Danville Weighs $47.4M Budget, Fee Increases For Next Fiscal Year

DANVILLE, CA — The Danville Town Council will vote Wednesday whether to adopt the town’s proposed 2026-27 budget.

The budget projects total revenues of about $47.4 million, including $46.2 million for town operations, and $1.47 million for the successor agency to the former redevelopment agency, according to a staff report. (Danville’s redevelopment agency was dissolved years ago, but a successor agency remains in place to pay off outstanding debts.) Property taxes account for roughly $19.5 million, the town’s largest source of revenue. Sales tax revenue is projected at $6.5 million, a figure staff said has slowed due to changing consumer spending habits and increased online shopping.

Operating expenditures are projected at roughly $43.8 million. Police services represent the largest departmental expense, at $13.3 million. In second place is maintenance services ($10.15 million), administrative services ($5.89 million), development services ($5.53 million), and recreation, arts, and community services ($4.21 million.) The council is also expected to consider a separate five-year Capital Improve Program that includes funding for infrastructure projects like the annual pavement management program, storm drain repairs, and the Sycamore Valley Road improvements project.

The budget also includes various economic development and community initiatives, including efforts to increase activity downtown through events and live performances, the continuation of work on the Diablo Road Multi-Use Trail connecting Danville to Mount Diablo State Park, and construction of a new arts district pavilion, among others.

The council will also consider adopting the town’s annual master fee schedule, which would increase most user and cost-recovery fees by 3.8 percent.

See here for the full budget, and here for Wednesday’s full agenda, including more information about the town’s Capital Improvement Program.