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West Richland releases second-quarter 2025 financial report; sales tax and utility revenue up, permit revenue falls
Summary
City finance director told council the general fund is on track through second quarter 2025 with sales and many utility taxes up while building-permit revenue and charges for services fell sharply.
Erin Gwyn, the city’s finance director, presented West Richland’s second-quarter 2025 financial report at the Aug. 19 City Council meeting, saying the general fund is tracking to budget despite uneven revenue sources.
Gwyn said the city’s unemployment indicator sits at 3.7% for Benton County and that the national consumer price index rose 2.7% year-over-year through June 2025. “This evening, I'm presenting the 20 25 second quarter financial report,” she told the council.
The nut of the report: general fund revenues are roughly on pace with budgeted expectations for the first half of the year, but the…
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