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Hermiston council adopts supplemental budget to cover regional water and EOTech costs

5814665 · June 24, 2025
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The Hermiston City Council adopted Supplemental Budget No. 2 for fiscal 2024–25 to cover an unanticipated $100,000-plus increase in regional water system expenses and to rebalance the EOTech fund using enterprise zone money; the council approved Resolution 23-79 unanimously.

Hermiston adopts supplemental budget to cover water system engineering and EOTech overages

The Hermiston City Council on June 23 adopted Supplemental Budget No. 2 for fiscal year 2024–25 to cover unanticipated costs in the regional water system and to move funds into the EOTech enterprise fund, Mayor (presiding) announced during a public hearing and staff presentation.

City Manager Smith told the council the regional water system budget needs “a little over $100,000” to cover higher-than-expected engineering and related costs and that the increase would come from the city’s contingency fund. Smith also said the regional water costs tied to the AWS/Amazon project would be reimbursed by Amazon. ‘‘Any of the costs related to those projects would be reimbursed by Amazon,’’ Smith said in response to a council member’s question.

The council also approved an…

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