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Where would the money for schools come from?  Here are some possibilities that total at least $1.6M. And this is all “recurring revenue.”

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FY26 Potential areas for savings:

1. Personnel reserve ($800K savings) – FY26 budget of $900K is $800K higher than FY25. Move back to $100K

2. Cash capital ($275K savings) – there is $275K here that can be re-allocated (projects can be paid for with reserves instead)

3. Parking receipts ($200K savings) – the city is budgeting FY26 receipts to be 19% below FY24 actual receipts (FY24 is the most recent completed year). This revenue estimate can be increased by $200K

4. Licenses and permits ($50K savings) – the city is budgeting FY26 receipts to be 12% below FY24 receipts (FY24 is the most recent completed year). This revenue estimate can be increased by $50K

5. Offset: school choice & libraries revenue ($134K savings) – the FY26 budget is $134K less than the FY25 budget. Unless there is a reason why we would have less school choice revenue, revert to the FY25 budget estimate

6. Special education stabilization fund revenue ($141K savings) – the FY26 budget says $209,175, which is much lower than the $350,000 in FY25 budget and the $350,000 the superintendent is using for the FY26 budget. Increase this by $141K

7. Other departments with open positions ($?) – for example, if a department is continually carrying open positions, do they need to have the full year’s budget allocated to all of those positions, or can a lesser estimate be responsibly used?