Snoqualmie council reviews $16.1 million mid‑biennium amendment tied to North Bend police contract and utility study

Finance Director Drew Bate told the Snoqualmie City Council on Nov. 10 that a proposed mid‑biennium budget amendment would reduce total appropriations by about $16.1 million, a change driven largely by transfers and internal service adjustments tied to the end of the North Bend Police Services interlocal agreement and updates from the city's utility rate study.

"We are proposing really a $16,100,000 reduction," Drew Bate said while reviewing the amendment and the longer‑term financial forecast. The amendment, offered as a first reading, would reduce the number of budgeted full‑time equivalent positions from 120.3 to 103.3 FTEs for the 2025–26 biennium, a net reduction of 17 positions, the presentation said. About 14.25 of those FTEs reflected positions budgeted in the North Bend Police Services Fund that will not continue after the…