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What each program gets in FY 2026-27

The City budgets of General Fund money this year, all of it in its 28 programs.

General Fund program budgets, per $100 · FY 2026-27

  1. Police Services$37.23 of every $100

    Lafayette's police are a contract with the Contra Costa County Sheriff: $6,454,458 of this program pays the Sheriff, and the City's latest financial report counts 16 contracted sworn officers. The program also pays for County animal control ($336,923). Much of the contract's 30.8% rise is a move, not new spending: this budget folds Traffic Enforcement and the Supplementary Law Enforcement fund into Police Services.

  2. Engineering Services$8.19 of every $100
  3. Planning Services$7.67 of every $100
  4. Administrative Services$6.36 of every $100
  5. Road & Drain Maintenance$4.75 of every $100
  6. City Manager$4.41 of every $100
  7. Traffic Maintenance$3.09 of every $100
  8. Parks & Trails Maintenance$2.93 of every $100
  9. Community Center Maintenance$2.22 of every $100
  10. Planning Commission$2.19 of every $100
  11. Parks, Trails & Recreation Commission$2.08 of every $100
  12. Emergency Preparedness Commission$1.75 of every $100
  13. Communications$1.73 of every $100
  14. City Council$1.73 of every $100
  15. Public Art$1.70 of every $100
  16. Design Review Commission$1.58 of every $100
  17. City Clerk$1.26 of every $100
  18. Technology Services$0.94 of every $100
  19. Senior Services$0.92 of every $100
  20. Crossing Guards$0.92 of every $100
  21. Code Enforcement$0.88 of every $100
  22. Rent and Expenses$0.82 of every $100
  23. Transportation & Circulation Commission$0.79 of every $100
  24. Crime Prevention Commission$0.43 of every $100
  25. Youth Commission$0.22 of every $100
  26. Emergency Response$0.22 of every $100
  27. Environmental Task Force$0.11 of every $100
  28. FireNot in this budget

    Fire service comes from the Contra Costa Consolidated Fire District, a separate district with its own budget, so none of its cost is in the City's budget.

  29. LibraryNot in this budget

    The City contracts with Contra Costa County for its library. The City's own library costs are in a separate Library Operations fund, outside the General Fund, so they aren't in these squares.

Staff positions

Full-time-equivalent positions in the City's budget: in all. FTE counts budgeted positions, not people: a position budgeted at half time counts as 0.50, so the total can end in a fraction. The count covers regular positions; the City also employs temporary and seasonal staff who aren't counted.