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Deputy City Manager previews Granite Falls preliminary 2025 budget, lists capital projects and fund forecasts
Summary
Deputy City Manager Jeff Balentine presented the City of Granite Falls' preliminary 2025 budget on Oct. 23, outlining revenue and expense estimates across general, street, water, sewer and storm funds and listing proposed capital projects, staffing headings and grant-funded street work.
Deputy City Manager Jeff Balentine presented the City of Granite Falls' preliminary 2025 budget to the City Council at the Oct. 23 meeting, outlining projected revenues, expense categories and proposed capital projects across multiple city funds. The slide presentation included a 'Your 2024 Tax Dollar Breakdown' example that used an average residence valuation of $444,800 to illustrate the local tax share.
Balentine described several proposed General Fund capital items, including City Hall renovations, a potential interlocal agreement with Snohomish County for law enforcement services, replacement of the Frank Mason Dock and park improvements. He also summarized the General Fund’s preliminary revenue and expense categories and noted projected reserves.
On transportation and streets, the presentation listed planned work in the Street Fund such as installation of traffic devices, street striping and angle changes, adjustments to City Hall parking, and replacement of public works pickup trucks. Balentine identified Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grant items and CIF (Capital Improvement Fund) arterial-route work as grant-supported elements of the street program.
Utility funds were addressed separately: Balentine presented slide headings for Water, Sewer and Storm funds that noted preliminary revenue and expense estimates and reserve positions, and referenced related CIF projects. The Solid Waste CIF appeared on the slides but specific revenue or expense figures were not provided in the transcript.
The presentation also included staffing and debt items labeled '2025 Non-Exempt Positions,' '2025 Exempt Positions' and 'Debt Load'; the transcript records these as slide headings only and does not specify counts or dollar amounts. Several grant and funding lines appeared in the slides, including references to ARPA and utility tax, but the transcript did not provide a line-item budget or totals.
The council recorded no current-business items during the meeting and proceeded to adjourn after the budget presentation. No formal votes or motions related to the 2025 budget were recorded in the meeting text.
