Good evening, everybody.
I would like to call the order of the May 20th, 2026,
Consumers, CSD Board of Directors regular meeting. We're starting at 5.32.
This meeting is being broadcast via live stream. I want to remind those in attendance to please place your phones in silence.
We'll call the next item, please.
Yes, thank you. Good evening.
I am a sculpture order in a roll call and I'm a one director speeds here vice
president Lozano here director Zender here director Terango here president
Secares here thank you we
will now do the land land acknowledgement director
Terango we
honor respect and acknowledge elk groves first inhabitants the
Plains Miwok, who lived as sovereign caretakers of this land and these waterways since time
immemorial. We commemorate and advocate for their descendants, the Wilton Rancheria Tribe,
the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County, who endure because of the bravery,
resiliency, and determination of their ancestors, tribal members, and leaders.
Thank
you very much. This evening's moment of silence will be in honor of our staff who
will be working hard during the summer, especially during the heat, and for our firefighters
who are going to have to fight some wildland fires. Please remain standing after the Pledge
of Allegiance.
I don't need to use the Pledge of Allegiance.
Order of Directors, Lance Ray Fire Marshal, Consumers. With me is Shay Clark. We're
going to introduce her right after this, so we'll get started with the Pledge, and
then we'll do the moment of silence and then quickly.
Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you.
Thank you. Just
very briefly wanted to introduce Shay Clark. Shay Clark has been with the
district for almost five years. She was in recreation and we as tradition is
we steal and so she started with us on April 16th as a permit tech. Shay has
as a background, she has a degree from UC Davis
in neurobiology, which is obviously very normal
for permit techs.
She also, she enjoys coding, has already been
into our computer system.
She has a lot of very unique hobbies and interests
that match up very well with the job,
and she is doing a fantastic job for us already.
We are super excited to have her
want to offer the opportunity to say just a couple words
and welcome her to the district or to the fire department.
I just wanted to thank the board and everyone in here for dedicating their time and energy
back into this community.
As Chief Ray said, I've been a part of CISD for almost five years now and it's been more
than a job, it's just been an absolute blessing.
And I'm so excited for this new role and all the work that's ahead.
Thank you very much.
Welcome aboard.
You're in the fire department.
I think maybe EMS will pull her away from you, especially with her degree.
Next item, please.
Next item, be communications from the public on non-agentized items.
I have not received any.
We do not have any speaker cards for this item.
Next item, then, please.
Next item, seek consent calendar.
Staff recommended that the Board approves consent calendar items 4 through 6 as presented.
I have not received any requests.
There are no speaker cards for this item either.
I have not received any speaker cards from the public.
Does there any members of the board
that would like to have any items on Cassante agenda?
Have none?
I just have one.
It's on item number six on the NBS contract.
I noticed on page three that it mentions the city,
but not the district on some liability issues.
Can we have that added, or what
do we need to do to get that added?
Yes,
so in section 7A of the agreement it does note that the consultant shall not receive
any employee benefits of the city.
It is an error that it doesn't also say that they shall not receive any benefits of either
the city or the district.
The city has already approved that agreement and so when we go for signature we'll
notify the consultant of the city that we are signing with that modification in
order to have it on the record. Okay. Thank you. So on our request would be to add that
item district only or do we have to even do that? Approving the agreement with the modification
that the district will be added to that session. Okay. All right. If there's no
other further discussion, I will entertain a motion to accept the consent agenda with
that modification. I have a motion from Director Tarango to have a second. I have a second from
Director Zender. Any clarifying questions from staff? None. Call for the vote. All in favor?
Aye. All opposed? Motion passes 5-0. Next item, please. Next item, D, presentations. Item D7 is
filled the boot for Burns, Fire Chief Felipe Rodriguez. Thank you so much, Elanisi. Good
Good evening, President Secarus, members of the board, Felipe Rodriguez.
I have the honor tonight to introduce the Executive Director of the Firefighters Burn Institute,
Joe Pick, who is here joining us tonight, along with several of our members, those who
were instrumental in ensuring that Phil the Boot went off without a hitch this year.
We have Firefighter Manuel Carter in the back, and Firefighter Eric Jackson, and
executive assistant breeda geiger who coordinated and organized this event to make sure it was successful and a big
Thank you to the car club and all else who are here to support turn it over to you, Joe
Thank you chief. Thank you board
Again, it is my honor
To must fire district as well as the community and I think we're gonna start out with that
because what
But what Manuel and Eric have done with this boot drive is not only just raise funds but
gather a community together.
They have taken the scale of what we call a satellite boot drive.
We do our own boot drive for four days.
What they have done is elevate it to a level that I have not seen in any other fire
district in the state.
And we have probably 30 different fire districts that do this.
with those two individuals have done with the support of the staff of Consumers
and the community is remarkable. So I want to start off by recognizing
specifically the car clubs that that came in. It added another element. One of
things I need you to realize that I've realized as I've done these boot
drives is that people see firefighters out there and they love our fire
service community and they want to support firefighters and they put money into the boot
for firefighters. But what is key about these events is communicating to the community that,
yes, we take care of our own. We get burned. There is no doubt about that. But we are
here for the community. And the programs that we do for burn survivors up and down
this state and well beyond, as a matter of fact, in two weeks we have our kids
kids camp coming up, camp for 7 to 17 year olds. We have 52 kids that are coming. We spend
a week with these kids and they're coming from Oregon and Southern California and Nevada
and the Sacramento area. These are the programs that we do and we couldn't do it without the
support of our fire department and the community that supports it. So I'd like to start
by recognizing a few of these individuals. Can I get a representative from the cars and coffee
Elk Grove?
Half of Firefighters Burneds too. We thank you for your support on
what we do
and educating the community on the program. So if we have this is a challenge coin that I give
to everybody and I could approve them this way. So I thank you very much and I think she wants
Can I get a representative from Drops Car Club?
On
behalf of the Firefighter Burn Institute, thank you.
Thank you for your support.
I have another one for you and my friend.
Thank you for your support of this event and your community.
Good call.
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Truck Specialties.
A thousand dollar check to add to the total that we will have.
Now, to get into the details of the event and some numbers, I'm going to pull this up here
and get my readers on.
This is the 22nd year between Elk Grove and the Consumers Fire District that they've
been hosting an event for us.
Their first boot drive was in 2004.
This year, the total came to $38,371 in a two-day period of time.
That my friend. Gentlemen, come on up here.
So a couple of recognitions that, and I have, I literally have two boxes full of plaques or presentations to give to businesses throughout this area that supported that two-day event.
Again, having an event that big, you've got to have the resources to supply it.
So, know that the businesses within this community are being recognized as well.
As I said before, this isn't just firefighters out in the street, this is a community that
comes together and supports and understands the mission that we have that we've been doing
for over 50 years.
So, first I'd like to acknowledge the 2025-1 probationary firefighters.
I was hoping there would be some probes here today, but please, on behalf of the Firefighters
Burn Institute, let them know my appreciation.
I think it's important when you get into the fire service that you understand it's
not about your 10, 24-hour shifts.
It's about the bigger picture of what you do for your community and know that you
represent the community, and this class did that with class.
So I give that to you guys.
This year I give the another plaque for you guys
for 2026 for your commitment to doing this boot drive
and helping us fund.
Over half of our funds come from boot drives,
either from our large boot drive that we do
and all these satellites.
And it gives me an opportunity as a retired fire captain
to go into firehouses and let them know
So, not only what we can do for their community, but what we can do for them.
And one of the things that we do is a liaison response team, specifically for when a firefighter
gets burned, gets a burn injury.
And what we have transformed that into is even the smaller burn.
Because unlike the general public that gets a burn and the doc says, yeah, wrap it up
and go back to work.
When these men and women go back to work, they're going back into a superheated
environment that is not conducive to a healing of even a small burn.
So we get them into the clinic, make sure it's evaluated by somebody that understands
burns and give them the best direction on what they need to do for the healing so they
can get back to work sooner, which we all know, we all want to get back to our firehouse.
So, your
plaque and this is one we don't give out often.
I have given it out once or twice.
it's what we call the 30 grand club and so not only did they hit 30 grand they
hit $38,000 which again is a remarkable achievement and as you well
know comes from a lot of hard work crepping ahead of time getting the
individuals convincing people to come on out and donate a few hours gentlemen
As we all know, as firefighters, we can't do our job without the support of a support
team.
And I want to personally thank you for all of your support.
Turn it over to the board for any comments, and then we'd like to do a picture.
We'll go ahead and take any comments.
I'll start on my right.
Sure.
Wow.
Just congratulations to everybody.
It really is the epitome of teamwork makes the dream work right and I am such a proud
citizen of this city and just can't say kudos enough to all of you communicating the need
and the passion and the why because without that people don't understand and just thank
you for all you do every single day.
Thank you.
Thank you all for all of your hard work.
Certainly the car clubs and the community that came out to support this and
Really appreciate everyone's desire to get out there. I wasn't able to be out there this year, but I certainly will be next year
But thank you so much. And if you have a $40,000 plaque
Think we could probably do that next year
Oh nice
It's
only getting better. I have some more plans to make it a little bigger.
Awesome. Perfect. Great job.
Great job. I went out there with my family
and we thoroughly had a great time and we ran around too
with the firefighters so it's a great event and thank you guys
for all the hard work that goes into that and thank you to the car clubs for coming out because it makes
it that much better and it gets the community involved
So thank you all for everything
Director triangle
Yes, I had the opportunity to get out there and really see you guys working hard
To get people to donate
But I have to just say how amazing it was to see all the community coming out
Including the car clubs everybody who gave time and effort and to hear how many businesses were involved with this
Sorry, I don't know why I'm getting so emotional with this
but it's just the excitement of knowing that as a community
we still come together to make sure
we are taking care of our own,
but not just our own of so many
other community members in need.
So thank you guys, you guys are remarkable.
Being out there and watching you guys was just amazing.
So congratulations, thank you.
Well, Director Tarango, getting emotional
on something like this is absolutely,
if you've ever been to those camps, it's amazing.
First of all, you guys are awesome.
Thank you so much for what you do, the time you spend, but what I think is really important
is how you got the community to step forward with you.
Something that I've seen grow and grow and grow.
Keep up the good work.
You guys are great.
I think next year you'll get 40 plus.
So congratulations.
Thank you.
Lastly, I want to again remind this community that educating people about our resources,
I can't tell you how many burn survivors that I have met adult burn survivors that were burned as a kid and never knew that there were any resources.
We have partnerships with other foundations, Phoenix Society, which is an international, that's our goal.
And when they become a part of our family, they're a part of our family for life.
So if there's somebody that you know that has been that's a burn survivor let them know about us
And let them know that they're a part of our community
So thank you very much join us for a picture up in the center
And if I could ever present it from the car clubs join us as well with the board next
item, please
next items item f8 staff reports fiscal year 2026 2027
meet biennial budget amendment and updates to the publicly available pay
scales. Budget manager Jillian Chavez.
Close your eyes, don't look.
Okay,
good evening
President Sicaras and members of the board. My name is Jillian Chavez. I'm the
budget manager for the district and I'm here this evening to present the
fiscal year 26 to 27 mid-biannual budget amendment. Before I get started I do
want to point out that the slides are numbered on the bottom right hand corner, so if you
have any questions related to any particular slide, feel free to jot it down and I'll be
happy to come back to revisit it.
As we developed this budget amendment, staff remained focused on the district's mission,
vision and core values.
The recommendations before you support public safety, parks and recreation services
and fiscal responsibility.
The proposed investments are intended to ensure we continue delivering high quality services
while maintaining strong financial stewardship.
This evening's presentation will begin with a brief overview of the budget development process in timeline.
We will then review a few key budget highlights before jumping into the major fund performance for the General Fund,
Landscaping Lighting Assessment Fund, Measure E, Capital Projects, and
Internal Services Fund. Following that review, we will discuss the updated
five-year general fund, five-year forecast, and summarize the recommended
board actions, and conclude with next steps.
Before walking through the
timeline, I want to emphasize that the fiscal year 26 to 27 budget has
already been adopted by the board through the district's normal public budget process as part of
the biennial budget that was approved in June 2025. The purpose of the mid-biannual amendment
is not to develop a new budget but rather to update the existing budget to reflect changing
economic conditions and updated revenue and expense projections. The mid-biannual budget
development process kicked off in March shortly after establishing a
foundation with the fiscal year 25 to 26 mid-year budget. Instructions were
released on March 13th with personal services projection data available one
week later. On April 10th, departments submitted their budget
deliverables and initial submissions were reviewed by finance before
department meetings which were held at the end of April and beginning of
May.
The general manager and strategic management team then completed their review and provided
direction on budget proposals moving forward. In early May, the proposed Measure E budget
was presented to the Citizens Oversight Committee and was affirmed to align with the community
identified priorities. Following those reviews, all recommended adjustments and budget proposals
were incorporated into the amended budget
as what you're going to see presented this evening.
Before we dive into the numbers,
I'd like to highlight a few key items included
in the budget amendment.
First, I am pleased to state that the structural deficit
included in the originally adopted budget
has been eliminated through the incorporation
of the cost allocation plan,
which recovers administrative support costs
provided to the district's other funds.
The budget continues to use the same indirect rates that were implemented at mid-year, however
shortly after this budget adoption, staff will update the cost allocation plan using
the latest budget figures and data points.
The amendment also reflects updated personal services costs, the district's largest
expense category, based on the revised salary schedules presented in this evening's
that report. In addition, the budget reinvests in the district's assets through a variety
of building improvements, maintenance projects, and equipment replacements that help preserve
infrastructure, improve operational efficiency, and ensure we can continue providing reliable
services to the community. The budget amendment also strategically redirects resources to
advance several key strategic initiatives including the district's ERP system,
planning and early design efforts for fire station 71 rebuild and repurpose project,
continued progress on clear community initiative and the development of the fire department's
community risk assessment and standards of cover. While these initiatives represent
significant areas of focus within the amended budget. Staff still remains
committed.
To advancing the district's other strategic initiatives, and will continue making progress
on those efforts as resources and projects timelines allow.
And lastly, the updated five-year forecast for the general fund continues to project positive
operating results and healthy reserve levels, demonstrating the district's improving financial
position and long-term sustainability.
The
next two slides will provide a thousand-foot view of the district-wide budget, inclusive
of all night of the district-wide funds.
District revenue is estimated at $208.5 million for fiscal year 26-27.
As shown on this slide, property taxes remain the largest revenue source, accounting for
approximately 36 percent of total revenues and continuing to serve as the
foundation for the district's financial stability. The next largest revenue sources
are EMS revenues at 13 percent, transfer isn't at 12 percent, and assessments at
11 percent. Together these four categories make up for more than 70% of the
district's total revenues and provide the primary funding for the district's
operating and services.
The remaining revenues come from service fees and charges,
measure e-revenues, recreation service charges,
interest earnings, and other smaller revenue sources
that help diversify the district's funding base.
While this slide highlights where district revenues
are coming from, the next we'll show
how those resources are allocated
across the district's programs and services
and capital investments.
district-wide expenses for fiscal year 26 to 27 are estimated at $215 million. As shown in the chart,
personnel services represent the largest expenditure category at 54% of total district-wide
expenses. This reflects the district's investment in employees who deliver parks and recreations,
public safety and administrative overhead services.
The second largest category is
services and supplies accounting for 27% of expenditures. This includes the
operating costs necessary to maintain facilities and day-to-day district
operations. Transfers out comprise of 12% of district-wide expenditures and
primarily represent the movement of resources between funds to support
capital projects, debt obligations, administrative overhead, and other planned activities.
Capital outlay and contingencies account for 5% of expenditures, reflecting the district's
continued commitment to infrastructure improvements, asset replacement, and prudent financial
planning for unforeseen circumstances.
And finally, leases and loans make up the remaining 2% of expenditures and represents
the district's debt service and financing obligations.
The next several slides summarize
the district's major operating funds
and the significant adjustments
included within the proposed amendment.
While each fund has unique revenue sources
and expenditure requirements,
a common theme throughout the amendment
is improved alignment between actual operating conditions
and budget assumptions.
You will see the same table for each major fund,
but I will start with the general fund.
The first column identifies the major revenue
or expense classification.
The second column shows the adopted budget
as approved by the board last year.
The third column shows the proposed
mid-bionnual budget amendment.
And lastly, the fourth column shows the change
between the adopted and amended budget
with a positive number reflecting an increase
to projections and a negative representing a decrease.
The general fund remains the district's primary operating fund and reflects the most significant
financial improvements included in this amendment.
Revenue projections have increased by approximately 5.8 million primarily due to stronger EMS revenues,
increased plan review and inspection activity, and growth associated with the EXL program.
It is important to note that our property tax assumptions are not changing as part
of this amendment, the adopted budget did already include a 5.5% increase to
supplement secured property tax revenue projections, and based on that
information, the information that's currently available, staff still believe
that to be a reasonable estimate.
Expenditures are increasing by
approximately 5.4 million to support operational needs, strategic
initiatives, and the budget proposals, which I will review later.
As a result,
the projected deficit has improved from approximately $1.8 million in the
adopted budget to approximately $1.4 million with the amended. Perhaps most
importantly, reserve usage is now limited to one-time investments in
capital-related needs rather than ongoing operating costs, which represents
a structural balance. The projected ending fund balance is $32.6
million, which represents more than 25% of expenditures and remains fully
compliant with the district's reserve policy.
The landscape and lighting
plan reflects several significant operational realignments associated with
the clear committee initiative and implementation of the cost allocation
plan. Revenue projections decreased by approximately 3 million, primarily due
to the district no longer maintaining certain city-owned streetscapes in the
in a ridge area as well as adjustment
to administrative overhead allocations.
Expenditure is also decreased by approximately 2.9 million
due to reduction in maintenance responsibilities,
project deferrals pending clear committee outcomes
and administrative allocation adjustments.
The landscape and lighting fund balance
at the end of fiscal year 26 to 27
is estimated at 48.2 million
plan, with plan savings set aside for future maintenance and alignment with the district's
asset life cycle plan.
Over the been by annual budget amendment, changes reflected here improve transparency
and better aligned service responsibilities with asset ownership while preserving long-term
financial strength of the fund.
The Measure E fund continues to support community identified priorities.
Revenue projections have increased by approximately 900,000 based on updated
sales tax estimates provided by the city of Elk Grove. The approximate $2 million
expenditure increase reflected in the amendment supports several important
public safety initiatives including the ongoing fire academy operations, EMS
training, emergency, traffic signal preemption technology, and equipment
The budget also incorporates the district's cost-to-allocation methodology to ensure
measure E appropriately contributes to their portion of administrative costs.
Even with these investments, the fund is projected to maintain an ending balance of approximately
$4.7 million, which is roughly 43% of the annual budget.
The Capital Project Fund supports the district's Capital Improvement Plan and long-term
infrastructure investments. The fiscal year 2026 to 2027 budget supports
approximately 35 active capital projects which does include the projects
funded by the Internal Service Fund. Notable projects included in the budget
are improvements at the Wackford Community and Aquatic Complex, continued
development of the Mendes Ranch Park, construction of the Station 46 Annex
building and the initial planning work associated with Fire Station 71. The
amendments reflected in this budget align the budget with the final capital
improvement plan which will be presented later this evening.
The Internal
Service Fund reflects some of the most significant strategic investments
included in this amendment with revenue increasing by approximately 1.8
million and expenses increasing by 5.5 million. The largest adjustment relates
to the implementation of the district's Workday ERP system, which represents a major investment
in administrative modernization, operational efficiency, and internal controls.
Additional adjustments reflect increased insurance costs, technology expenditures, facility maintenance
improvements, and transfers associated with Station 71 projects.
While these investments increase expenditures in the short term, they are expected to
to generate long-term operational benefits
and improve organizational effectiveness
across the district.
At this point, I am going to turn it over
to our Chief Financial Officer, Niu Vang,
to cover the General Fund's five-year forecast.
Good evening, Director Secares and members of the Board.
Tonight, I have the pleasure of reviewing
the General Fund five-year forecast with you.
About a year ago, a five-year forecast
was telling a very different story.
The forecast projected ongoing structural deficit throughout the planning period.
Expenditures growth was outpacing reoccurring revenue growth and while the
district and main financially stable, the forecast signaled that corrective
action would be needed to maintain long-term sustainability. That took that
message seriously and moved from identifying the issue to implementing
solutions. Over the past year, one of the districts most significant effort was
implementing the district-wide cost allocation plan, which better align
administrative and support costs across programs and funding sources. We also
updated several key fees and cost recovery areas, including EMS transport
fees, fire-related fees, plan review fees, and other service
charges to better reflect the actual cost of providing services.
These were important actions because they were not one-time fixes.
They improved recurrent revenues and addressed the unaligned structural imbalance.
As a result, the financial outlook we are presenting tonight is significantly improved
from where we were a year ago.
The actions implemented over the past year were designed to address the unaligned
structural imbalance rather than simply providing a temporary relief.
As a result, the forecast has improved significantly, reoccurring revenues are better aligned with
costs of services provided, and the district is in a stronger position to manage future
financial obligations while maintaining service levels.
While challenges remain and ongoing monitoring is still necessary, the outlook today is
considerably stronger than it was a year ago.
The general fund revenue are projected to increase
from approximately $125 million in fiscal year 2627
to $145.5 million in fiscal year 2030 to 31,
representing more than 20 million in growth
over the five years.
Property taxes are largest and most stable revenue source
is projected increase from 75.5 million dollars to 91.2 million dollars. EMS
revenue are also projected to grow from approximately 27.9 million to 30.9
million dollars during the same period. While fiscal year 26-27 reflect a plan
deficit of approximately 1.4 million dollars, that deficit is primarily
driven by plan expenditures and timing related items rather than a structural
issue. Then again in fiscal year 2728 the forecast project positive operating
results each year with annual surplus is going from approximately $136,000 to
over $1.2 million by fiscal year 2030 to 31. The forecast also shows that the
districts and maintaining healthy reserves.
General fund balance is projected to grow
from approximately $32.6 million dollars
to $35.7 million dollars by the end of the forecast period.
With that said, the work is not done.
The next phase is about protecting the progress we make.
Personnel costs remain our largest expenditures
and our projected increase from approximately $92.6 million
million dollars to $109.1 million dollars for the next five years. Staffing costs, salaries,
and benefits will continue to require careful management. Workers' comp and general liability
insurance remain one of our fastest growing costs here in the district, with annual
increasing projecting from 8% to 10%.
On the revenue side,
we also need to continue planning for the future.
Development areas in SIPA and Laguna Ridge are going to be built out the next couple
years or a few years.
And as those air mature, assessed valuation growth could begin to moderate, which reinforces
importance of continuing strong cost recovery practices and maintain disciplined financial planning.
The overall message tonight is that the district is in a strong financial position and we should be proud of that.
The forecast reflects a much healthier outlook.
Then, where were you a year ago? The actions taken by district over the past year are producing results, and our focus moving forward to ensure we maintain the momentum and continue building on our long-term financial sustainability.
With that, I'm going to pass it back to Jillian.
I'm going to be closing out this presentation by reviewing the recommended board actions, which are included in this evening's staff report.
staffers requesting for actions from the board this evening. First is approval of
resolution 2026-13 which established districts appropriations limit and it
formally adopts the fiscal year 26 to 27 mid-biannual budget amendment. Second
is approval of the budget proposals which were included in this evening's
staff report and I'll highlight those in a few slides here. And third is
adoption of the updated publicly available full-time pay scales and lastly is the approval
of the part-time salary schedules.
California's GAN initiative requires local agencies to annually establish an appropriations
limit based off of population growth and cost of living adjustment factors.
For fiscal year 2026-27, the district's appropriation limit is calculated at $266.1 million.
The amended budget is well below that threshold and fully complies with state requirements.
Approval of resolution 2026-13 will formally establish the appropriations limit as calculated
here and adopt the amended budget.
The
budget amendment includes 21 strategic and operational proposals totaling approximately
3.6 million.
Several of the largest proposals focus on long-term financial sustainability and infrastructure
protection, including the additional discretionary pension liability payment, foundation drainage
improvements, ERP loan repayment acceleration, and clear committee
consultants support. The proposals also support purchasing process
improvements, investments in telecommunications management, and several
facility improvements projects at Wackford. Collectively, these investments
help protect the district's assets, improve operational efficiency, and
support long-term strategic objectives.
The remaining proposals focus primarily on public
safety, technology, workforce support, and service delivery. Examples include the community risk
assessment and standards of cover update, continuation of the mobile integrated health
program, radio frequency ID inventory technology, turnout gear maintenance equipment,
logistics support staffing and equipment for new fire apparatus. These
proposals are intended to improve operational readiness and workforce
effectiveness.
As part of the budget amendment, staff is recommending approval
of updated salary schedules effective July 1st, 2026. The proposed updates
reflect previously negotiated labor agreements and recommended cost of
living adjustments. Approval of these schedules is required to maintain
compliance with CalPERS regulations regarding publicly available pay scales
schedules.
Pending board approval, the amended budget will take effect on July
1st, 2026. Staff will continue monitoring revenue and expenditures and
economic conditions throughout the fiscal year and will return to the
board with the fiscal year 26 to 27 mid-year report in early 2027.
Preliminary actuals and audit results will follow as part of the district's
regular financial reporting cycle. That concludes my presentation. I'm happy
to answer any questions that you may have and I will leave you with the list
of board recommended actions.
Thank you, Jillian.
Do we have any members of the Public Act to speak on this issue?
Thank you.
Do we receive no speaker cards?
Did not receive any.
Thank you.
Does any board members have any comments on this staff report?
And I'll start on my left this time.
As always, Jillian, you guys do a fantastic job at showing us where our projections are
and where we're headed.
So thank you very much.
Everything was great and easy to follow, but I don't have any questions for you
at this time.
Thank you.
Dr. Zinder.
Hi.
Great job.
Thank you.
Um, I do have a couple questions. Um, one is where are we sitting in our reserves for
measure E?
I believe it's approximately, let me go back to my notes.
Like what percentage?
It's in the 40s.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Here somewhere.
43.
I don't want to say the wrong number.
Is it 43 percent?
Was that the number?
That sounds right. I'm hovering between two numbers. I don't want to say the
wrong one, but I got it here somewhere.
43. Yeah. Thank you. Um, and then I had, um, no,
I think that was it. Actually, I just wanted another percentage of that one. So thank you.
Of course. Vice President Lozano.
Yeah, thank you, Jillian and staff, CFO Bank, for your
work on this. I appreciate the fact that we were able to take care of that structural deficit
that we had a year ago. I really appreciate all of the work from all of the staff on coming back
with the the plan to take care of that and the board heard that a few months back and and
and took some action.
I believe this is probably the most
transparent budget presentation that I've
seen in a long time.
Not that the other ones were bad,
but I really like the way you laid it out, all of the items
that were listed, the budget proposals that were approved.
Really appreciate that.
And the only, well, I had several questions
in my meeting with the general manager this week, and all of them were answered.
It is great to see the other investments that we're making mid-cycle, including the Mobile
Integrated Health Program, as you probably know, it's near and dear to my heart.
I think it's a great program, and then the other programs that we are investing
in.
And so thank you so much, and great work.
Thank you.
I'll sacco everything my colleagues said,
but I just can't express to everyone enough of,
like I said, with the, I think the collaboration,
transparency, it's very apparent, and like, director.
You know, as Sano said, I think it's, for me,
one of the most clear presentations I've heard.
Thank you so much.
Jillian, thank you so much.
I have to agree with all my colleagues.
I have a couple questions, though, on slide number 15.
I'm looking at the EMS revenue.
Are we getting close to that being potentially
an enterprise fund?
Or can we do it as an enterprise fund?
Thank you for that question, Director Secariaz,
or President Secariaz.
That's a really good question.
When we look at an enterprise fund,
It has to meet specific types of requirements and that doesn't mean it doesn't have, it
couldn't be, but that's something we can explore further to see if they meet those specific
requirements to be required as an enterprise.
And I don't expect it quickly, but I think with the new program that we're getting
and that we can do, you know, cost and individually looking at programs like this, it would
be kind of it looks like it's getting close to how much we're bringing in and
the expenditures will be really really close for that division and it being an
enterprise fund may be able to close or manage manage those funds and that's all
I'm looking at if that's possible in the near future nothing let's just say
just a general question one additional comment there are pros and cons to go
on an enterprise fund so when you go to enterprise fund we're going on a
full crew basis, which changed the accounting structure of EMS, and we might have to re-look
at that too.
So I do want to caution in doing that because it would change things a little bit.
It's just a generalized question, but thank you very much.
Thank you.
Next slide, number 18.
So in, I believe, April of 2025, our Chief Financial Officer made a presentation to
this board in coming up with a way to reduce our UAL payment and also our OPEB.
There are a few organizations that even want to take this on.
I appreciate what you have done.
Putting in a million dollars into this fund additional to what we're paying is something
that government agencies tend not to do, and we are doing it.
The outcome of this, although it's a million dollars that someone can say we could have
used somewhere else, this actually prevents us from having future issues with our payments
and also having the ability to ensure that our customers, being our employees, have
a guaranteed retirement and also their health benefits.
It's tough to take a million dollars and put it into this, but I think the long-term effects
are going to be absolutely fantastic, so I want to commend you and your staff for looking
at this.
I hope we continue doing it.
I also hope we can see another line that says something with OPEB in the near future
and bringing those costs down.
The long-term effects of this is going to be seen within the district, and I hope
in my lifetime, but it will definitely be seen in some of those individuals out
there.
so I appreciate that. So, thank you so much. I also noticed something...
Sorry, I just want to pause because she's done amazing work, but what I failed to point out
on this slide is the proposal items that have an asterisk next to them are ongoing items
and the district really came together to make sure that we can make that additional discretionary
payment on an ongoing basis.
Well, that even makes me more happier, so thank you so much, I appreciate that.
I did notice some things in the budget, this is just a general comment, and I'm going to
have to give a little kudos and commend our Parks and Recreation Administrator.
I know that there's times where we have to look at hiring personnel, and we've seen
us hiring more on the fireside that we have on the parks and recreation site. I
also know that we're going through clear right now and that is going to change a
few things and I know you probably want people and this board would love to do
that for you in the future but I think that what you have done managing it and
looking at clear and seeing how those changes may occur and affect the
district I want to commend you for that because it's really tough when
you see your colleagues getting some people and you're sitting there holding your breath.
I just want to say fantastic job. I really appreciate what you're doing in that. So thank
you very much. That's all I have. Excellent job. I agree with everybody. Great job. Continue
the hard work. Thank you.
Okay. With that, with no other further questions, I'll go
motion. I have a motion from Director Tarango. Do I have a second? Yes. I have a second from Director
Spice. Any other further comments from staff or board? I see none. Go ahead and call for the vote.
All in favor? Aye. All opposed? None. Motion carries 5-0. Next item, please. Next item,
I'm Xenom F9, the 2026-2031 Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan, Director of Engineering Scott
Jones.
Good evening, President Secares, members of the board.
Tonight's presentation on the 2026-31 Capital Improvement Plan should be fairly short
since I brought the draft version to you back in April, but I did want to use this
opportunity to provide the board with project updates from last fiscal year's CIP projects
and then I'll jump into the upcoming CIP.
This last year, the district's been busy.
We've completed 28 projects.
We've done many tenant improvements to our fire stations.
We rebuilt the roadway to Fire Station 73,
which you can see was in need of replacement in those photos.
Districtwide, we added security lighting
to the South Admin parking lots,
as well as Lippincock Park.
We completed phase 3 of Elk Grove Park Veterans Memorial, and we opened our 108th new park
at the district Unity Park.
On the recreation side, we did several improvements on our golf course.
We replaced some of our ruse floors and HVAC systems at some of our recreation centers,
and we also opened up CORE at the beginning of this fiscal year, which was our largest
Recreation Center project to date.
Right, so in terms of now jumping to the CIP in front of you, just a quick overview of the
CIP for the audience against a five-year plan that helps for the development of our sites.
It is a planning tool we use to align our projects along with the funding sources and various
timelines and priorities. And we update it every year so that it is reflected in the
upcoming fiscal year's budget, and in this case the mid-biannual budget, which Jillian
and just presented.
In terms of the development of the CIP each year,
put out a call for projects.
We've got new projects.
We take existing projects
and modify those as need them based on priorities.
And then this year we brought the draft version
of the CIP to the board in April.
We received comments from the board,
which were incorporated in this final CIP
in front of you.
Some of those comments included
providing a project status summary table
as well as incorporation of some type of public art
to the Elk Grove Youth Center building,
which are incorporated in this final version in front of you.
And that leads us today,
where I am presenting the final version of the CIP
as well as the mid-biannual budget,
which was just presented by Jillian.
And again, please note these numbers
that I'm gonna show you in these next slides
are incorporated into the mid-biannual budget,
budget, which was just approved by the board.
In terms of the overall five-year forecast in the CIP, we've got a planned expenditure
of up to $226 million over these various types of projects shown on this pie chart.
In terms of the expenditures for this upcoming fiscal year, which are in the mid-bioannual
budget, we've got planned expenditures for just under $11 million from the various
funding sources identified in this table which are also in the CIP and
that
concludes my presentation and I'll leave you with the recommendation in front of
you. I told you it was going to be short Director Tarango.
Thank you have to
answer any questions you may have. Thank you very much Scott. I haven't
received any public comment have you not announced is there any comments from
the board I'll start on my left. That was great super informative loved it thank
you.
I wanted just to say thank you for taking my suggestion for the mural for
the youth center I was really excited to see that on there so thank you.
Just
just one comment thank you Scott for your work on this and everyone else that
is part of the process it is so refreshing to see the insert internal
service fund being utilized the way that it's supposed to be.
I have many conversations with our general manager about saving for things that we need
to get done and this is the vehicle that we use to do it.
It's like I said very refreshing to see that we're saving as we go and paying for it
as we go and so very, very good.
Great presentation.
I appreciate the two bites at the apple making tonight very short gives us an opportunity
to really digest everything that we're doing moving forward.
So thank you so much.
Director Speese is fine.
Scott absolutely fantastic.
Thank you.
I do like the idea of seeing this twice because of the size of the document all
the projects we have.
I actually have this in a PDF file on my computer at home.
So when I get phone calls from residents saying, when is the park going to be built?
I can literally pull this up and give them an idea.
Although sometimes they're not happy, it's just nice to have that information in front of me.
So if there's no other comments, I'll go ahead and entertain a motion to approve staff's recommendation.
I have a motion by Vice President Lozano, second by Director Torango.
Any further comments from staff?
None.
Call for the vote.
All in favor?
Aye.
All opposed?
Motion carries 5-0.
Next item, please.
Next item.
GMG Board of Directors Business, G10s Meeting and Event Approval and Report.
Does any board member have any items under this agenda item?
We'll go ahead and start with Director Speese.
I think this is the last time we're here.
We got to go to the Director Securus and I, got to go out to CORE and boogie to Zumba.
And I tell you Director Securus has moves.
So we had a good time.
Indy Freckles had a great stretch and a run that day too, unexpected, but she came back,
so that was good.
So anyway, that was fun and great to see just how thriving core is and again, congratulations
everyone there, it's just booming and it was a lot of fun.
This weekend I'll be going to the Bounty on the Boulevard on Sunday which is in
in support of the Elk Grove Scholarship Foundation.
So that's a great thing and also taking in all the murals
that we were just talking about.
They're gonna be happening in Old Elk Grove area.
So if you didn't know, go to the west side there
and you're gonna see some of our amazing artists here
from the local area all putting up some really cool art.
So go and check that out.
Director Lozano.
Yeah, I only have one thing to report on.
I attended the Memorial Day Service at the Galt-Arno Cemetery. It was very well attended,
probably near 100 people, and so it was really good. They had very good speakers that talked
about family members who lost their lives as veterans, and so very well done. I want
thank the general manager Belinda for her work on that and putting that together every year.
That's all I have. Director Sander. Nothing to report at this time.
Director Triango. Yes, I do have a few things to report. So last month's park advisory committee
meeting was great. It was a little bit short and sweet, but who doesn't like that? I also was
able to attend the Sangam annual convention. This is the first time it was held here by the Fijians
and it was such an amazing event. It was kind of on the outskirts of us, held at Consumnes,
but it was great. And then the Thailand Hand Memorial. If you guys did not get a chance to
see it yet over at the El Kropiti, it is a beautiful memorial. So that was a beautiful
opportunity to be there and see his memory being upheld so thank you.
I just
like to report out that I attended the water safety night at the Wackford
Center. I did not go down the slide because our administrator of Recreation's
administrator was not there to watch me so I figured I wouldn't do it this year
but it was I tried to get the general manager to do it he we both are
waiting for you, Tracy.
But it was a pleasure giving the proclamation
to four of our senior lifeguards,
and it was nice recognizing them.
As directors be said, I did do Zumba.
There is a video out there.
I'm trying to get it destroyed.
But it was very, very nice.
I gotta next time make sure I look at my calendar
that Ellenisi says Zumba.
I just thought it was a proclamation,
and I'd be walking out of there.
but I didn't but I got admit I liked it. I really really enjoyed it. Staff there
made it fun and we actually got people walking by that joined in with us. And
finally I attended the Memorial Day at the old cemetery along with the walk at
the to the Veterans Memorial at Elk Grove Park. Also a somber event but
but also a very well-attended event, so that's all I have.
Next item, please.
Next item is item G11, General Manager Report.
Good evening, members of the board.
I want to start by expressing my appreciation.
You authorized over $450 million to be spent on the budget and the CIP book, and it said
General Manager's delight to see so many staff come together and put this budget
together, both on the operating and the capital improvement program.
We've got a lot of exciting things to get done over the next couple years, and it takes
a lot of teamwork and unity to pull it all off.
So again, I appreciate your support on those budget authorizations.
We mentioned CORE briefly in the CIP discussion of an outstanding project last fiscal year,
but we also received an award for Outstanding Facility from the California Parks and
Recreation District Association, and
our Engineering Director Scott Jones and the
several general managers and other staff and board members
and the list is growing long of how many people
will now want to come and tour the facility.
So it's a model throughout the state
that's the envy of several other districts
and not all can pull it off as we did
with a lot of teamwork and a lot of years of preparation
and taking some risks to pull it off.
But so far it's doing well.
It's not even a year old if open yet
but we'll continue to see its success
as we modify the ratio of programming options
and membership and all those things
but an exciting project and quite the envy. So this Saturday we've got a busy day with an Oasis
Park community meeting to discuss community issues with the city counterparts and appreciate
Director Tarango is going to be there with Councilmember Brewer hosting that and staff will
be there to also support that effort. And then once that's completed we've got the regional
safety day at the Elk Grove Park. So encourage the community to come out and participate in
that starting at, I believe, at nine through a couple hours and learn all about the safety
features. Elk Grove Police Department will also be participating with our fire department
and other safety booths and partners participating. So exciting weekend ahead. But again, thanks
for your support tonight. Thank you.
Thank you. Next item, please.
Next item is item H, identification of items for future meeting.
Does any board member have any future items? I'm not sure I'm going to request this
of the future item, just a concern.
Last couple of weeks or a couple of weeks ago,
we had a wind event.
I do know that we shut down part of Elk Grove Park.
First of all, absolutely fantastic.
Thank you very much for doing that.
As I was sitting in a different location
watching some of the oak trees who
were near some of my property, I
was wondering if we were going to shut that down.
And fantastic job.
I was going to request that we get policies and procedures for some type of wind event,
weather event, but rumor mill tells me you guys are already working on it, so I am not
going to even go down that road.
But I just wanted to acknowledge that shutting down the park and looking at something like
that for the safety of not only our personnel, but for our community.
Well thinking ahead, thank you so much, and I appreciate that.
With that item, next item?
Next item is item I, adjournment.
We'll go ahead and call this meeting adjourned at 6.42. Thank you all.
Yeah, great night.
But
if it stopped becoming irresponsible, then, yeah, I would think that that would be something
that we're not aware of.
But like, it could be worse.