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The current adopted budget for the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 is now available to view or download from the City's website. The Finance Department is primarily responsible for the development and preparation of the City of Sonoma’s annual Operating and Capital Budget. The City of Sonoma adopts its budget each June for the following fiscal year, which runs...
A special Sonoma City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 30th from 12noon - 4:30 p.m., in the City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (FY 23-24) Operating and Capital Budget for the City of Sonoma and Successor Agency. The agenda will be published on the City's CivicWeb...
The annual budget is adopted by the City Council to set financial course for the City and define the service priorities provided to the community. After a protracted drop in revenues that began with the pandemic's onset in early 2020, Sonoma is now seeing continued and pronounced local economic recovery. Federal relief grants from the...
Video Recordings of the two City Council Budget Workshops are now available to view online. City Council held the special budget workshops to review, discuss, and provide initial direction to staff on the FY 22-23 City of Sonoma’s Operating and Capital Improvement Budgets. Each workshop covered different sections of the proposed budget. The first Budget...
A special, in-person-only meeting of the Sonoma City Council will be held on Wednesday, June 1st at 2:00 pm. View the full agenda on our CivicWeb Portal. The item to be considered is: Discussion, Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Fiscal Year 2022-23 City of Sonoma Operating and Capital Improvement Budget The meeting will be held...
The second of two Special Sonoma City Council meetings to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY 22-23) Operating and Capital Budget for the City of Sonoma and Successor Agency will be held on Wednesday, May 18th at 2:00 pm in the City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC). Find the agenda for the workshop here. The...
Two special Sonoma City Council meetings will be held on Wednesday, May 4th at 3:00 pm and Wednesday, May 18th at 3:00 pm in the City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY 22-23) Operating and Capital Budget for the City of Sonoma and Successor Agency. Find the agenda for the...
A regular, in-person-only meeting of the Sonoma City Council will be held on Wednesday, April 6th at 6:00 pm. View the full agenda including items on the consent calendar and public hearing items on our CivicWeb Portal. The item to be considered on the regular calendar is: FY 2021-22 Budget to Actuals and Discussion, Consideration and Possible Action...
The first quarter financial report for the fiscal year shows City revenues on track to meet or slighlty exceed the scaled-back projections incorporated into the annual operating budget, which began July 1. The FY 20-21 budget is based on General Fund revenues of $17.2 million, or almost $3.3 million less than the adopted budget for...
A meeting of Sonoma City Council will be held on Monday, October 19th at 6:00 pm. View the full agenda including items on the consent calendar on our CivicWeb Portal. The items to be considered on the regular calendar are: Verizon Small Cell Sites in Commercial Areas Appeals Update on Progress on Implementing City’s Climate...
Despite overall City budget reductions of more than $1.1 million this fiscal year, the City of Sonoma’s contract with Sonoma Valley Fire & Rescue Authority for fire and emergency medical services includes continuation of three firefighter/paramedic positions added last year using a federal grant. The City pays only one-third of the cost for these positions...
As the coronavirus pandemic is significantly impacting City revenues along with the local economy, the City’s focus is on supporting the community throughout this public health and economic crisis, while setting a flexible course of action for funding City services. Key revenues like hotel taxes are being closely monitored, and the City’s financial reserves or...
A meeting of Sonoma City Council will be held on Monday, June 29th at 6:00 pm. View the full agenda including items on the consent calendar and public hearing on our CivicWeb Portal. The items to be considered on the regular calendar are: A Resolution Approving an Ordinance to be Submitted to the Voters of...
A special meeting of Sonoma City Council will be held on Monday, June 22nd at 6:00 pm. View the full agenda including items on the consent calendar on our CivicWeb Portal. The items to be considered on the regular calendar are: Appoint a Representative to the Sonoma County Library Commissioner Presentation on City Budget Workshop including 5-Year...
Update 6/16/2020 - The Budget Workshop originally scheduled for Friday, June 19th has been moved to Monday, June 22nd at 6:00 PM. The City Council will hold a City Budget Update and Study Session to discuss the financial impacts of the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency and the Resulting Economic Emergency at their Special Meeting on...
