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2026-06-23 - City Council (special)

Summary

Built from the official approved minutes of the June 23, 2026 special meeting (posted in the City Council minutes-for-approval batch). No video or transcript is posted, so there is no timing.

  • Roll call 6:19 p.m.; all nine members present. Bartlett participated remotely under the Brown Act "just cause" exception for a caregiving need. Adjourned 10:16 p.m. on a motion by Humbert, seconded by Blackaby, all ayes. Recesses 8:31 to 9:10 p.m. and 10:05 to 10:10 p.m.
  • The meeting had two items. 92 speakers addressed the biennial budget; none spoke on the appropriations ordinance.
  • Council accepted revised material from the City Manager (Tregub/Taplin, all ayes).
  • An alternative budget motion by Kesarwani and Blackaby failed 3-5-1.
  • The FY 2027 and FY 2028 Biennial Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program were then adopted as Resolution No. 72,340-N.S. (Humbert/Tregub), all ayes, with the Mayor's supplemental allocations totaling $7,362,500 in special funds for FY 2027.
  • The FY 2027 Annual Appropriations Ordinance passed first reading, all ayes, at $921,596,116 gross and $795,829,332 net; second reading set for July 7.
  • Certified by Deputy City Clerk Rose Thomsen.

Biennial Budget Adoption

  • Action Calendar item 1, from the City Manager (contact Maricar Dupaya). Motion (Tregub/Taplin) to accept revised material: all ayes.
  • Failed motion (Kesarwani/Blackaby): adopt the budget with the Mayor's allocations, keeping $2,500,000 for Small Sites and $1,300,000 in the Housing Trust Fund. Ayes - Kesarwani, Taplin, Blackaby; Noes - Bartlett, Tregub, O'Keefe, Lunaparra, Ishii; Abstain - Humbert.
  • Carried motion (Humbert/Tregub), Resolution No. 72,340-N.S., all ayes, with: four CIP items (Traffic Signal Master Plan, Transportation Design Guideline Study, Transportation Nexus Study, Vision Zero Action Plan update roadmap) moved to "unfunded and pending"; ambulance transport revenue transfer up $200,000 in each year for 9.0 Fire positions (total $978,334 in FY 2027); the $25,000 Euclid Street Garbage Corral Design item treated as a District 6 office budget reduction; Small Sites acquisitions to occur within 36 months or funds return.
  • Allocations include Small Sites $3,800,000, Downtown revitalization $2,800,000, CARFREE Berkeley $662,500 a year, Sacred Rest / Village of Love $100,000 (UC Berkeley must match), PITCH Project $250,000, Solano Stroll $40,000, Live Free $200,000, plus 5.0 firefighters ($1,109,795), 3.0 paramedics ($380,307) and a fire inspector ($238,232). Detail on the issue page.

Annual Appropriations Ordinance Adoption

  • Action Calendar item 2. The City Manager's recommendation was $916,819,369 gross and $791,496,351 net. Motion (Tregub/Humbert): first reading of Ordinance No. 8,029-N.S. as revised in Supplemental Communications Packet 2 and amended that night, at $921,596,116 gross and $795,829,332 net. All ayes.

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