Overview
Madera's adopted FY 2025-26 operating budget expenses $221,828,880 across all funds. Public Works ($90,402,695) and Engineering ($29,760,136) dominate, reflecting a capital-heavy year, followed by Police Services ($20,927,433) and Development Impact Fees ($20,986,303). The General Fund expenses $43,711,870, with Water ($35,321,482) and Sewer ($31,671,054) the largest enterprise funds. The city budgets about 294 full-time-equivalent positions.
Source: City of Madera FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget (city govstack host).
At a glance — adopted operating budget FY 2025-26
Source: City of Madera FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget (city govstack host).
Expenses by department — FY 2025-26
Department lines sum exactly to the book's stated total of $221,828,880. The same total appears as the Expenses by Funds total (p. 61), so the department and fund presentations agree.
| Public Works | $90,402,695 |
| Engineering Department | $29,760,136 |
| Police Services Department | $20,927,433 |
| Development Impact Fees | $20,986,303 |
| Grants | $9,903,236 |
| Fire Department | $8,751,911 |
| General Use | $6,116,101 |
| Finance Department | $5,808,482 |
| Parks Administration | $5,679,192 |
| Successor Agency | $5,730,324 |
| Parks Maintenance | $3,793,979 |
| Human Resource Department | $2,226,440 |
| Parks Recreation | $1,901,967 |
| Information Services | $1,734,143 |
| Planning Department | $1,605,830 |
| City Manager | $1,548,993 |
| Building Inspection Dept | $1,363,159 |
| General Use Expenses | $1,051,800 |
| Code Enforcement | $968,078 |
| Landscape Maintenance Zones | $635,621 |
| City Clerk's Office | $567,901 |
| City Attorney's Office | $365,156 |
| Total expenses | $221,828,880 |
Source: City of Madera FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget, Citywide Expenses (p. 58).
Expenses by fund — selected funds, FY 2025-26
The fund table's total is the same $221,828,880 as the department table. Selected funds are shown; the full table runs to dozens of landscape-maintenance zones and impact-fee funds.
| General Fund | $43,711,870 |
| Water Fund | $35,321,482 |
| Sewer Fund | $31,671,054 |
| Solid Waste Disposal | $10,465,070 |
| ARPA Funds | $6,116,101 |
| Debt Service Fund — Successor Agency | $2,849,765 |
| General Capital Projects | $1,315,029 |
| PD Grants | $1,898,212 |
| Total, all funds | $221,828,880 |
Source: City of Madera FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget, Expenses by Funds (pp. 58-61).
General Fund — balances and Measure K
The projected fund-balance table (p. 62) prints General Fund totals of $48,196,906 at June 30, 2025 and $47,336,021 at June 30, 2026, with FY 2025-26 revenues of $46,260,377 and expenditures of $50,844,298. For the unassigned General Fund row, the printed figures are: beginning $13,338,902, revenues $38,957,653, expenditures $44,086,956, net −$5,129,303, carryover $4,944,376, transfers in $1,173,186, transfers out $1,460,841, ending $11,980,789. Gap disclosed: those extracted columns walk to $12,866,320, not the printed $11,980,789 — an $885,531 difference, consistent with a dropped column in the extraction. Beginning and ending balances are shown as printed; the walk is not forced to reconcile. The book's narrative states the General Fund budget is balanced including a $1,460,841 use of unassigned fund balance for one-time costs, and projects Measure K at about $6.9 million for public safety.
General Fund balances as printed (p. 62).
| General Fund totals — June 30, 2025 | $48,196,906 |
| General Fund totals — revenues, FY 2025-26 | $46,260,377 |
| General Fund totals — expenditures, FY 2025-26 | $50,844,298 |
| General Fund totals — June 30, 2026 (estimated) | $47,336,021 |
| Unassigned General Fund — June 30, 2025 | $13,338,902 |
| Unassigned General Fund — June 30, 2026 (estimated) | $11,980,789 |
| Measure K, projected for public safety | ~$6.9 million |
Source: City of Madera FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget, Projected Fund Balance (p. 62).
Elected officials
As named in the adopted budget document. No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited document.
| Mayor | Cece Gallegos |
| Mayor Pro Tem (District 2) | Jose Rodriguez |
| Council Member (District 1) | Rohi Zacharia |
| Council Member (District 3) | Steve Montes |
| Council Member (District 4) | Anita Evans |
| Council Member (District 5) | Elsa Mejia |
| Council Member (District 6) | Artemio Villegas |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Madera, Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget — ADOPTED (city govstack host PDF). FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget.
- Sum checks: department lines exact ($221,828,880); fund-table total matches the department total ($221,828,880); General Fund unassigned net exact ($38,957,653 − $44,086,956 = −$5,129,303).
- What is not claimed: no adoption date (not stated in the retrieved excerpts); the FY 2025-26 columns are headed “PROPOSED” though the book is titled ADOPTED; the General Fund balance walk leaves an $885,531 unexplained difference on the unassigned row (disclosed above); no total outstanding-debt figure is shown from this book.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Madera palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.