Reedley Council Reviews Mid-Year Budget, $1.8 Million in Amendments and Capital Plans

Reedley City Council received an update on the city’s strategic capital plans and completed a mid-year budget review on Feb. 24, 2026, in a presentation led by Assistant City Manager Paul Melikian. The council meeting followed earlier February budget action and was summarized in local coverage published Feb. 27.

Earlier in the month the council unanimously approved $1.8 million in budget amendments on Feb. 10, following what a city Instagram post described as a “thorough mid-year budget report.” The Instagram post records the unanimous vote and the $1.8 million figure but the social post was truncated and did not list which funds or projects received the amendments.

Municipal finance context cited in a recent municipal service review highlights the scale of Reedley’s overall budget work: “For FY 2024-25, Reedley’s adopted budget totaled to approximately $50.7 million.” The same review references the City of Reedley 2024-25 Annual Budget documents, including pages 351-354 and page 16, and notes that annual audited financial statements for FYs 2022-23 and 2023-24 and the city master fee schedule were evaluated as part of the review.

Budget process and legal deadlines frame the council’s calendar for action. “Municipal Code requires that the City Council adopt a balanced budget no later than June 30, to assure that continuity of government services remains intact,” the municipal service review states. The review also explains that “the Reedley City Council considers the proposed budget during a noticed public hearing and may add, subtract, or change appropriations within revenues and reserve estimates, as available,” and that “the Reedley Administrative Services Department staff enter all new appropriations into the financial system by July 1st, the first day of the new fiscal year.”

Key operational roles cited in the municipal materials include the City Manager, who “prepare[s] a balanced budget and salary plan to submit to the City Council, outlining anticipated revenues and expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year,” and the Reedley Administrative Services Department, which “obtains the legal authority to allocate public tax dollars and user rate revenues for specific purposes” once the budget is adopted.

Several specifics remain to be documented publicly: the Feb. 24 presentation materials by Assistant City Manager Paul Melikian to show the capital projects, timelines, and funding sources; the Feb. 10 staff report or minutes detailing the line-item breakdown of the $1.8 million in amendments; and whether those amendments were entered into the city’s financial system ahead of the July 1 appropriations deadline. Meeting agendas, staff reports, and adopted minutes for Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 should clarify those items.

With the June 30 balanced budget adoption deadline and the Administrative Services entry of appropriations by July 1 looming, Reedley’s council will need to reconcile the Feb. 10 amendments and the Feb. 24 capital plan update with the roughly $50.7 million fiscal framework cited for FY 2024-25.