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Sumner approves midyear budget amendment reallocating roughly $2.3 million
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 29-29 to amend the 2025–26 biennial budget, recognizing approximately $1.01 million in revenues (including transfers) and $2.296 million in expenditures to cover capital carryovers, project transfers, equipment, and specialized legal services.
The Sumner City Council on July 21 adopted Ordinance 29-29, a second-quarter amendment to the 2025–26 biennial budget that programs a variety of carryovers, transfers, grant recognitions and one-time expenditures.
Chief Financial Officer Cassandra Raymond told the council the amendment recognizes roughly $510,559 in transfers between funds and a total of about $1,014,129 in revenues (new revenues plus transfers in), and programs $2,295,623 in expenditures. She said the amendment incorporates carryover grant funds for sidewalks and pedestrian projects, appropriates funding for the Tacoma–Puyallup intersection improvement, programs settlement and closeout costs for the Town Center utility project, and funds digester cleaning at the sewer treatment facility, among other line-item changes.
Raymond walked through several specifics: recognition of a Washington Traffic Safety Commission grant and associated car‑seat safety inspections; quarterly long‑term care costs for a retiree estimated at about $30,000 per quarter set by the Pierce County LEOFF board; replacement and cost-splitting of a failed GPS unit among water, sewer and storm funds; transfer to the facilities fund to cover increased costs for EV chargers in the police lot; and a $150,000 reduction in the transfer for Lucy V. Ryan Park with that amount reallocated for specialized legal services. She also said the stormwater fund will accept a $250,000 Pierce County Flood Control District grant to update the stormwater comprehensive plan.
Raymond noted interlocal participations: the City of Bonney Lake will share costs at the treatment facility and participate in digester cleaning expenses. The council approved the amendment on a unanimous roll call vote. Raymond said staff review amendments at the finance and personnel committee level and bring them to council for transparency and program adjustments.
The ordinance passed without amendment; council members did not raise additional questions during the meeting. The budget amendment programs multiple capital and utility projects and directs staff to proceed with the line-item changes described by finance.
