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City unveils FY27 budget schedule, considers new housing/code-enforcement software and reminds of municipal election filing
Summary
Finance staff circulated the FY27 budget schedule and deadlines; staff reviewed a proposal from Edmunds for new housing and code-enforcement software with up to $20,000 in one-time setup costs and potential annual savings; staff also reminded council that candidate filing for the 2026 municipal election is open through March 20.
Finance staff presented a draft FY27 budget schedule: staff requests are due Feb. 2 and hotel/motel revenue requests are due Feb. 17. The schedule will be formally introduced at a future work session and staff asked council to forward budget priorities for consideration.
Separately, staff reviewed a proposal from Edmunds for new housing, rental and code-enforcement software. Staff said the system could save roughly $1,000 a year but carries an implementation/setup cost: about $9,000 for basic setup and up to roughly $11,000 more to import historical data (the vendor quote assumed 10 years of records; the city has roughly three years of online data). Staff recommended negotiating the scope of imported records and noted a 13-month implementation timeline.
Staff also reminded the council that candidate filing for the 2026 municipal election is open through March 20 and that the Board of Elections is meeting to prepare. Finally, staff outlined county-level PACE/funding meetings and one-on-one outreach being scheduled with agencies including ARC, USDA, MDE and CDBG to pursue project funding.
