G.6–G.7, G.9–G.12, and G.14 were approved together, 5–0. Pulled items G.5 and G.13 are documented above as individual decisions. G.8 was removed to allow additional staff review.

Consent vote · 1:27:04–1:27:31 ↗

Public Hearing I.2

Sustainability Plan continued

At staff's request, Council voted 5–0 to continue the 2026 Sustainability Plan hearing to August 4, 2026. No plan was adopted through this action.

Video · 1:44:29–1:45:59 ↗

Action Item J.4

Sponsorship and donation committee

Council appointed Council Member Lara and Mayor Voigt to a temporary two-member ad hoc committee to review the developing sponsorship and donation policy.

Video · 2:11:39–2:14:01 ↗

Records still needed: FY 2026–27 budget book and public summary; adoption resolutions; CFD levy resolutions and parcel schedules; executed fire agreements; interim employment agreement; employee MOUs; and approved minutes.