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Auburn council approves midyear budget tweaks, sets March 9 pension discussion
Summary
On Feb. 23, 2026, the Auburn City Council unanimously approved second‑quarter adjustments to the FY 2025–26 budget, updated the city’s position allocation list and pay schedule, and scheduled a March 9 discussion on ways to address the city’s unfunded pension liability.
The Auburn City Council voted Feb. 23 to approve second‑quarter adjustments to the city’s FY 2025–26 budget and to adopt an updated position allocation list and pay schedule.
Finance Director Gretchen Hoskins told the council the adopted budget in June was about $37.1 million and that earlier first‑quarter adjustments temporarily raised the citywide budget to about $38.6 million. An audit and accounting timing rules reduced the carryover the staff had earlier estimated; Hoskins said the official general fund balance from the audit is $854,000. After recommending roughly $1.3 million of uses from available funds, she said about $362,335 remained unearmarked.
Hoskins flagged sales tax as the city’s largest ongoing…
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