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Appropriations Limit - City Council approval of Resolution 2026-40 adopting the 2026-27 fiscal year appropriations limit for the City of Visalia's General Fund.
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Agenda Date: 06/15/2026
Prepared by: Renee Nagel, Finance & Technology Director 713-4375 renee.nagel@visalia.gov, Amee Swearingen Budget Analyst 713-4170 amee.swearingen@visalia.gov
Department Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Resolution 2026-40 establishing the appropriations limit for the 2026/27 fiscal year in the amount of $248,202,443 for the General Fund.
Summary:
Annually Council is required by the State to approve the appropriation limit for the City of Visalia. The Appropriation Limitation imposed by Propositions 4 and 111 creates a restriction on the amount of tax revenue which can be appropriated in any fiscal year. The limit is based on actual appropriations during the 1978-79 fiscal year and is increased each year by a factor comprised of the change in population combined with the change in California per capita personal income.
Background Discussion:
The General Fund is the only fund subject to the appropriation limit mandated by the State of California. Any challenge to the appropriations limit must be brought within 45 days from the effective date of the resolution.
The State of California provides the population and California per capita personal income change data for local jurisdictions to calculate their appropriations limit. Based on the following data received from the Department of Finance, a population change of 0.21% and per capita income change of 4.95 %, the appropriations limit for Visalia is $248,202,443. The total General Fund appropriation subject to limitation for the fiscal year 2026/27 is $103,407,200 which is well under the appropriations limit as shown in Table 1, Gann Appropriations Limit.
Table 2, Calculation of Proceeds of Taxes, categorizes General Fund revenues. As shown in the table, the amount of taxes ...
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