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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is laying retired the fund for the city's 2026 fiscal year. $2.3 cardinal is the City of Fresno's caller fund proposal.
The wide money accounts for astir $512.4 million.
"Every department, with the objection of the metropolis assembly and the occurrence department, is being asked to support a 6.18% attrition rate," Mayor Jerry Dyer said.
The caller projected initiatives see adding 4 constabulary officers and 30 caller constabulary cars, which volition beryllium leased.
A 20-year aging constabulary chopper volition besides beryllium purchased.
"This volition besides bring the full complement of sworn officers successful the Fresno Police Department to 930, which is an all-time high," Dyer said.
Also successful the budget, a $100 cardinal enslaved to re-pave galore metropolis streets earlier they deteriorate immoderate further.
"This volition let for the repaving of vicinity streets successful each 7 assembly districts," Dyer said, "This volition spell a agelong mode to spot distant astatine the city's $1.2 cardinal successful deferred roadworthy attraction successful our metropolis and trim the request for our pothole elimination team."
Two different large projects see a 911 communications halfway and $19 cardinal towards a caller occurrence presumption 12.
He said the metropolis faces fund challenges, driven by inflation, unit costs and declaration obligations.
"During the FY25 mid-year fund presentation, we identified a shortage of astir $20.6 cardinal that was going to hap done the extremity of FY26 based connected gross and expenditures projections," Dyer said.
No layoffs for constabulary oregon fire, and $300,000 budgeted for the Marjaree Mason Center.
"These funds volition let for 24/7 situation assistance enactment to proceed arsenic good arsenic unfortunate navigators and unfortunate advocates," Dyer said.
Dyer besides said $286,000 volition beryllium allocated to the City Attorney's Office.
The politician called retired Governor Gavin Newsom for the $200 cardinal deferred by the state, and a imaginable elimination of national assistance dollars triggered by the Department of Government Efficiency, oregon "Doge."
Downtown revitalization remains a cardinal goal.
"I won't beryllium deterred. We're going to proceed to revitalize downtown with oregon without authorities funding, with oregon without national funding, with oregon without the wealth that is needed for our high-speed obstruction presumption downtown," Dyer said.
