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Redmond previews 2027–28 budget: departments outline staffing, new in‑house legal services and technology investments
Summary
City staff presented baseline budget previews for the executive, finance, human resources and technology departments, noting reclassified positions, a new in‑house city attorney office, grant management, a domestic‑violence advocate transfer and investments in translation and financial software.
Redmond city staff on April 14 previewed the 2027–28 baseline budget, telling the City Council about several staffing shifts, new internal services and technology investments that will shape the next biennium.
Melissa Files, the city’s chief operating officer, said the executive office is adding one environmental sustainability FTE and reclassifying an existing sustainability manager to a supervisory role. Files also confirmed two new divisions — grant management and the in‑house city attorney — were built into the proposed baseline after the city moved from a long‑time outside contract to an internal legal team.
“Now we brought that in house,” Files said of the city attorney function, noting the city supplemented transition work with an on‑call contract with Ogden Murphy Wallace.
Assistant COO Lisa Maher reviewed environmental and equity investments, including guidebooks for the…
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