Overview
Salinas’s FY 2025-26 all-funds budget starts at $57,486,510, takes in $298,314,994 in revenues including transfers in, and spends $314,344,674 including transfers out, ending at $41,059,014 after a $397,816 reserve allocation. The General Fund alone is in the red on both ends of the year — beginning at −$9,123,963 and ending at −$5,019,087 — while Measure E ($3,445,877 ending) and Measure G ($4,421,933 ending) carry the combined General Funds to a positive $2,848,723. Police ($64,431,730) and Fire ($32,839,517) together account for $97,271,247, or 52.8% of the $184,287,905 combined General Funds operating budget by department. The city’s appropriation limit is $345,864,920, against $171,566,400 in proceeds of taxes subject to the limit, and the workforce is 660.5 FTE.
Sources: FY 2025-2026 Summaries & Schedules; FY 2025-2026 Appendix (adoption resolutions).
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2025-26
Sources: FY 2025-2026 Summaries & Schedules; FY 2025-2026 Appendix.
All funds, FY 2025-26
All-funds revenues including transfers in sum exactly to $298,314,994, and expenditures including transfers out sum exactly to $314,344,674.
| Sales & use tax | $91,015,000 |
| Property tax | $43,022,000 |
| Franchise fees | $10,306,000 |
| Transient occupancy tax | $3,119,000 |
| Utility users tax | $14,003,000 |
| Business license tax | $6,718,000 |
| Licenses & permits | $4,031,000 |
| Fines & forfeitures | $1,621,000 |
| Investment earnings | $7,582,310 |
| Intergovernmental | $25,984,797 |
| Charges for services | $19,648,070 |
| Other revenue | $13,324,000 |
| Transfers in | $57,940,817 |
| Total all-funds revenues | $298,314,994 |
| Salaries & benefits | $135,474,174 |
| Overtime | $8,339,619 |
| Supplies & services | $70,455,042 |
| Capital outlay | $27,907,352 |
| Debt service | $14,227,670 |
| Transfers out | $57,940,817 |
| Total all-funds expenditures | $314,344,674 |
All-funds walk: beginning balance $57,486,510 + revenues $240,374,177 + transfers in $57,940,817 − transfers out $57,940,817 − expenditures $256,403,857 − reserve allocation $397,816 = ending balance $41,059,014, exact as printed. The document’s restated total after removing $29,351,297 in capital improvement projects is $284,993,377, as printed.
Source: FY 2025-2026 Summaries & Schedules, Combined Summary of Revenues and Expenditures.
General Funds, FY 2025-26
“General Funds” here means the General Fund (1000) plus Measure E and Measure G, exactly as the budget presents them together. Combined walk: beginning $3,180,517 + revenues $182,053,260 + transfers in $2,478,700 − transfers out $23,158,800 − expenditures $162,129,105 + reserve allocation $424,151 = ending $2,848,723, exact.
| General Fund (1000) — beginning | −$9,123,963 |
| General Fund (1000) — revenues | $127,534,260 |
| General Fund (1000) — transfers in | $2,478,700 |
| General Fund (1000) — transfers out | −$12,166,000 |
| General Fund (1000) — expenditures | −$114,599,358 |
| General Fund (1000) — reserve allocation | $857,274 |
| General Fund (1000) — ending | −$5,019,087 |
| Measure E — ending | $3,445,877 |
| Measure G — ending | $4,421,933 |
Combined General Funds operating budget by department sums exactly to $184,287,905.
| Police | $64,431,730 |
| Fire | $32,839,517 |
| Library & Community Services | $15,161,327 |
| Public Works | $14,730,852 |
| Non-Departmental | $12,432,701 |
| Finance | $8,571,200 |
| Community Development | $7,047,678 |
| Administration | $2,979,790 |
| Human Resources | $2,282,460 |
| City Attorney | $1,043,360 |
| City Council | $608,490 |
| Transfers Out (department table; excludes transfers to CIP) | $22,158,800 |
| Combined General Funds operating budget | $184,287,905 |
Source: FY 2025-2026 Summaries & Schedules, General Funds summary and department tables.
Enterprise funds
Enterprise revenues sum exactly to $18,539,800 and enterprise expenditures sum exactly to $20,181,605, a net of −$1,641,805.
| Licenses & permits | $3,196,500 |
| Fines & forfeitures | $966,000 |
| Investment earnings | $302,800 |
| Intergovernmental | $300,000 |
| Charges for services | $10,533,400 |
| Other revenue | $2,143,500 |
| Transfers in | $1,097,600 |
| Total enterprise revenues | $18,539,800 |
| Salaries & benefits | $8,882,650 |
| Overtime | $91,500 |
| Supplies & services | $8,209,255 |
| Capital outlay | $292,200 |
| Debt service | $1,806,900 |
| Transfers out | $899,100 |
| Total enterprise expenditures | $20,181,605 |
Source: FY 2025-2026 Summaries & Schedules, enterprise fund summary.
Elected officials
As named in the unanimous adoption vote (Resolution No. 23269 / No. 45, June 17, 2025). No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited documents.
| Mayor | Dennis Donohue |
| Council Member | Barajas |
| Council Member | Barrera |
| Council Member | D’Arrigo |
| Council Member | De La Rosa |
| Council Member | Salazar |
| Council Member | Sandoval |
Source: FY 2025-2026 Appendix, adoption resolutions (Ayes listed; Noes none; Absent none; Abstain none).
Sources & notes
- Only sources used: City of Salinas, FY 2025-26 Adopted Operating Budget — Summaries & Schedules (salinas.gov) and Appendix containing the adoption resolutions. FY 2025-2026 Summaries & Schedules; FY 2025-2026 Appendix.
- Sum checks: all-funds revenues exact ($298,314,994); all-funds expenditures exact ($314,344,674); all-funds walk exact ($41,059,014); combined General Funds walk exact ($2,848,723); General Fund (1000) walk exact (−$5,019,087); department operating budget exact ($184,287,905); General Funds revenues including transfers in exact ($184,531,960) against expenditures including transfers out exact ($185,287,905), a net of −$755,945; enterprise revenues exact ($18,539,800) and expenditures exact ($20,181,605).
- What is not claimed: an outstanding-debt total (not extracted; all-funds debt service is $14,227,670); council-member first names or districts (not stated in the cited documents); any explanation for the General Fund’s negative balances beyond the printed figures.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Salinas palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.