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Newcastle adopts 2026 budget after amendments to staffing and snow-plow tracking spending
Summary
The City Council adopted the 2026 budget Nov. 4 after amending the salary schedule to keep the events and recreation coordinator at 0.8 FTE and removing a $6,000 street-fund purchase for a GPS snowplow-tracking system. The final budget passed 7–0 as amended.
The Newcastle City Council adopted the city's 2026 budget on Nov. 4 after approving two last-minute amendments: returning the events and recreation coordinator to 0.8 full-time equivalent and removing $6,000 from the street fund intended for a GPS-based plow-tracking system.
Finance Director Lindsay Chambers presented the updated budget figures and explained changes since the preliminary budget, including updated property-tax numbers from King County. Chambers said the budget totals (beginning fund balances, revenues and expenditures)…
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