Measure Q is making it possible for Manteca Police to add three officers in the fiscal year starting July 1.

That means the department will have enough staffing to add a fifth beat with a minimum of eight officers per shift.

Manteca now has 80 sworn officers

Measure Q isn’t being tapped, per se, but the money it is helping generate for pressing needs that can’t wait freed up other money in the general fund.

The city will be making nearly $12.5 million in additional expenditures in the 2025-2026 fiscal year thanks to revenue from the temporary 20-year three-quarter cent sales tax.

The Measure Q expenditures are:

*$1.6 million for police fleet vehicle replacements.

*$425,000 for patrol officer equipment.

*$2.65 million for two replacement fire engines.

*$1 million for other needed fire equipment.

*$4 million for street and road maintenance.

City Manager Toni Lundgren said the street work is getting the biggest chunk of Measure Q  taxes. It is because that was repeatedly stressed by residents in nearly 100 community and neighborhood meetings as well as in polling as being the top priority for increased city expenditures.

The first check for Measure Q receipts will arrive this month from the state. The additional sales tax went into effect April 1.

The Measure Q spending plan was part of a $311.2 million overall proposed budget presented to the City Council on Tuesday.

The temporary tax is being tracked separately in terms of expenditures that a citizen oversight committee is making sure complies to the ballot language approved by voters. However, it is included in the $81 million general fund portion of the budget as required by law,

Enterprise accounts — water, wastewater, solid waste, and the golf course — have a combined budget of $94.5 million. Enterprise funds are designed so that users or ratepayers cover the expenditures for the various services.

The capital improvement project portion of the budget is $51.3 million.

Special revenue, primarily restricted fees collected on growth, is budgeted at $54.4 million.

Internal service and other funds, such as gas tax and the $16 million state homeless navigation center grant that are also restricted, account for the remaining $30 million.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com