The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved its budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which a city official said directs city departments to maintain spending at the same level as the last fiscal year amid an uncertain economic outlook.
Overall, the city expects to spend $1.01 billion across all departments and bring in $950.7 million in revenue.
The budget forecasts $420.1 million in revenue and $422.5 million in expenditures for the Henderson’s general fund, which a city spokesperson said is the city’s main account for day-to-day operations.
One-time equipment costs for the development of the Cadence Sports Park, a planned 100-acre developer-funded athletics complex, accounted for the approximate $2.4 million difference in expenditures compared with revenue, said the city’s Assistant Finance Director, David Weiser. He said that the overrun will be paid for using the city’s general fund.
Last month, while presenting a budget draft to City Council members, Weiser said the budget was drafted amid “continued weakness” in the local economy, including flat sales tax revenue, a slumping housing market and slowing tourism growth.
“These things all have downstream impacts to our budget,” Weiser said April 21.
“The Strip is not in Henderson, obviously, but those 40 million tourists that visit the Las Vegas Strip, they spend their money and they pay our sales tax,” Weiser said. “Ultimately, that gets collected by Clark County and we get distributed a portion of that as the city of Henderson.”
Nearly 60 percent, or about $253 million, of the city’s expenditures are slated for public safety. Across all city departments, salaries and wages are expected to cost about $239.2 million, while benefits are budgeted to cost about $154.7 million. A city spokesperson said city-wide funds can also be sourced from one-time funding, such as grants.
During the budget presentation on Tuesday, Weiser said the city soon expects to hire 14 new patrol officers and a jail administrator. The Henderson Police Department will also be able to expand its Police Cadet Program to six full-time cadets, he said.
Weiser added that this year’s budget will also make funding permanent for the city’s Crisis Response Team, a team of mental health professionals that can be dispatched in emergencies.
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