City budget prioritizes high quality services and investments in public spaces
Posted on 06/27/2025

FY2025-26 City budget prioritizes high quality services and investments in Piedmont’s public spaces

Published June 27, 2025

The City Council adopted a balanced City budget for 2025-2026 fiscal year at their regular meeting on Monday, June 16. The annual budget serves as a major policy document and describes how Piedmont intends to deliver its services and fund infrastructure in the coming year.

The City’s $40.5 million General Fund budget includes the first year of new revenue from Measure F, a 20% increase in the Municipal Services Parcel Tax passed by voters in March 2023. Measure F funds will provide $538,000 in the coming year, which the City used to fund two additional 9-1-1 dispatch positions and an expansion of the Police Department’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) program.

The FY2025-26 budget maintains service levels citywide, prioritizing high quality service delivery, fiscal responsibility, and planning for the future while bringing several multi-year major projects to completion, including the City’s new community pool, the relocation of the 9-1-1 dispatch center, and the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan.

Successful completion of the pool and dispatch center projects remain the City’s top priorities, followed by:

  • Installation of the Sidney & Irene Dearing Memorial at Triangle Park

  • Planning for a future public safety building to replace aging structures that do not meet modern standards for critical facilities.

Additionally, next year’s budget focuses on investment in public spaces citywide. Capital improvements planned for the coming year include:

  • Re-paving 1.9 miles of streets, re-striping an additional 6 miles of streets, and repairing 1,800 feet of sidewalk

  • New playground equipment at the Linda Beach Tot Lot and Piedmont Park

  • Upgrades to flood-prone storm drain infrastructure at 8 locations across the city

  • Pathway repairs in Piedmont Park, similar to those recently completed at Crocker, Dracena, and Linda Parks

  • 4 “DC fast charging” electric vehicle charging stations in the Civic Center

Looking further ahead, the budget includes the development of a Sustainable Park Management Plan, identifying the management practices and future improvements needed to ensure Piedmont’s public spaces remain vibrant and support community needs long into the future.

Adoption of the budget follows two City Council study sessions, review by the Budget Advisory and Financial Planning Committee, and two public hearings.