Ellensburg City Council approved corrections to the 2025 six-year capital improvement plan and adopted a supplemental amendment to the 2025-26 biennial budget during its Dec. 1 meeting.

Planning Manager Stacy Henderson told the council two corrections to CIP charts (sewer and electric tables) were provided after the planning commission review; staff recommended those corrections be incorporated into docket item 25-01 for the second reading of the related ordinance. Community development and public works staff were listed as proponents for the CIP update.

Finance staff presented the supplemental budget (ordinance 4976) for second reading and adoption. Keith Fassett, finance, summarized highlights: targeted investments in parks and recreation, upgrades for police department training and crime-prevention equipment, citywide computer systems, and adjustments to employee compensation-related costs. Council adopted the supplemental budget in its roll-call vote.

Public commenters requested clearer documentation of pool planning and the $50 million placeholder in the CIP; staff said the parks CIP will be included in next year's periodic updates and noted that CIP tables are planning documents rather than immediate appropriations. Council directed staff to provide clearer records and the underlying documentation in response to public records requests.

What happens next: staff will incorporate the corrected CIP tables into the ordinance for second reading and implement budget appropriations approved in the supplemental ordinance. Staff said parks capital items not updated this year will be included in the 2026 periodic update.