HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 15423 (GANN Appropriations)RESOLUTION NO. 15423
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 GANN APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT AT
$197,230,566
WHEREAS, California Constitution Article XIIIB, which was approved as Proposition
4 by the voters of the State of California on November 6, 1979, imposes on the state and on
each local jurisdiction a limitation on the amount of budget appropriations they are permitted
to make annually (the “Appropriations Limit”, sometimes referred to as the “Gann
Appropriations Limit”) and limits changes in the Appropriations Limit to an annual adjustment
for the change in the cost of living and the change in population; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 7910, which implements Article
XIIIB, requires that the governing body of each local jurisdiction shall establish its
Appropriations Limit at a regularly scheduled meeting or noticed special meeting; and
WHEREAS, as permitted by Proposition 111, adopted by the voters in 1990, the City
has elected to use the percent change in the population of San Rafael from January 1,
2024, to January 1, 2025, and the percent change in California’s per capita personal income,
for the calculation of the annual adjustment to the City’s Appropriations Limit; and
WHEREAS, documentation used in the determination of the City’s Appropriations
Limit has been available to the public in the Finance Department as provided by Government
Code Section 7910;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of San Rafael,
pursuant to the provisions of Article XIIIB and Government Code Sections 7901 through
7914, does hereby establish the Appropriations Limit for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the City
of San Rafael at $197,230,566 as documented in Exhibit A, and further establishes the
2024-2025 Appropriations Subject to the Gann Appropriations Limit at $108,014,557 as
documented in Exhibit B, which Exhibits are attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference as though fully set forth.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting on the City
Council of said City held on Monday, the 2nd day of June 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Lindsay Lara, City Clerk