Measure Q sales tax is now projected to generate between $14 million and $15 million.

It translates into $2 million to $3 million more than budgeted.

That is what Finance Director Matt Boring told the citizen tax oversight committee when they met Thursday for an update of the 20-year, three quarter cent sales tax that went into effect April 1, 2025.

The city had budgeted $12 million in Measure Q for its first full 12 months of being assessed.

The increase reflects not just taxable sales remaining robust but also the city’s policy of conservative budgeting of projected revenue.

A more precise spending plan for Measure Q revenues will be fashioned based on spending priorities the City Council sets in a budget and goals workshop for the fiscal year starting July 1.

That workshop will take place Feb. 19. The next citizens oversight committee for Measure Q is scheduled for May 27.

“There are a lot of moving pieces,” City Manager Toni Lundgren said.

The biggest upcoming expenditure will be bonding for the new police station breaking ground this year in the 600 block of South Main Street.

The city will use some of its government facilities fees collected from growth to cover part of the tab with the rest being bonded.

The city has indicated it is their intent to match the length of the bond with the expiration of the Measure Q tax.

That would help ensure that the city’s general fund wouldn’t need to be tapped to cover payments when Measure Q ends.

Measure Q will also likely be tapped to cover expenditures connected with the hiring of nine additional firefighters in the coming months.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com