City Council

9. 26-537 Consider Adopting Resolution No. 2026-24 to Adopt a Budget for the City for Fiscal Year 2026/27 Authorize the Corresponding Appropriation and Transfer; Authorize the Professional Services included in the Fiscal Year 2026/27 budget to be representative of the services projected to be utilized by departments; Approve revisions to the City’s Financial Policies to eliminate the automatic allocation of unassigned fund balance; Resolution No. 2026-20 Establishing the Gann Appropriation Limit for Fiscal Year 2026/27; Resolution No. 2026-22 Levying a Retirement Property Tax for Fiscal Year 2026/27 to Pay for Pre-1978 Employee Retirement Benefits; Resolution No. 2026-23 Adopting an Updated Master Fee and Charges Schedule; Resolution No. 2026-30 Adopting Amended Classification Plan by adding the classification Human Performance and Wellness Coordinator; Resolution No. 2026-31 Repealing the City’s Unfunded Accrued Liability Pension Funding Policy Recommended Action: A) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-24, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Adopting a Budget for the City for Fiscal Year 2026/27” (Attachment 2); and, B) Authorize the Professional Services included in the FY 2026/27 budget to be representative of the services projected to be utilized by the departments in FY 2026/27 (Attachment 3); and, C) Approve revisions to the City’s Financial Policies to eliminate the automatic allocation of unassigned fund balance to reserve categories and establish guidelines for its use to support the City’s long-term fiscal stability (Attachment 4); and, D) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-20 “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Establishing the Gann Appropriation Limit for Fiscal Year 2026/2027” (Attachment 5); and, E) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-22, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Levying a Retirement Property Tax for Fiscal Year 2026/2027 to Pay for Pre-1978 Employee Retirement Benefits” (Attachment 6); and, F) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-23, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Adopting an Updated Master Fee and Charges Schedule” (Attachment 7); and, G) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-30, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending the City’s Classification Plan by Adding the Classification of Human Performance and Wellness Coordinator” (Attachment 8); and, H) Adopt Resolution No. 2026-31, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Repealing the City’s Unfunded Accrued Liability Pension Funding Policy by Repealing City Council Resolution No. 2021-19” (Attachment 9).