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Enumclaw council reviews first reading of 2026 budget amendment with $2.6M in expense rollovers
Summary
Finance Director Kristen Reed presented the first reading of Ordinance No. 2841, noting nearly $2.4 million in beginning‑fund variance, roughly $1.4 million in increased revenues, $2.6 million in increased expenses and FTE adjustments for implementation of new financial software.
Enumclaw’s council received the first reading on Ordinance No. 2841 on June 22, a budget amendment for 2026 that reconciles estimated and actual beginning fund balances and moves amounts to estimated ending fund balances.
Finance Director Kristen Reed told council the difference between estimated and actual beginning fund balances was almost $2,400,000 and that the amendment adjusts revenues upward by about $1,400,000 while increasing expenses by roughly $2,600,000. After those changes, she said the ending fund balance would increase by just over $1,000,000. “The main purpose of this budget amendment is to update our actual beginning fund balances,” Reed said during her staff report.
Reed highlighted operational staffing changes included in the amendment: increasing the media services technician from 0.5 FTE to 1.1 FTE and adding a temporary 0.5 FTE administrative specialist in the finance department to support implementation of new financial software. She said most items in the amendment had been visible in prior consent items and that rollovers were due to projects estimated to finish in 2025 that were not completed.
This was the ordinance’s first reading; councilmembers were offered the opportunity to ask questions at later readings. No vote on the budget amendment was taken at the June 22 meeting.
