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Snoqualmie council approves mid‑biennium budget amendment, freezes planning‑tech position until July 2026
Summary
The Snoqualmie City Council on Nov. 24 approved a mid‑biennium amendment to the 2025–26 budget that reduces overall appropriations by about $16 million largely tied to the dissolution of the North Bend police services agreement, enacts personnel reductions and freezes a planning‑technician position until July 1, 2026.
The Snoqualmie City Council approved a mid‑biennium amendment on Nov. 24 that adjusts the 2025–26 budget to reflect the North Bend Police Services contract dissolution, outcomes of a utility rate study and a set of capital‑project and insurance changes.
Finance Director Drew Boutte told the council the amendment reflects a roughly $16,000,000 decrease in the city’s total appropriation and includes a proposed net reduction of 17 positions, from about 120.3 full‑time equivalent positions to 103.3. “What we’re requesting here is a 17, position decrease in our budget from about a 120.3 to a 103.3, positions in total for the remainder of 2025 and 2026,” Boutte said.
Why it matters: Boutte and other staff framed the package as a response to structural changes in revenues and costs — including the loss of shared policing…
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