How Farmersville is run
Who runs Farmersville, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Farmersville's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Farmersville
A city manager hired by the council runs the city day to day. The council sets policy, adopts the budget and sets the tax rate.
What they are paid
Farmersville city staff
48 full-time-equivalent positions, including Police 19, Public works 10, Fire 9, Administration 7. FY2025-26. Authorized full-time positions, summed from the department subtotals. Includes 3 seasonal firefighters. Not all positions are filled. City of Farmersville · Jul 14, 2025
The city posts a salary schedule with monthly pay ranges by position in its budget adoption packet. We found no list of pay by employee. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Farmersville in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
Savings against the city's own target
Unassigned general fund balance: $3.9M (2024-06-30). The city's own target: Keep a general fund operating cash balance of about 25% of the average actual general fund revenue of the last three years. The city also assigned $6.8 million of fund balance to cover later budget deficits. City of Farmersville · Apr 25, 2025
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2025-26.
Comes from
- Sales taxes (state-shared 1% and two local add-on taxes)$2.5M · 31%
- Property tax in lieu of vehicle license fees$1.5M · 19%
- Fire cost recovery transfer (state reimbursement for fire crews sent to other incidents)$845,500 · 11%
- Overhead charged to the water and sewer funds$793,042 · 10%
- Transfers in from the cannabis tax fund$785,449 · 10%
- Property tax$369,342 · 5%
- Franchise fees$223,575 · 3%
- School district payment for police services$220,242 · 3%
- Other (business licenses, rent, permits, fines, interest)$703,812 · 9%
Goes to (FY2025-26)
- Police$3.4M · 43%
- Fire$1.4M · 18%
- Citywide overhead (insurance, utilities, contracts)$1.1M · 14%
- Public works, parks and buildings$565,062 · 7%
- Community development$521,691 · 7%
- Administration$381,731 · 5%
- Animal control$248,000 · 3%
- Other (council, code enforcement, memberships, sponsorships)$213,628 · 3%
Who provides your services
Not everything in Farmersville is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityFarmersville Police DepartmentCity of Farmersville · Apr 25, 2025
- FireThe cityFarmersville Fire DepartmentCity of Farmersville · Apr 25, 2025
- Animal controlThe cityCity of FarmersvilleCity of Farmersville · Apr 25, 2025
- WaterThe cityCity of Farmersville (seven city-owned wells)City of Farmersville
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | Shasta LakeCA | FarmersvilleCA | PlacervilleCA | ClaytonCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 10,195 | 10,338 | 10,428 | 10,759 |
| Top administrator's base pay | $255,981 | Not confirmed | $199,764 | $240,000 |
| Council member pay | $11,400 | Not confirmed | $4,236 | $5,640 |
| General fund per resident | $1,136 | $765 | $1,069 | $579 |
| Debt per resident | $2,672 | $1,489 | $3,595 | $90 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $271 | $155 | $2,373 | $637 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | — | 4.6 | 7.5 | 2.6 |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how). Shasta Lake and Placerville pays another agency for police or fire, so its own staff count is lower.
What Farmersville publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- No: Audited financial report filed on timeThe newest audited statements posted are for FY2023-24, dated April 25, 2025. We found no FY2024-25 audit; in July 2026 a council member said June 2025 had not been closed out. City of Farmersville
- Partly: Adopted budget posted online City of Farmersville
- Partly: Council pay stated in a public documentThe budget lists $14,400 a year for council salaries in total, but no per-member amount. City of Farmersville · Jul 14, 2025
Questions to ask your council
- No FY2026-27 budget had been adopted as of September 2026, and the city was operating under a continuing resolution. When will the council adopt one?
- The newest posted audit covers the year ended June 30, 2024. When will the audit for the year ended June 30, 2025 be finished and posted?
- In FY2023-24 the general fund spent $8.9 million against $7.0 million of revenue, and its balance fell by $2.2 million. How much of the $3.9 million unassigned balance remains?
- Most of the city's $15.4 million of debt is sewer loans for the wastewater treatment plant, which require minimum revenue coverage. Will sewer rates cover the payments?
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