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Finance director presents first reading of 2026 budget amendment showing $1.0M net ending-balance increase
Summary
Kristen Reed, the finance director, presented the first reading of Ordinance No. 2841, a 2026 budget amendment that reconciles nearly $2.4 million in beginning-balance differences, increases revenue by about $1.4 million and expenses by about $2.6 million, and includes several temporary and permanent FTE changes.
The Enumclaw City Council received the first reading of Ordinance No. 2841 on June 22, a 2026 budget amendment presented by Finance Director Kristen Reed.
Reed said the city discovered an almost $2.4 million difference between estimated and actual beginning fund balances. The amendment adjusts those balances, rolls over funds for projects not completed by year-end, and updates revenues and expenses: revenue increases were identified at approximately $1.4 million (largely grant rollovers) and expenses rose about $2.6 million, leaving the amended ending fund balance just over $1.0 million.
The amendment also includes personnel adjustments: increasing the media services technician position from 0.5 FTE to 1.1 FTE and temporarily adding a 0.5 FTE administrative specialist in the finance department to support a new financial-software implementation. Reed said most line items had been visible previously through consent agenda packets but highlighted the FTE and the fund-balance adjustments for council attention.
This was the ordinance's first reading; Reed said staff was available to answer questions. Council took no final action on adoption at this meeting.
