CivicCause budget overview
Gilroy Budget Overview
FY 2026 Budget and Recent Trends
Gilroy's CivicCause budget overview highlights major current-year budget changes, department shifts, recent trends, and the official public source documents behind them.
This Gilroy budget page uses the adopted FY 2026 and FY 2027 combined operating and capital budget book. The top-line operating card reflects the FY 2026 adopted General Fund total, the budget is balanced after using fund balance for one-time investments, the published FY 2026 General Fund variance is preserved as an operating-gap signal, and the capital program remains a separate supporting dataset.
What Changed
Largest department-level changes in the strongest currently loaded comparison layer.
Department comparison
Gilroy FY 2025 to FY 2026 General Fund department comparison from the adopted FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget book.
| Name | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other General Government | $6,125,272 | $4,654,368 | -$1.5M | -24.01% | ↓Decrease |
| Police | $31,635,174 | $32,913,585 | +$1.3M | +4.04% | ↑Increase |
| Public Works | $8,305,995 | $8,889,200 | +$583.2K | +7.02% | ↑Increase |
| Community Development | $6,325,523 | $6,086,902 | -$238.6K | -3.77% | ↓Decrease |
| Fire | $15,552,149 | $15,716,596 | +$164.4K | +1.06% | ↑Increase |
| Administration | $4,305,191 | $4,454,456 | +$149.3K | +3.47% | ↑Increase |
| Human Resources | $1,807,320 | $1,867,098 | +$59.8K | +3.31% | ↑Increase |
| Finance | $1,174,466 | $1,201,524 | +$27.1K | +2.30% | ↑Increase |
Expenditure categories
Gilroy FY 2025 to FY 2026 General Fund expenditure comparison from the adopted FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget book.
| Name | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel Expenses | $50,916,554 | $54,370,726 | +$3.5M | +6.78% | ↑Increase |
| Capital Outlay | $2,051,403 | $855,795 | -$1.2M | -58.28% | ↓Decrease |
| Materials and Services | $9,891,155 | $8,808,968 | -$1.1M | -10.94% | ↓Decrease |
| Internal Services Charges | $9,419,425 | $8,833,286 | -$586.1K | -6.22% | ↓Decrease |
| Other Expenses and Charges | $452,556 | $414,955 | -$37.6K | -8.31% | ↓Decrease |
| Interfund Transfers | $2,499,998 | $2,499,998 | +$0 | +0.00% | →Flat |
| Operating Gap Before Reserves | Not yet available in current public data | -$1,600,000 | — | — | →No clear change |
| Projected Surplus / Deficit | Not yet available in current public data | $0 | — | — | →No clear change |
| Total Expenditures | Not yet available in current public data | $75,900,000 | — | — | →No clear change |
Revenue
Gilroy FY 2025 to FY 2026 General Fund revenue comparison from the adopted FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget book.
| Name | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenues | $70,956,734 | $74,277,226 | +$3.3M | +4.68% | ↑Increase |
| Charges for Services | $7,498,333 | $9,790,405 | +$2.3M | +30.57% | ↑Increase |
| Taxes | $54,360,893 | $56,123,074 | +$1.8M | +3.24% | ↑Increase |
| Interfund Transfers | $1,839,929 | $1,406,635 | -$433.3K | -23.55% | ↓Decrease |
| Other Revenues | $1,655,633 | $1,396,449 | -$259.2K | -15.65% | ↓Decrease |
| Use of Money and Property | $1,581,788 | $1,388,841 | -$192.9K | -12.20% | ↓Decrease |
| Licenses and Permits | $3,236,375 | $3,363,706 | +$127.3K | +3.93% | ↑Increase |
| Grants and Intergovernmental | $595,154 | $630,642 | +$35.5K | +5.96% | ↑Increase |
| Fines and Forfeitures | $188,629 | $177,474 | -$11.2K | -5.91% | ↓Decrease |
| Other Financing Sources | $0 | $0 | +$0 | — | →Flat |
| Total Revenues and Other Financing Sources | Not yet available in current public data | $75,900,000 | — | — | →No clear change |
| Use of Reserves / Fund Balance | Not yet available in current public data | $1,600,000 | — | — | →No clear change |
5-year department trends
This is the deeper trend section. Priority departments are shown first with labeled fiscal years, values, and a simple direction read.
More department series
| Department | Latest year | Latest value | 5-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administration | FY 2026 | $4,454,456 | -$429.5K↓Decrease |
| Community Development | FY 2026 | $6,086,902 | +$1.4M↑Increase |
| Finance | FY 2026 | $1,201,524 | +$227.2K↑Increase |
| Human Resources | FY 2026 | $1,867,098 | +$326.6K↑Increase |
| Other General Government | FY 2026 | $4,654,368 | +$662.6K↑Increase |
Community and Organization Perspectives
Perspectives on this budget will appear here.
Methodology and caveats
- Revenue comparison is General Fund-focused. Detailed category rows come from the published General Fund revenues-by-source table, while reserve-backed total sources preserve the rounded FY 2026 adopted summary totals from the all-funds overview. Gilroy's official budget page identifies the FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget as adopted on June 2, 2025. The Document Center URL still contains the word 'Recommended', but the page and the PDF itself both identify this book as the adopted budget. This import uses only the current official adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. The separate CIP page still prominently links the older FY 2024 through FY 2028 CIP book, so that older document was not used as the primary capital source for this launch-readiness pass. Top-line operating totals use the published FY 2026 General Fund summary rows from the adopted all-funds overview. Revenue and expenditure category rows remain grounded in the detailed FY 2026 General Fund tables. The imported operating gap before reserves comes directly from the published FY 2026 General Fund variance in the adopted all-funds summary. Capital output is a high-level FY 2026 program rollup from the capital tables embedded in the adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. It remains separate from the operating top-line cards. No values were inferred from non-budget narrative text or from the older standalone CIP document.
- Expense-object rows come from the detailed General Fund expenditure table, while total expenditures, projected balance, and operating gap before reserves preserve the published FY 2026 adopted summary totals from the all-funds overview. Gilroy's official budget page identifies the FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget as adopted on June 2, 2025. The Document Center URL still contains the word 'Recommended', but the page and the PDF itself both identify this book as the adopted budget. This import uses only the current official adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. The separate CIP page still prominently links the older FY 2024 through FY 2028 CIP book, so that older document was not used as the primary capital source for this launch-readiness pass. Top-line operating totals use the published FY 2026 General Fund summary rows from the adopted all-funds overview. Revenue and expenditure category rows remain grounded in the detailed FY 2026 General Fund tables. The imported operating gap before reserves comes directly from the published FY 2026 General Fund variance in the adopted all-funds summary. Capital output is a high-level FY 2026 program rollup from the capital tables embedded in the adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. It remains separate from the operating top-line cards. No values were inferred from non-budget narrative text or from the older standalone CIP document.
- Department comparison uses the published General Fund Expenditures by Department table from the adopted budget book. Gilroy's official budget page identifies the FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget as adopted on June 2, 2025. The Document Center URL still contains the word 'Recommended', but the page and the PDF itself both identify this book as the adopted budget. This import uses only the current official adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. The separate CIP page still prominently links the older FY 2024 through FY 2028 CIP book, so that older document was not used as the primary capital source for this launch-readiness pass. Top-line operating totals use the published FY 2026 General Fund summary rows from the adopted all-funds overview. Revenue and expenditure category rows remain grounded in the detailed FY 2026 General Fund tables. The imported operating gap before reserves comes directly from the published FY 2026 General Fund variance in the adopted all-funds summary. Capital output is a high-level FY 2026 program rollup from the capital tables embedded in the adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. It remains separate from the operating top-line cards. No values were inferred from non-budget narrative text or from the older standalone CIP document.
- This dataset is a published four-point series built from the adopted budget book's department table, not a normalized audited long-range history. Gilroy's official budget page identifies the FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget as adopted on June 2, 2025. The Document Center URL still contains the word 'Recommended', but the page and the PDF itself both identify this book as the adopted budget. This import uses only the current official adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. The separate CIP page still prominently links the older FY 2024 through FY 2028 CIP book, so that older document was not used as the primary capital source for this launch-readiness pass. Top-line operating totals use the published FY 2026 General Fund summary rows from the adopted all-funds overview. Revenue and expenditure category rows remain grounded in the detailed FY 2026 General Fund tables. The imported operating gap before reserves comes directly from the published FY 2026 General Fund variance in the adopted all-funds summary. Capital output is a high-level FY 2026 program rollup from the capital tables embedded in the adopted FY 2026 / FY 2027 budget book. It remains separate from the operating top-line cards. No values were inferred from non-budget narrative text or from the older standalone CIP document.