September 30th 2026 Budget Advisory Committee

The City of Riverbank Budget Advisory Committee met October 1, 2026 (the meeting title identifies it as the September 30 meeting). The committee reviewed progress on the City Council’s 2025–2030 strategic plan, including a lease for City Hall East at 3313 Santa Fe Street, a contract awarded to JPW Communications for communications planning, a grant-supported nexus fee study, an affordable-housing funding notice, and a wastewater-treatment and water-reuse feasibility study underway. Members discussed the City’s procurement practices: staff said RFPs are generally required for contracts over $50,000, though the City sometimes uses them for smaller contracts, and committee members asked for continued review of contract costs and prior or upcoming RFPs. No new contract award or procurement spending action was approved; the consent calendar passed unanimously, but its contents were not specified.

The committee also discussed a proposed policy for the City’s Section 115 pension trust, including withdrawal safeguards and maintaining a minimum balance; no policy direction or withdrawal amount was adopted. Staff presented four deferred positions with stated annual costs of $189,000 for an administrative clerk, $168,000 for an engineering technician, and $158,760 for a recreation and events coordinator; discussion also referenced approximately $660,000 in total deferred-position costs. A staffing study was estimated at $60,000–$100,000, with $80,000 offered as a planning placeholder, but no recommendation was reached on commissioning it or advancing positions. Members requested more time and budget detail, including review of the general fund, before making recommendations. A proposed 60/40 sales-tax-sharing arrangement involving Boyett Petroleum was described as not fully approved and expected to return to the City Council.