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Forks council reviews preliminary 2026 budget, flags jail revenue and street projects
Summary
At a Nov. 10 special session, the City of Forks reviewed a preliminary 2026 budget that staff said is largely shaped by grant funding; officials discussed potential losses in jail revenue if WSDOC changes housing rates and requested funds for a Russell Road bridge repair and streetlight replacements.
The City of Forks held a special City Council meeting on Nov. 10, 2025, to review the preliminary 2026 budget and hear staff explanations of notable line items. No formal budget votes were taken at the workshop.
Clerk/Treasurer Caryn ParynDaRe DePew walked councilmembers through the budget page by page and highlighted several items of significance, including allocations of $50,000 each in the Airport/Industrial and Quillayute Airport funds to replace a John Deere tractor and numerous grant-funded projects that account for much of the difference between the 2025 and 2026 proposed budgets.
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