By Sara Beth Williams–
The Citrus Heights City Council will, on Wednesday, June 11, be asked to approve a biennial budget, road maintenance funding, a contract amendment for the San Juan Complete Streets project, an amended salary table, and a master fee schedule. The council will also be asked to ratify a new planning commissioner to fill a vacancy.
The following items are listed in the consent calendar. Items in the consent calendar are voted on together as a block, unless specific items are pulled by city council members for discussion.
Road maintenance funding: Pursuant to Senate Bill 1, all California counties and cities receiving transportation funding through the gas tax increase are required to submit an expenditure plan for allocation of funds for the subsequent fiscal year. Citrus Heights is expected to receive an estimated $2,375,783 in Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMAR) funds for fiscal year 2025-26. These funds will come to the city in the same manner as the existing gas tax funds, which are distributed monthly based on actual revenues collected.
Construction contract amendment: The proposed scope of Contract Amendment No. 3 includes required additional surveying and right-of-way acquisition, retaining wall design, utility coordination, environmental services, bidding assistance, and construction support for Phase 1B of the San Juan Complete Streets project.
Phase 1A of the project is complete. Phase 1B is still in the design phase, with construction anticipated to begin in fiscal year 2025-26.
Sayonara Drive subdivision map: The City Council is being asked to approve a final tentative subdivision map on Sayonara Drive, which reconfigures 12 existing parcels into 26 lots, which will be developed with single-family homes and sold by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento.
Amended Salary Table: On May 28, 2025, the City Council reviewed the fiscal year budget for 2025-26, which included a projection of a two and a half percent cost of living adjustment. The Police Officer Association and Police Employee Association labor agreements included a provision that would provide for a cost of living adjustment based upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling between zero and four percent.
Since the budget discussion, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is used to determine annual Cost of Living Adjustments. (COLA). The April CPI supports a 1.3 percent COLA for fiscal year 2026, which is lower than last year’s 3.8 percent COLA.
According to the city’s staff report, the two and a half percent increase reflects easing of inflation and aligns with long-term financial modeling.
The following are regular calendar items that the City Council will be asked to approve Wednesday.
Biennial Budget: The Citrus Heights City Council will consider adopting the city’s proposed biennial budget for fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27, which was presented to the City Council in a special Council Meeting on May 28.
The plan outlines $99.7 million in revenue and $98.3 million in spending for the first year, followed by $88.7 million in revenue and $87.6 million in spending for the second year. The General Fund is projected to remain balanced across both years.
A chart shared with the City Council shows projected funds broken up by departments, with the Citrus Heights Police Department receiving 57 percent of the funds. 23 percent of the funds are being allocated toward administrative services, eight percent to the General Services Department, and the rest of the funds will go toward economic development, community engagement, community development, and transfers to non-general fund reserves.
The council will also vote to approve the city’s annual appropriation limit and approve the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program, which identifies long-term infrastructure projects through 2030.
Master fee schedule: According to the city, staff regularly analyzes and reviews the master fee schedule annually and brings adjustments back to the city council when necessary for approval. For this year, the city is recommending a transition from flat-rate fees to fees that are deposit-based and billed on a time and materials basis to help reduce barriers for small businesses. The new master fee schedule also includes three planning deposits and a reduction in the cost for use of the Citrus Heights Event Center in order to make the event center facilities more accessible for the community.
Planning Commission Vacancy: In May, Oleg Shishko notified the city of his resignation from the Planning Commission, effective May 20, 2025, creating a vacancy. Shishko was appointed to the Planning Commission by Council Member Schaefer on January 8, 2025, with a term expiring December 31, 2028. According to the city’s staff report, Council Member Schaefer desires to appoint Scott Kaufman to fill the vacancy on the commission.
Read the full agenda packet here.
Those wishing to make a public comment during the meeting can do so by attending the council meeting on Wednesday, June 11, at City Hall, at 6 p.m., or by submitting a written comment beforehand using the city’s website. The deadline to submit comments online is 4 p.m. on the day of the meeting. City Hall is located at 6360 Fountain Square Drive.
