# Special City Council - 10/8/26


**Body:** MyGlendale
**Date:** October 07, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure


The Glendale City Council held a special off-site workshop on October 8, 2026, with city staff and facilitators to discuss council governance, near-term priorities, and budget alignment. The finance director described a projected five-year structural budget deficit of about $60 million (approximately $12 million annually); the forecast showed reserves potentially falling below the city’s 25% minimum by 2029–30, while the current reserve level was described as about 40%. Budget-balancing measures already used include freezing positions, reducing or delaying capital improvement projects, and transferring underused assets. Participants discussed addressing both revenues and expenditures, with staff asked to develop multiple, costed options and show operating, staffing, and ongoing fiscal effects. Priorities discussed included financial stability, infrastructure investment, mobility and traffic safety, economic development, housing affordability, permit streamlining, and community spaces. The workshop did not record a procurement award, bid approval, vendor selection, or spending motion; no specific contract or vendor was identified. An approximately $8 million arts project was discussed as an example of a multiyear capital project whose timing and cost breakdown affect budget decisions, not as an award decision. The council also discussed reviewing its outstanding staff-request list and improving how requests are prioritized and tracked; no final prioritization procedure was adopted in the transcript.

**Source:** MyGlendale