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City hears mid‑session state legislative update as transportation, capital budgets face cuts
Summary
Shelley Helder, the city’s contract lobbyist with Gordon Thomas Honeywell, told the Bothell City Council on March 4 that the Washington state Legislature is at the halfway point of its 60‑day session and that major budget decisions remain unsettled.
Shelley Helder, the city’s contract lobbyist with Gordon Thomas Honeywell, told the Bothell City Council on March 4 that the Washington state Legislature is at the halfway point of its 60‑day session and that major budget decisions remain unsettled.
Helder said the operating budget — the one most commonly cited in news coverage — and the transportation budget are facing serious shortfalls. “The state transportation budget in this upcoming biennium is facing a billion dollar shortfall,” she said, and predicted project delays and new revenues may be needed to balance that budget.
The update matters because Bothell’s 2025 legislative agenda includes five priorities that depend on state action, the city manager said. Helder…
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