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Forks council reviews 2026 budget; proposes $30,000 for Tillicum Park, weighs sewer-rate increase
Summary
At a Dec. 1 special session the Forks City Council opened and closed a public hearing with no public comment and then reviewed updates to the proposed 2026 budget, including a $30,000 General Fund allocation for Tillicum Park and a proposed sewer-rate adjustment that would add about $25,000 each to sewer operations and capital.
The Forks City Council met in a special session Dec. 1, 2025, opened a final 2026 budget public hearing that drew no public comment, and then spent the meeting examining updates to the preliminary 2026 budget. Clerk/Treasurer Caryn DePew laid out the changes, including a proposed $30,000 allocation from the General Fund beginning balance to the City’s portion of the Tillicum Park budget and a sewer-rate adjustment described as an additional 10% on top of a 2.7% CPI increase.
The proposed sewer adjustment, DePew said, would…
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