Carson City Supervisors hosts special meeting Tuesday May 27 for final budget hearing

On Tuesday, May 27 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room at the Carson City Community Center, the Carson City Board of Supervisors and the Redevelopment Authority will host a special meeting to finalize the 2026 fiscal year (FY 26) budget. 

The budget discussions for FY 26 began in February, when staff presented the assumptions to be used for building the FY 26 budget, and supervisors discussed the Property Tax Rate. 

On May 1, supervisors approved the tentative budget and approved the five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). 

However, this has been a particularly harrowing budget year, as for the first time since the Great Recession, the state had to decrease their projected revenue in the middle of a legislative session — to the tune of $191 million. 

Just before budget discussions began, the city found $77.5 million in additional revenue, leading to augmenting the budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year to incorporate those funds into the budget. 

Budget Changes

The final budget draft adds supplemental requests from city departments that were approved by the board during the May 1, 2025 hearing, and incorporates the approved CIP. 

It also includes contract adjustments for China Springs, Youth Parole Services and Child Protective Services, as those amounts were received by the city on April 30. 

The city also included an “undesignated amount” in the BOS department of 5% ($2.25 million) of CTAX for the FY 26 budget. 

This is undesignated because, despite the fact that the final budget is due by law to be sent to the state, the state has still yet to provide data needed to build the budget. 

“As of May 12, 2025, the City shows a 6% reduction in CTX’s received from the State for FY 2025,” wrote Chief Financial Officer Sheri Russel-Benabou. “The City is not receiving accurate taxable sales data and therefore, it is impossible to determine the trend of current receipts, or if the budgeted amount for FY 2025 or FY 2026 will be received.”

A Public Safety Specialist position was added as approved in the supplemental requests. However, the position was incorrectly classified as an exempt position, and has now been fixed within the budget. The change does not change the budgeted amount for the position. 

Finally, “community support is now zero in the General Fund,” according to the agenda, but the Community Support Services Grant program has been moved to the Supplemental Indigent Fund. 

In addition, the Nevada Association of Counties (NACO), Nevada League of Cities, Tahoe Transportation District, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency expenses previously accounted for in the Community Support Department have been moved to the Centralized Services Department for FY 26. 

The Numbers

General Fund changes amount to an total expenditures of $120.3 million, an increase of $2,575,844 from the tentative budget. This decreases the ending fund balance from $19.27 million to $17 million. 

Supplemental Indigent Fund changes amount to total expenditures of $3.01 million, an increase of $435,395 from the tentative budget. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $5,000. 

Capital Projects changes amount to total expenditures of $13.5 million, a decrease of $330,377 from the tentative budget. Ending fund balance remains unchanged at $5,000. 

Senior Center changes amount to total expenditures of $1.03 million, an increase of $63,572 from the tentative budget. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $10,000. 

Landscape Maintenance changes amount to total expenditures of $543,717, an increase of $7,500. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $10,000. 

Quality of Life Fund changes amount to total expenditures of $7.54 million, an increase of $80,012. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $150,000.

911 Surcharge Fund changes amount to total expenditures of $1.35 million, an increase of $452,630. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $50,000. 

Grant Fund changes amount to total expenditures of $7.82 million, an increase of $240,332. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $200,000.

Extraordinary Maintenance changes amount to total expenditures of $2.53 million, an increase of $1.59 million. The ending fund balance remains unchanged at $5,000. 

No change in the budgets of South Carson NID, Regional Transportation, Residential Construction Tax. 

See the full breakdown, including the cash funds, below: 

Redevelopment Authority Budget Changes

Amendments to the tentative budget to the final draft are as follows: 

Approved Community Development reorganization which reclassifies the Office Manager to the Community Development Manager, and adjusted the amount charged to Redevelopment from 25% to 15%. 

Small change for the promotion of an Office Specialist to a Senior Office Specialist. 

Small change to the DNID transfer, adding $490 to the FY 26 amount. 

Incentive payments estimated too low when compiling tentative budget at only $220,800 for Nissan and two Mall properties. Adjusts to $370,800 for final budget. 

Adds supplemental requests of $25,000 to Public Works Road Closures expenses and $30,000 for park signs. 

CIP added to the budget including Courthouse Reconfigure/Redesign in the amount of $5.68 million, Courthouse Intercom System $200,546, Downtown JAC $50,000, ADA Bob Boldrick Theater $135,879, sidewalk and ADA improvements $200,000, and enhanced sidewalk safety improvements $50,000. 

This brings total expenses to $7,522,972 an increase of 3,756,430 from the tentative budget. 

See the Redevelopment Budget below: 

We will update this page with the streaming video from YouTube as it becomes available.

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