Shelton council forwards 2026 supplemental budget ordinance adding lodging-tax awards and $24,000 for railroad crossing design

Marie Glott, the city's budget coordinator and grant administrator, told the council during a public hearing that Supplemental Budget No. 1 would add lodging-tax awards and extra design funds to the 2026 budget. "On January 20th of this year, you approved resolution 1424-1225 accepting the recommendations of $80,500 to the recipients of the applications that were presented. And now we are requesting it to be added to the 2026 budget," she said.

The supplemental request would allocate $80,500 to recipients identified by the lodging tax advisory committee and add $24,000 to the capital improvement fund for additional design costs on the railroad crossing removal project. Glott said the additional funding would come from the general fund ending fund balance and asked the council to move the ordinance forward for further consideration.

Council members read Ordinance 2039-0226, "an ordinance of the city of Shelton, Washington amending the annual budget for the year ending December 31st, 2026." A motion to forward the ordinance to the March 17 council meeting was made, seconded and carried on a voice vote.

The measure is not adopted yet; forwarding the ordinance schedules it for action at the March 17 meeting where council members may vote to adopt or amend it. The lodging-tax allocation referenced Resolution 1424-1225, which the budget coordinator cited as the source of the $80,500 recommendation. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or named mover/second for the motion to forward; the motion carried on a voice vote.

Next steps: the ordinance will return to the council on March 17 for consideration and any potential adoption votes. If approved then, the adjustments would take effect as part of the 2026 budget as described in the ordinance.