· Context
Proposed FY2026-27 budget sets the General Fund transfer to the Civic Center Improvement Fund at $3,692,099
The City's FY2026-27 proposed budget book (after council review, September 24, 2026) lists the General Fund transfer to the Civic Center Improvement Fund at $4,490,541 (FY2022-23 actual), $2,892,992 (FY2023-24 actual), $3,420,630 (FY2024-25 actual), $3,028,387 (FY2025-26 budget and revised estimate) and $3,692,099 (FY2026-27 proposed). The book describes the inter-fund transfer program as including the transfer of excess hotel/motel tax to the Civic Center Improvement Fund.[1]
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
The FY2026-27 proposed budget book lists the General Fund operating transfer to the Civic Center Improvement Fund (account SC92060) as $4,490,541 in FY2022-23, $2,892,992 in FY2023-24 and $3,420,630 in FY2024-25 (actuals), $3,028,387 budgeted and estimated for FY2025-26, and $3,692,099 proposed for FY2026-27, a 17.98% increase. The book describes the General Fund inter-fund transfer program as including "the transfer of excess hotel/motel tax to the Civic Center Improvement Fund"; it does not break the Civic Center line into hotel tax and other money. [1]
- Fy2022 23 actual
- $4,490,541
- Fy2023 24 actual
- $2,892,992
- Fy2024 25 actual
- $3,420,630
- Fy2025 26 budget
- $3,028,387
- Fy2026 27 proposed
- $3,692,099
- ✓ Verified
The budget book's Civic Center narrative lists planned work including completing the change from incandescent to LED lighting in the Heritage Ballroom, Regency Room and three north hallways, upgrading professional audio systems in the Civic Auditorium and Globe-News Center, replacing network fiber, switches and wireless access points, and installing a storefront-style wall along the east-west hallway between entrances 1 and 5. These are planned items, not completed work. [1]