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Council approves first-quarter supplemental budget adjustments including Meet Me on Meeker grants
Summary
Kent council approved ordinance consolidating budget adjustments for Jan. 1–March 31, 2025, that incorporate multiple grant-funded capital projects including three Meet Me on Meeker segments and several transportation and park grants.
Kent city council on May 20 adopted an ordinance consolidating supplemental budget adjustments covering Jan. 1 through March 31, 2025, that reflect a net change in the city budget and incorporate several previously approved grants for transportation, parks and criminal justice programs.
The ordinance, read into the record by the council president and moved for adoption, covers previously approved increases totaling about $24.9 million and pending adjustments that net a decrease of roughly $459,010, according to Michelle Ferguson, deputy finance director.
Ferguson told the council much of the increase is grant-funded. That includes three grants tied to the Meet Me on Meeker project: $7.8 million for the segment from Kent Elementary to Washington Avenue; $3.5 million for Washington Avenue to Thompson; and $5.9 million for Thompson to Interurban. The amendment also lists two Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Improvement Program grants of $1.5 million each for South 190th Street and South 200th/12th Street preservation work, and Transportation Improvement Board grants for sidewalk and pedestrian improvements totaling $1,115,000.
Ferguson summarized additional grants and carry-forward budgets included in the ordinance: $709,000 for the Benson Corridor Plan; $100,000 from King County Flood Control District for Woodford Avenue South storm work; $35,000 from the Department of Ecology for ramp litter cleanup and a Lake Meridian aquatic vegetation plan update; $2.13 million in carry-forwards for fleet and parks budgets; and multiple criminal-justice grants and small enforcement grants.
She described pending reallocations included in the ordinance: $635,000 moving within the criminal justice fund to a subfund for officer salaries, $35,000 into police station refurbishment, $27,000 for major building maintenance (including a $14,000 transfer from the facility life-cycle fund), and a correction of $1,160,000 of IT inter-project transfers that had double-counted planned transfers.
The motion to adopt ordinance No. 4515 was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote. The council record shows the motion passed; the transcript records a voice vote of “Aye” and “Motion passes.”
The ordinance and exhibits include the exact amendment figures; Ferguson said presentation figures were rounded and staff will rely on the ordinance exhibits for precise line-item amounts.
