Resolution 16315 CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16315
AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET TO INCREASE
AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES IN THE FLEET FUND OPERATING
BUDGET (60141580) BY $50,000
WHEREAS, on June 17, 2025, the City Council did adopt a budget representing
the financial plan for conducting the affairs of the City of Alameda for the Fiscal Year
beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda (City) Maintenance Service Center fueling station
serves most municipal departments, including Police, Public Works, and Recreation and
Parks, and also supports emergency generators; and
WHEREAS, on July 15, 2025, City Council approved a contract to remove the
City's Maintenance Service Center's single-walled underground storage tanks (USTs)
and replace them with an above-ground tank that meets current environmental standards;
and
WHEREAS, the City must provide an alternative fueling solution to support
essential operations and emergency response readiness during the six-month
construction period when the tanks are being replaced; and
WHEREAS, staff considered alternative temporary fueling solutions and
recommends WEX Inc. (WEX), a nationwide government fuel card provider, where City
vehicles will be able to fuel at a wide network of retail stations in the City and throughout
the Bay Area, with transaction level reporting and purchase controls to ensure
accountability; and
WHEREAS, retail fuel prices will be higher than the City's current wholesale rates,
which requires an additional $50,000 in fuel expenditure budget for the six month
construction period; and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the report and recommendations of the
City Manager on the budget amendments and has determined that the budget
amendments are both fair and appropriate; and
WHEREAS, this budget ensures that the City of Alameda has exercised prudent
judgment in its fiduciary responsibility as guardian of the public tax dollars.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda
amends the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget to increase authorized expenditure in the Fleet
Fund (60141580) Operating Budget by $50,000.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 16th day of September 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Boller, Daysog, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft— 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 17th day of September 2025.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin Shen, City-Aftar'ney
City of Ala eda