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Saratoga Budget Overview
FY 2025-26 Budget and Recent Trends
Draft budget previewBudget document: FY 2025-26 adopted budget PDF
Saratoga's CivicCause budget overview highlights major current-year budget changes, department shifts, recent trends, and the official public source documents behind them.
This Saratoga budget preview is available for internal and prelaunch review. The top-line card uses the published General Fund expenditure total; the separate transfer to the capital program remains available in the supporting tables.
Saratoga’s top card now uses the published General Fund expenditure total. The separate transfer to the capital program remains in the supporting tables and is not folded into that top-line expenditure number.
General Fund Budget
$32.5M
This figure reflects the General Fund budget shown in the imported source, not necessarily the full all-funds city budget.
Projected Deficit
$3.5M
Derived from the current published surplus / deficit row.
What Changed
Largest department-level changes in the strongest currently loaded comparison layer.
Public Safety
↓
Decrease+5.10%
2024/25: -$8,589,469
2025/26: -$9,027,936
-$438.5K
↓Decrease
Public Works
↓
Decrease+5.01%
2024/25: -$7,901,863
2025/26: -$8,298,123
-$396.3K
↓Decrease
Community Development
↑
Increase-10.97%
2024/25: -$1,230,638
2025/26: -$1,095,596
+$135.0K
↑Increase
Community Services
↓
Decrease+10.65%
2024/25: -$770,229
2025/26: -$852,292
-$82.1K
↓Decrease
Administrative Services
↑
Increase-2.55%
2024/25: -$2,019,475
2025/26: -$1,968,053
+$51.4K
↑Increase
City Council and Commissions
↓
Decrease+3.38%
2024/25: -$336,781
2025/26: -$348,178
-$11.4K
↓Decrease
Department comparison
Saratoga department-level expenditure comparison built from published program rows in the adopted budget book.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety | -$8,589,469 | -$9,027,936 | -$438.5K | +5.10% | ↓Decrease |
| Public Works | -$7,901,863 | -$8,298,123 | -$396.3K | +5.01% | ↓Decrease |
| Community Development | -$1,230,638 | -$1,095,596 | +$135.0K | -10.97% | ↑Increase |
| Community Services | -$770,229 | -$852,292 | -$82.1K | +10.65% | ↓Decrease |
| Administrative Services | -$2,019,475 | -$1,968,053 | +$51.4K | -2.55% | ↑Increase |
| City Council and Commissions | -$336,781 | -$348,178 | -$11.4K | +3.38% | ↓Decrease |
| City Manager's Department | -$1,713,203 | -$1,720,692 | -$7.5K | +0.44% | ↓Decrease |
Expenditure categories
Saratoga FY 2024/25 to FY 2025/26 expenditure comparison from the adopted operating and capital budget PDF.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Uses of Funds | $33,797,378 | $36,087,340 | +$2.3M | +6.78% | ↑Increase |
| Total Expenditures | $30,582,753 | $32,487,340 | +$1.9M | +6.23% | ↑Increase |
| Contract Services | $2,780,950 | $3,363,530 | +$582.6K | +20.95% | ↑Increase |
| Internal Services | $4,315,918 | $4,796,159 | +$480.2K | +11.13% | ↑Increase |
| Public Safety Contract Services | $8,792,685 | $9,246,105 | +$453.4K | +5.16% | ↑Increase |
| Transfer to Capital Program | $3,214,625 | $3,600,000 | +$385.4K | +11.99% | ↑Increase |
| Projected Surplus / Deficit | -$3,160,308 | -$3,531,531 | -$371.2K | +11.75% | ↓Decrease |
| Salaries and Benefits | $10,188,700 | $10,527,698 | +$339.0K | +3.33% | ↑Increase |
| UAL Payoff | $1,350,000 | $1,533,492 | +$183.5K | +13.59% | ↑Increase |
| Operating Expenses | $2,045,885 | $1,869,756 | -$176.1K | -8.61% | ↓Decrease |
| Professional Services | $1,108,615 | $1,150,600 | +$42.0K | +3.79% | ↑Increase |
Revenue
Saratoga FY 2024/25 to FY 2025/26 revenue comparison from the adopted operating and capital budget PDF, centered on the published General Fund revenue summary table.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenues and Other Financing Sources | $30,637,070 | $32,555,809 | +$1.9M | +6.26% | ↑Increase |
| Property Taxes | $19,305,458 | $20,582,155 | +$1.3M | +6.61% | ↑Increase |
| Charges for Services | $5,501,121 | $6,179,389 | +$678.3K | +12.33% | ↑Increase |
| Other Taxes | $2,575,000 | $2,440,920 | -$134.1K | -5.21% | ↓Decrease |
| Use of Money and Property | $1,429,695 | $1,511,080 | +$81.4K | +5.69% | ↑Increase |
| Intergovernmental | $533,000 | $592,300 | +$59.3K | +11.13% | ↑Increase |
| Franchises and Surcharges | $1,246,296 | $1,203,965 | -$42.3K | -3.40% | ↓Decrease |
| Fines and Penalties | $46,500 | $46,000 | -$500 | -1.08% | ↓Decrease |
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.
Public Works
↓Decrease
2021/22 Actual-$5,600,837
2025/26 Proposed-$8,298,123
2021/22 Actual: -$5.6M2022/23 Actual: -$6.0M2023/24 Actual: -$6.4M2024/25 Estimated: -$7.2M2025/26 Proposed: -$8.3M
5-year change: -$2.7M
↓Decrease
More department series
| Department | Latest year | Latest value | 5-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative Services | 2025/26 Proposed | -$1,968,053 | -$182.9K↓Decrease |
| City Council and Commissions | 2025/26 Proposed | -$348,178 | -$131.2K↓Decrease |
| City Manager's Department | 2025/26 Proposed | -$1,720,692 | -$358.7K↓Decrease |
| Community Development | 2025/26 Proposed | -$1,095,596 | -$334.6K↓Decrease |
| Community Services | 2025/26 Proposed | -$852,292 | -$102.5K↓Decrease |
| Public Safety | 2025/26 Proposed | -$9,027,936 | -$2.6M↓Decrease |
Community and Organization Perspectives
Perspectives on this budget will appear here.
Methodology and caveats
- Revenue comparison is General Fund-focused and comes from Saratoga's published Revenue & Expenditures summary table. The Saratoga budget PDF was downloaded from the official CivicPlus DocumentCenter URL and read from a local file for extraction stability. Saratoga publishes one combined FY 2025-26 adopted operating and capital budget book rather than separate operating and CIP PDFs. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused and come from the published Revenue & Expenditures summary table in the General Fund section. Total Uses of Funds includes the published Transfer to Capital Program, so the projected gap aligns with the published Net Revenue / (Expenditures) row. Department comparison and trend rows were summed from published department program rows because some OCR'd overview total lines were inconsistent, especially City Council & Commissions and Non-Departmental. The Non-Departmental department row was omitted because the published/parsed structure was ambiguous and did not support a clean comparison row without guessing. Department trend data is a published multi-year series using 2021/22 actual, 2022/23 actual, 2023/24 actual, 2024/25 estimated actual, and the 2025/26 Proposed column as printed inside the adopted budget book. Capital output is a high-level rollup of major CIP program areas and ARPA-funded capital work, not a project-by-project import.
- Uses Saratoga's published General Fund expense categories and a derived Total Uses of Funds row that includes the published transfer to capital program. The Saratoga budget PDF was downloaded from the official CivicPlus DocumentCenter URL and read from a local file for extraction stability. Saratoga publishes one combined FY 2025-26 adopted operating and capital budget book rather than separate operating and CIP PDFs. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused and come from the published Revenue & Expenditures summary table in the General Fund section. Total Uses of Funds includes the published Transfer to Capital Program, so the projected gap aligns with the published Net Revenue / (Expenditures) row. Department comparison and trend rows were summed from published department program rows because some OCR'd overview total lines were inconsistent, especially City Council & Commissions and Non-Departmental. The Non-Departmental department row was omitted because the published/parsed structure was ambiguous and did not support a clean comparison row without guessing. Department trend data is a published multi-year series using 2021/22 actual, 2022/23 actual, 2023/24 actual, 2024/25 estimated actual, and the 2025/26 Proposed column as printed inside the adopted budget book. Capital output is a high-level rollup of major CIP program areas and ARPA-funded capital work, not a project-by-project import.
- Department totals are summed from program rows because some OCR'd overview totals were inconsistent. Non-Departmental was intentionally omitted rather than guessed. The Saratoga budget PDF was downloaded from the official CivicPlus DocumentCenter URL and read from a local file for extraction stability. Saratoga publishes one combined FY 2025-26 adopted operating and capital budget book rather than separate operating and CIP PDFs. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused and come from the published Revenue & Expenditures summary table in the General Fund section. Total Uses of Funds includes the published Transfer to Capital Program, so the projected gap aligns with the published Net Revenue / (Expenditures) row. Department comparison and trend rows were summed from published department program rows because some OCR'd overview total lines were inconsistent, especially City Council & Commissions and Non-Departmental. The Non-Departmental department row was omitted because the published/parsed structure was ambiguous and did not support a clean comparison row without guessing. Department trend data is a published multi-year series using 2021/22 actual, 2022/23 actual, 2023/24 actual, 2024/25 estimated actual, and the 2025/26 Proposed column as printed inside the adopted budget book. Capital output is a high-level rollup of major CIP program areas and ARPA-funded capital work, not a project-by-project import.
- This is a published multi-year series using 2021/22 actual through the 2025/26 Proposed column printed inside the adopted budget book, not a normalized audited history. The Saratoga budget PDF was downloaded from the official CivicPlus DocumentCenter URL and read from a local file for extraction stability. Saratoga publishes one combined FY 2025-26 adopted operating and capital budget book rather than separate operating and CIP PDFs. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused and come from the published Revenue & Expenditures summary table in the General Fund section. Total Uses of Funds includes the published Transfer to Capital Program, so the projected gap aligns with the published Net Revenue / (Expenditures) row. Department comparison and trend rows were summed from published department program rows because some OCR'd overview total lines were inconsistent, especially City Council & Commissions and Non-Departmental. The Non-Departmental department row was omitted because the published/parsed structure was ambiguous and did not support a clean comparison row without guessing. Department trend data is a published multi-year series using 2021/22 actual, 2022/23 actual, 2023/24 actual, 2024/25 estimated actual, and the 2025/26 Proposed column as printed inside the adopted budget book. Capital output is a high-level rollup of major CIP program areas and ARPA-funded capital work, not a project-by-project import.
Sources and official documents
FY 2025-26 Operating and Capital Budget Book (PDF)
Section: Adopted Operating and Capital Budget Book PDF
Fiscal year: FY 2025/26
Notes: Local PDF artifact imported from tmp/budget/saratoga/source/fy-2025-2026-adopted-budget.pdf. Document title: City of Saratoga, California Operating and Capital Budget Fiscal Year 2025-26. The Saratoga budget PDF was downloaded from the official CivicPlus DocumentCenter URL and read from a local file for extraction stability. Saratoga publishes one combined FY 2025-26 adopted operating and capital budget book rather than separate operating and CIP PDFs. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused and come from the published Revenue & Expenditures summary table in the General Fund section. Total Uses of Funds includes the published Transfer to Capital Program, so the projected gap aligns with the published Net Revenue / (Expenditures) row. Department comparison and trend rows were summed from published department program rows because some OCR'd overview total lines were inconsistent, especially City Council & Commissions and Non-Departmental. The Non-Departmental department row was omitted because the published/parsed structure was ambiguous and did not support a clean comparison row without guessing. Department trend data is a published multi-year series using 2021/22 actual, 2022/23 actual, 2023/24 actual, 2024/25 estimated actual, and the 2025/26 Proposed column as printed inside the adopted budget book. Capital output is a high-level rollup of major CIP program areas and ARPA-funded capital work, not a project-by-project import.