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Auburn presents roughly $36 million proposed budget for FY 2025–26; council discusses reserves, pension and CIP priorities
Summary
Finance Director Gretchen Johnson presented the proposed fiscal 2025–26 budget and forecast, including a projected general fund surplus range, a 3% wage increase proposal, a $1 million placeholder for an unfunded pension liability payment and discussion of capital and transit funding priorities.
Finance Director Gretchen Johnson presented the Auburn City Council with a proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and a multi-year forecast, saying the city is moving from two years of deficits to a modest surplus range and asking council for feedback ahead of final adoption on June 23.
Johnson told council staff estimate a general fund surplus in the roughly $418,000 to $550,000 range and recommended a 3% wage increase and modest benefit adjustments to support ongoing labor negotiations. She said multi-year structural adjustments and a hiring freeze implemented during the prior fiscal year had reduced city staffing from 98 to a proposed 79 full-time positions and generated more than $1.1 million of ongoing labor cost savings. "We still…
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