At their September 29, 2025, meeting, the Sonoma City Council received the Fiscal Year 2024–25 year-end update. The City had planned to use roughly $3.3 million from General Fund reserves to close an anticipated General Fund shortfall, but actual results were more favorable: revenues exceeded the amended budget by $2.6 million, and expenditures were $1.2 … Continued
The Sonoma City Council has adopted a balanced Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025–26, totaling $44.7 million. The approved budget reflects the City’s continued commitment to protecting essential services, supporting community priorities, and maintaining long-term fiscal sustainability—despite rising costs and economic uncertainty facing communities across the state and nation. Alongside the budget’s approval, … Continued
The current adopted budget for the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 is now available to view or download from the City’s website. The Finance Department is primarily responsible for the development and preparation of the City of Sonoma’s annual Operating and Capital Budget. The City of Sonoma adopts its budget each June for the following fiscal year, which runs … Continued
The current adopted budget for the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 is now available to view or download from the City’s website. The Finance Department is primarily responsible for the development and preparation of the City of Sonoma’s annual Operating and Capital Budget. The City of Sonoma adopts its budget each June for the following fiscal year, which runs … Continued
A special Sonoma City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 30th from 12noon – 4:30 p.m., in the City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (FY 23-24) Operating and Capital Budget for the City of Sonoma and Successor Agency. The agenda will be published on the City’s CivicWeb … Continued
The annual budget is adopted by the City Council to set financial course for the City and define the service priorities provided to the community. After a protracted drop in revenues that began with the pandemic’s onset in early 2020, Sonoma is now seeing continued and pronounced local economic recovery. Federal relief grants from the … Continued
Video Recordings of the two City Council Budget Workshops are now available to view online. City Council held the special budget workshops to review, discuss, and provide initial direction to staff on the FY 22-23 City of Sonoma’s Operating and Capital Improvement Budgets. Each workshop covered different sections of the proposed budget. The first Budget … Continued
A special, in-person-only meeting of the Sonoma City Council will be held on Wednesday, June 1st at 2:00 pm. View the full agenda on our CivicWeb Portal. The item to be considered is: Discussion, Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Fiscal Year 2022-23 City of Sonoma Operating and Capital Improvement Budget The meeting will be held … Continued
The second of two Special Sonoma City Council meetings to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY 22-23) Operating and Capital Budget for the City of Sonoma and Successor Agency will be held on Wednesday, May 18th at 2:00 pm in the City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC). Find the agenda for the workshop here. The … Continued
Two special Sonoma City Council meetings will be held on Wednesday, May 4th at 3:00 pm and Wednesday, May 18th at 3:00 pm in the City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY 22-23) Operating and Capital Budget for the City of Sonoma and Successor Agency. Find the agenda for the … Continued
