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Port Angeles council adopts second amendment to 2025 budget, adds permanent community development position
Summary
The Port Angeles City Council adopted the second amendment to the 2025 budget and approved an AFSCME salary‑schedule update creating a permanent community development technician progression. The ordinance passed 5–1 after public comment about project details and curb‑cut impacts.
The Port Angeles City Council on Aug. — conducted the second reading and adopted the second amendment to the city’s 2025 budget, aligning capital project changes and adding a permanent community development technician position with a technician 2–3 career progression. The ordinance and the AFSCME salary schedule update passed on a 5–1 vote.
Councilors and staff said the amendment primarily codifies capital changes and items already approved in the capital facilities planning process. "We’re essentially just aligning the budget with action that’s already occurred," staff member Serena told the council, describing the amendment as a technical and programmatic alignment that also makes a temporary community development technician position permanent.
The amendment increases revenues and expenditures citywide by roughly $1.66 million, with the largest adjustments in utility and capital funds. A public commenter, John Hamilton, summarized line changes cited in staff materials: the electric utility increases by about $1.2 million; the electric capital improvement fund by about $900,000; the water capital improvement fund by roughly $250,000; and the transportation capital fund by about $160,000. Serena said building permit revenue supporting the now‑permanent community development technician must be used for permit‑related services such as inspections.
Council discussion touched on sidewalk and ADA ramp work associated with sewer projects and whether curb cuts should be installed in advance of sidewalks. Council Member Lindsay Miller asked staff to confirm which intersections or streets triggered ADA work in the A Street Basin sewer project and whether an in‑lieu program might reduce unnecessary curb cuts. Serena said the project is in design and staff would return with plan sheets and more details.
Council members also debated whether to postpone adoption to gather those details; that motion failed for lack of a second. Miller said she opposed immediate adoption without the additional project detail; other members voiced support for both adopting the alignment and pursuing answers about potential curb‑cut waste.
The ordinance also includes an AFSCME salary‑schedule update to formalize a technician progression (technician 2 and 3) to support customer‑service efficiency in community development, staff said.
The ordinance was adopted 5–1; the council did not record an itemized roll‑call in the meeting transcript provided, but the clerk announced the tally as five in favor and one opposed. Staff said they will provide the project plan sheets and ADA‑trigger locations as an informational follow‑up.
