The June 17 meeting is dominated by one marquee action — adoption of the FY 2026/27 Financial Plan and Budget — set against a backdrop of tightening General Fund reserves. The all-funds budget totals $302,351,060, with a General Fund of $96,208,300 that plans a second consecutive deficit year, drawing unreserved reserves down from 39% to 27% of revenue over three years.

The closed session continues the high-profile City Manager matters that have been before the Council since 2025. The consent calendar runs 18 items, the only genuinely contested one being the tree-maintenance award (a bid protest). Public hearings cover a routine landscape-district levy, a capped 2.6% wastewater rate increase, and the annual vacancy report (7.6% citywide). The regular calendar adds a five-year homeless-shelter operator agreement with OMI and a Council-requested discussion on preventing data centers in Lodi.

The June 3 meeting opens with a 6:30 p.m. closed session on existing litigation (Scott R. Carney v. City of Lodi), then a 7:00 p.m. open session with a heavy policy load. The headline item is the public hearing to adopt the Downtown Specific Plan (DTSP) — a long-range visioning and implementation framework for downtown and the Main Street corridor east of the railroad. Two other public hearings cover the 2026-27 CDBG Annual Action Plan ($665,263 in federal funds) and the annual Military Equipment Use Policy review required under AB 481.

The 13-item Consent Calendar is dominated by professional-services contracts, led by a $2.39 million five-year energy-efficiency administration contract and a $176,268 website-hosting agreement that is actually a renegotiated savings of about $66,000. The Regular Calendar includes a $70,192 funding request from the Downtown Lodi Business Alliance and the FY 2026/27 General Fund and Measure L budget presentation (draft budget ~$96.5 million). The lone ordinance is the second reading of Ordinance No. 2047, a development agreement allowing Rogers Media to install three programmable electronic signs on city property.

Three public hearings are being set on this consent agenda for June 3, 2026: the CDBG Annual Action Plan, the Downtown Specific Plan, and the Police Department's annual Military Equipment Use Policy review. The Regular Calendar features the FY 2024/25 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (with a modified audit opinion tied to CalPERS reporting) and Part 2 of the FY 2026/27 budget series covering Enterprise, Special Revenue, and Capital Outlay budgets.

The May 6 meeting is a heavyweight transition night for Lodi. After more than a year of acting and interim leadership, the Council is being asked to install three permanent executives in one sitting: Kara Reddig as City Manager ($285,000 base, 3-year term, effective June 22), Jamie Bandy as Director of Administrative Services ($315,000 fully-burdened, effective May 12), and Bandy as City Treasurer. A fourth personnel item brings retired Vacaville economic development director Donald Burrus back to public service as a part-time annuitant under PEPRA's 180-day exception.

Beyond people, the agenda also delivers a first-of-its-kind revenue-share billboard partnership with Rogers Media (greater of $25,000 a year or 25% of net ad revenue), a same-week deadline question about acquiring the State-owned Lodi Armory, a placeholder asking whether the City should formally prevent data centers in Lodi, and the first of three FY 26/27 budget study sessions revealing a structural gap that has forced 37 deferred General Fund positions, a $1.5M cut to fire vehicle replacement, and $2.8M in department-wide reductions. The 22-item Consent Calendar is unusually heavy with end-of-fiscal-year contract resets totaling roughly $15 million.

This packed agenda features three Regular Calendar items including a forensic accounting audit report, a $1.25 million credit card convenience fee policy decision, and a vendor permit cap discussion; four presentations including three mayoral proclamations and a non-profit check presentation; and twelve Consent Calendar items totaling over $22 million in contracts and appropriations. Two Closed Session items address the ongoing City Manager recruitment and anticipated litigation.

This agenda addresses two high-profile leadership transitions — the appointment of an Interim City Attorney and formal initiation of the November 2026 General Municipal Election — alongside nine consent calendar items totaling over $880,000 in contracts and allocations. The meeting also features three presentations including the Arbor Day proclamation and two non-profit check presentations totaling $11,630.

The March 18, 2026 agenda features three labor union Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) totaling approximately $7.84 million over three years, the 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report, an Electric Utility quarterly financial update, solid waste rate adjustments, and several infrastructure and procurement items. The Council will also address the Lodi Academy improvement deferral agreement and receive a status report on the Non-Profit Fund Program.