REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, M.A, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: LINDA TAYLOR, Administrative Manager
Department of Transportation, Administration Division
ANALICIA JESSE, Senior Management Analyst
Department of Transportation, Administration Division
SUBJECT
Title
***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 52nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2025-179 to appropriate $1,618,200 in State Transportation Development Act (TDA) (LTF) Art-4 revenues to support transit operations (Subject to Mayor’s Veto)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the 52nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) no. 2025-179 to appropriate $1,618,200 in State Transportation Development Act (TDA) (LTF) Art-4 revenues to support transit.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Transportation requests $1,618,200 in additional expenditure appropriations. Adoption of the AAR amendment will provide appropriations in the operating budget to sufficiently cover the anticipated expenditures that were estimated and approved after the publishing of the FY2026 City of Fresno Budget.
Of the total appropriations, $824,600 in personnel expenditures are requested, to backfill appropriations in the same amount that were transferred from the personnel to interdepartmental (ID) transfer budget lines earlier in FY2026 to cover ID expenses that were approved after the publishing of the City of Fresno FY2026 budget.
The remaining $793,600 is requested for bus driver overtime personnel expense, as the mid-year review of the FY2026 budget showed the current overtime expense appropriations to be insufficient to cover anticipated bus driver overtime expense.
These expenses will be funded by TDA unbudgeted revenues, which are sufficient based on mid-year budget review.
BACKGROUND
The first budgetary increase request of $824,600 is to backfill personnel appropriations that were transferred to the ID budget lines on March 16, 2026. This transfer was necessary due to an unscheduled and unbudgeted supplemental workers’ compensation and liability insurance payment that were billed to the FAX ID budget on December 30, 2025, and February 25, 2026, respectively. Appropriations were transferred from the personnel budget to the ID budget in the amount of $824,600, leaving the personnel budget short by the same amount. In order to ensure sufficient appropriations are available to cover personnel expenses throughout the end of FY2026, FAX requests the budgetary increase now.
The second budgetary increase request of $793,600 is to add personnel appropriations to cover bus driver overtime. Based on current overtime trends and accounting for any vacancy-related salary savings throughout the year, FAX has determined our personnel budget to be insufficient to cover the bus driver expense projected in the FY2026 mid-year review. In order to ensure adequate appropriations are available to cover bus driver overtime expenses throughout the end of fiscal year, FAX requests the budgetary increase now.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
This request to amend the Department of Transportation budget is not a project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Local preference was not considered because this request to amend the Department of Transportation budget does not include a bid award or award of a construction or services contract.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the general fund from this action. The appropriations listed above are fully funded by the state TDA funding, and no local funding match is required.
Attachment:
Resolution