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Finance director seeks $22.8M public works carryforward and flags $1.5M in one‑time funds
Summary
Leslie Blaisdale, finance director, presented the City Council with a proposed budget carryforward package that would move previously budgeted but unspent project funds into 2025 and add several new expenditure requests, including a 0.8 FTE communications specialist and a $150,000 cybersecurity proposal.
Leslie Blaisdale, University Place finance director, presented the city’s annual carryforward and supplemental budget adjustments at the May 19 council meeting, asking council to carry forward previously budgeted but unspent project funds into 2025 and to consider several new expenditure requests.
"I'm here to talk about the, budget carry forward adjustment," Blaisdale said, explaining that the largest carryforward is $22,800,000 in the public works CIP. She said parks CIP carryforwards total $1,276,000 and municipal CIP carryforwards total $664,000, which include completion of public workshop improvements (restroom and shop expansion) and tenant improvements for a new first‑floor tenant. Blaisdale also said ARPA/remaining projects total…
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