Measure Y is now entering its second fiscal year. Clovis plans to allocate 85% of the tax dollars to maintaining public safety, such as expanding and supporting the police and fire departments, 4% will go towards other city departments\u2019 operations, and 1% to address homelessness. A combined 90% of Measure Y spending will focus on public safety, according to the budget presentation at Monday evening\u2019s council meeting.<\/p>\n
The remaining 10% will be allocated to other priorities, such as keeping Clovis safe and clean, repairing streets and roads, and maintaining youth and park programs, city officials told the council.<\/p>\n
The city also plans to use a $4 million in savings from the prior year\u2019s Measure Y fund balance for deferred public safety fleet replacements, the city report wrote.<\/p>\n
In the fiscal year of 2025-26, Measure Y allowed Clovis to add 41.5 full-time equivalent positions<\/a> across the departments, including nine firefighters and seven police officers, according to the city\u2019s documents.<\/p>\n In the upcoming fiscal year, the city plans to use Measure Y to hire 21.5 full-time equivalent positions, including six more police officers, which will bring the total number of officers in the police department to 141, said Andrew Haussler, the city manager.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re taking a pace approach, funding those positions set on average partway through the year, and we\u2019ll see how revenues develop and what our expenditures look like,\u201d Haussler said. \u201cIf we need to make adjustments, we can, but it maintains public safety as a top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published May 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fresno Bee<\/p>\n