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Mill Creek council adopts amended CIP and mid‑biennium budget amendments
Summary
The Mill Creek City Council unanimously adopted amendments to the 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan and approved mid‑biennium changes to the 2025–26 budget after hearing staff reports and receiving no public testimony. Council voted 7–0 on both ordinances.
The Mill Creek City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt amendments to the city’s 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan and to approve mid‑biennium adjustments to the 2025–26 budget.
City Engineer Carmody told the council the CIP update uses phase‑gating to pause work at 30% design to verify funding and reassigns some projects by priority; items added in the current amendment include a citywide sidewalk maintenance program, North Creek Trail work and pavement rehabilitations. Carmody said some projects — including Old Seattle Hill Road — were delayed to align with surface‑water work and a fish‑passage project under the roadway.
Finance Director Irmina summarized the mid‑biennium budget modifications, saying the package includes a $2.2 million fund‑balance adjustment, a $10.8 million revenue decrease (offset in part by a $1.7 million general‑fund increase) and carryovers of continuing obligations tied to RPB and ARPA projects. Irmina also noted a $1.6 million increase in contract spending primarily tied to overlay and pavement projects and an operating adjustment to reflect higher court and jail costs.
Council opened the public hearings on each item, took no public testimony and then voted. The ordinance adopting the amended CIP passed on a 7–0 voice vote; the ordinance amending the biennial budget passed unanimously following the staff report and brief council discussion.
Council members asked staff to return with a “tickler” item on City Hall North and to phase projects in coordination with related private development and grant opportunities. City staff said projects will not progress beyond design checkpoints without confirmed funding.
The council’s action reduces the six‑year CIP total from about $119 million to $105 million as shown in staff materials and will trigger phase‑gate reviews at the 30% design milestone for affected projects. No construction contracts were awarded as part of the vote; individual contracts will return to council for authorization as required.
What happens next: staff will implement the phase‑gating approach, continue coordination with partner agencies on tied projects and return any project‑level contracts to the council for separate approval.
