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Sumner council approves first-quarter amendment to 2025–26 biennial budget
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 29-21, a first-quarter amendment recognizing $1.383 million in additional revenues and $5.542 million in expenditures mainly to carry over prior biennium projects and new grants; vote was 7–0.
The Sumner City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 29-21 on March 3, amending the 2025–26 biennial budget to carry over unfinished projects and recognize new grants and program needs.
Cassandra Raymond, chief financial officer, described the amendment as a routine first-quarter update. The amendment recognizes $1,383,000 in additional revenues (including a $37,000 transfer) and requests authority for $5,542,000 in expenditures, primarily carryovers from 2024 project appropriations and several new grant-funded projects. Raymond said common reasons for carryovers include project timing, delayed invoices and newly awarded grants after the December budget adoption.
Major items cited include: carryover for the Transportation Improvement Board sidewalk repair and a new Main Street crossings grant; a Department of Commerce grant to add a solar panel array at City Hall; roughly $2.0 million carried for an earthquake control valve project and about $1.5 million carried for tank painting in the utility funds; staffing adjustments at the wastewater treatment facility to cover retirements and leaves; and authority to purchase two patrol vehicles that were omitted from the adopted budget but for which replacement funds were accrued.
Council member Beteto moved approval of Ordinance 29-21; Council member Matt Kenna seconded. The clerk called the roll: Elfers — yes; Cole — yes; Reinking — yes; Pateto — yes; Bowman — yes; Clargett — yes; Kenna — yes. The ordinance passed 7–0.
Raymond and utility staff said the wastewater facility’s planned building study will be deferred and incorporated into a future utility rate study or the 2026 budget cycle to prioritize immediate personnel needs.
