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Mayor Benjamin outlines 2025 accomplishments and warns of ongoing fiscal constraints
Summary
Mayor Francis Benjamin delivered Pullman’s State of the City on Feb. 24, highlighting 2025 accomplishments — library use, parks planning, transit ridership, downtown infrastructure — while warning the city faces a roughly $1.1 million shortfall in the next biennium and urging continued community input on 2026–27 goals.
Mayor Francis Benjamin delivered Pullman’s annual State of the City address on Feb. 24, praising community participation in 2025 programs and warning that the city still faces budgetary constraints going into the 2026–27 biennium.
Benjamin, who identified himself at the podium as Pullman’s mayor and framed the talk around celebrating 2025 accomplishments and planning for 2026, highlighted several department successes. He said library patrons made 322,000 visits and checked out more than 414,000 items, and noted the library’s completed facilities needs assessment and upgraded catalog system. He credited the parks department with completing the city’s PROS plan and advancing new…
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