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Kent holds public hearing on 2026 mid-biennium budget; finance director outlines opioid-settlement one-time requests and 6-year CIP
Summary
The Kent City Council held a public hearing Oct. 21 on the 2026 mid-biennium budget amendment, proposed opioid-settlement priorities and the six-year Capital Improvement Program.
The Kent City Council held a public hearing Oct. 21 on the 2026 mid-biennium budget amendment, the proposed priorities for opioid-settlement dollars and the 2026'2031 Capital Improvement Program. Paula Painter, the city's finance director, presented the proposal and answered council questions; no members of the public testified and the hearing was closed.
Painter said the total 2026 budget is projected at $442,600,000, of which $132,100,000 is in the general fund. She told the council the proposed mid-biennium adjustments represent an increase of "just shy of $11,000,000, or 2.5%" over the adopted budget and that staff used conservative…
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