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Seattle council schedules carry‑forward budget briefings, asks CBO for contract and underspend data before vote

5237886 · July 7, 2025
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Seattle City Council members set a timetable to review the carry‑forward and supplemental budget legislation, requested additional detail from the City Budget Office and noted an interim director appointment on the council agenda for July 8.

Seattle City Council members said July 7 they will take up carry‑forward and supplemental budget legislation in mid‑July and asked the City Budget Office for additional contract and historic underspend data before key committee votes.

Council members said the Select Budget Committee will meet July 16 for initial discussion and again July 30 to vote on midyear supplemental budget items and related interfund loan requests. Council member Strauss asked colleagues to schedule private briefings with the City Budget Office to prepare for dense material.

The carry‑forward package is meant to capture unspent funds and items being moved into the current fiscal year. “We are intending to take up the carry…

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