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Council staff flags OPCD staffing gap and a short‑term rental tax mismatch with ordinance 125872
Summary
Council central staff told the Select Budget Committee that OPCD’s 2026 proposed budget defunds a vacant long‑range planning position and that OPCD has limited outreach capacity, and staff flagged a mismatch between the proposed short‑term rental tax allocations and Ordinance 125872.
Council central staff told the Select Budget Committee that the Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) may lack staff and outreach capacity to complete long‑range planning work the council has requested, and that the proposed short‑term rental tax allocations in the 2026 budget do not match the dollar allocations spelled out in Ordinance 125872.
“Planning for the comprehensive plan and related implementation work is ongoing,” Lish Whitson, Council Central staff, told the committee, noting a long‑range planning position that has been vacant through 2025 is scheduled to be defunded in the 2026 proposed budget although the pocket would remain. Whitson said the council’s recent actions “have…
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