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Council holds public hearing on 2025 carry-forward budget; staff highlights two added items
Summary
At a public hearing the city presented the 2025 carry-forward budget adjustment, including two items added since the April study session: a $200,000 update to Lakewood Municipal Code Title 12 funded by the SWIM fund and an $80,000 Motor Avenue site improvement in the park CIP fund.
The Lakewood City Council on Monday held a public hearing on the 2025 carry-forward budget adjustment, during which staff described efforts to align 2025 beginning balances with 2024 closing results and to carry forward capital projects funded by grants and contributions.
Taw Kraus, deputy city manager, told the council the carry-forward package primarily adjusts beginning balances for 2025 and includes prior council-approved appropriations for capital projects. She said two items were added after the April 21 study session: $200,000 from the SWIM fund to update the Lakewood Municipal Code Title 12 engineering standards, and $80,000 in the park CIP fund for Motor Avenue site improvements to add irrigation and four inches of topsoil to a 1.5-acre turf area.
Kraus said the Title 12 update will be performed by an outside contractor and will include an audit against the Washington Department of Ecology Western Washington stormwater manual to improve permit procedures and alignment with state standards. Planning and public works director Jeffrey Mack explained the Motor Avenue work followed soil conditions discovered during abatement; the additional topsoil and grading are intended to establish a stable turf surface.
No members of the public registered to testify at the hearing and no virtual participants appeared. The hearing record was closed after staff answered council questions. No ordinance or resolution was adopted at the hearing; the item remains a public hearing record and may return to council for action as required.
Why it matters: Carry-forward adjustments reset 2025 beginning balances to reflect 2024 activity and formally preserve appropriations for unfinished capital projects. The two newly added items affect planning and parks operations and are funded by internal city funds (SWIM fund and park CIP fund), not by general-tax increases.
Discussion vs. decision: Discussion only — the council held a public hearing, received staff explanation and closed the hearing; no final appropriation vote was recorded during the meeting.
Speakers listed below provided the overview and answers during the hearing.
