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Union City Budget Overview
Union City's latest posted adopted budget book funds ongoing services while drawing down fund balance. FY2024-25 all-funds uses are budgeted slightly above resources, and the General Fund uses about $1.2M more than resources while still ending with reserves above the City's 20% policy threshold.
Latest posted adopted budget posture
Reserve-supported with structural pressure
The adopted FY2024-25 budget shows $160.2M in citywide resources, $162.5M in citywide uses, and $121.3M in ending fund balance. The General Fund shows $88.1M in resources, $89.3M in uses, and $30.1M ending fund balance, equal to about 34% of General Fund expenditures.
Headline signals
Citywide resources
$160.2M
FY2024-25 total revenues/resources across all funds.
Total budget uses
$162.5M
FY2024-25 total expenditures/uses across all funds.
General Fund resources
$88.1M
FY2024-25 General Fund resources, including transfers in.
General Fund uses
$89.3M
FY2024-25 General Fund uses, including operating, transfers, debt service, capital outlay, and CIP.
General Fund balance
$30.1M
Projected FY2024-25 ending General Fund balance.
Five-year CIP
$88.4M
FY2023-24 through FY2027-28 capital improvement plan total.
Budget Signals
Taxation and Fiscal Policy
-$2.3M
Reserve-supported budget
FY2024-25 citywide uses exceed resources by about $2.3M, reducing total ending fund balance.
Taxation and Fiscal Policy
-$1.2M
General Fund draw
General Fund uses are budgeted about $1.2M above resources in FY2024-25.
Crime and Public Safety
$45.9M
Public safety
FY2024-25 General Fund Police and Fire Services budgets combined.
Social Services and Community Support
$9.3M
Community and recreation
FY2024-25 General Fund Community and Recreation Services budget.
Infrastructure
$46.0M
Adopted capital years
The first two adopted CIP years total $20.1M in FY2023-24 and $25.9M in FY2024-25.
Transportation
$16.8M
Transit capital
Transit is the largest FY2024-25 CIP category in the adopted capital table.
What changed from the baseline?
CivicCause compares FY2022-23 projected values shown in the adopted budget with Union City's FY2024-25 adopted budget. Dollar amounts are rounded from official City tables.
Total uses
IncreaseBaseline
$114.6M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$162.5M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
+$47.9M
+41.8%
All-funds uses rise sharply from the projected baseline in the posted adopted budget, driven mostly by capital outlay, debt service, operating services, and CIP timing.
Total resources
IncreaseBaseline
$151.6M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$160.2M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
+$8.6M
+5.7%
All-funds resources grow more slowly than uses in the adopted FY2024-25 table.
General Fund uses
IncreaseBaseline
$82.3M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$89.3M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
+$7.0M
+8.5%
General Fund uses rise while the fund still remains above the City's reserve policy threshold.
Police
DecreaseBaseline
$32.5M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$32.3M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
-$0.2M
-0.7%
The Police Department remains the largest General Fund department and is roughly flat against the projected baseline.
Fire Services
IncreaseBaseline
$12.3M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$13.5M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
+$1.3M
+10.5%
Union City contracts fire services through Alameda County Fire Department.
Community and Recreation Services
IncreaseBaseline
$6.5M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$9.3M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
+$2.8M
+43.7%
Community and Recreation Services shows the largest resident-facing General Fund percentage increase among major departments.
Economic and Community Development
IncreaseBaseline
$4.6M FY2022-23 projected
Adopted
$5.5M FY2024-25 adopted
Change
+$0.9M
+18.5%
The adopted budget adds capacity for economic development and neighborhood preservation work.
Resident-facing operating signals
Operating subtotal
$113.8M
FY2024-25 all-funds operating subtotal before capital outlay, debt service, transfers, and CIP.
General Fund operating
$83.3M
FY2024-25 General Fund operating subtotal.
Public Works
$9.1M
FY2024-25 General Fund Public Works budget.
Economic development
$5.5M
FY2024-25 General Fund Economic and Community Development budget.
Operating, reserves, and CIP signals
GF reserve ratio
34%
Projected FY2024-25 General Fund balance as a share of expenditures, above the City's 20% policy threshold.
Citywide fund balance
$121.3M
Projected FY2024-25 ending balance across all funds.
FY2024-25 capital budget
$25.9M
Second adopted year of the CIP budget.
Pension costs
$14.0M
Budgeted FY2024-25 General Fund pension costs, including pension-obligation bond debt service.
Capital and infrastructure signals
$16.8M FY2024-25 transit capital category, led by transit yard bus charging and electric-bus infrastructure.
$4.6M FY2024-25 streets category, including pavement rehabilitation and complete-streets work.
$2.6M FY2024-25 economic development category, including Quarry Lakes Parkway and station-area projects.
$530K FY2024-25 parks and recreation improvements, with larger parks projects shown in later CIP years.
$88.4M five-year CIP total across streets, transit, facilities, parks, bike/pedestrian, traffic signal, and economic development projects.
Source note
Union City's finance page says the FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 adopted budget book is still being prepared. This page uses the latest posted adopted budget book and official budget-process/source pages until the newer book is posted.
Notes
Dollar amounts are rounded from Union City's official FY2023-24 and FY2024-25 Operating Budget Book.
FY2022-23 is labeled as projected in the adopted budget book, not a completed audited actual in that document.
The official finance page says the FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 adopted budget book is still being prepared.
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Official sources
Union City Financial Reports page
Official City finance page linking budget books, financial reports, and the current budget-process folder.
FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 budget process folder
Official City Document Center folder for current budget-related meeting materials.
FY2023-24 and FY2024-25 Operating Budget Book
Latest posted adopted operating budget book used for the verified numeric tables on this page.
Union City OpenGov transparency portal
Official City-linked public finance visualization portal.
Basic Financial Statements for year ended June 30, 2023
Official financial statements source for follow-up review of audited actuals.
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