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Park board accepts one-time 5% reduction in 2025 general fund transfer, approves amended 2026 budget
Summary
The board accepted a one-time 5% reduction to the 2025 general fund transfer to pay for code-enforcement litter and abatement work performed in parks, with staff pledging to absorb cleanup work internally by 2027; the board also approved a 2026 parks budget amendment that reduces capital outlay to balance the books.
The Spokane Park Board voted Dec. 11 to accept a one-time 5% reduction in the 2025 general fund transfer to cover code-enforcement litter-control and abatement work performed within parks. The motion, moved by Bob (speaker 11), included the understanding that Parks intends to take ownership of that cleanup work by 2027.
Background: Finance staff said parks faced a complex interfund issue: a State Auditor finding and Washington RCW guidance mean a general fund cannot benefit from another general fund. The city’s…
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