Press Releases Share Print #21-017 Carson City Council Adopts $86.9 Million Budget ‘On Time’ for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 The City of Carson City Council adopted a structurally balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for the first time in over a decade where recurring revenues are equal to recurring expenditures. To address the most pressing community and regional challenges, in February 2021 the City Council selected four priority focus areas for the coming fiscal year: Economic Development, Increased Public Safety, Maintaining Quality City Programs and Services and Making Quality of Life Improvements. “It is important that we carefully plan the work that we do and budget accordingly to move the City of Carson forward. The City’s current balanced budget is just a glimpse of the efforts we are making to ensure that Carson remains the jewel of the south bay and our future is unlimited,” said Carson’s Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes.The City’s budget this year seizes on our chance to move ahead on all things we care about for our community and Carson residents. To name a few:A comprehensive economic development strategic plan that delivers on urban innovation, ecommerce and quality of lifeCapital Improvement Program that double downs on infrastructure, Technology and Building MaintenanceA Citywide Parks Master Plan StudyIn prioritizing the long-term fiscal sustainability of the City, the proposed Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget is structurally balanced, while maintaining a General Fund reserve of $45.2 million (Exhibit B) that is $19.6 million above or 14% higher than the City Council reserve policy requirement.
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