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Council receives first reading of 2026 budget amendment showing $2.4M variance in beginning balances
Summary
Finance Director Kristen Reed presented Ordinance No. 2841 amending the 2026 budget to reflect about $2.4 million in beginning-balance differences driven by project rollovers; it also included staffing adjustments and net ending-fund increases; the item had no council questions at first reading.
On June 22 the Enumclaw City Council heard the first reading of Ordinance No. 2841, the 2026 budget amendment that reconciles estimated and actual beginning fund balances.
Finance Director Kristen Reed told council the difference between estimated and actual beginning balances was nearly $2.4 million, largely the result of projects expected to finish in 2025 that rolled over into 2026. Reed highlighted staffing adjustments included in the amendment: increasing the media-services technician from 0.5 to 1.1 full-time-equivalent positions and adding a temporary 0.5 FTE administrative specialist in finance while new financial-software implementation is underway.
Reed said the amendment recorded a $1.4 million revenue increase—mostly grants and rollovers—and a $2.6 million increase in expenses, yielding an increase in the city's ending fund balance of just over $1.0 million. She described this as a routine reconciliation and noted most items had already appeared on the consent agenda; the reading was informational and the council asked no follow-up questions during the first reading.
This was the ordinance's first reading and no formal adoption vote occurred. Reed offered to answer questions at subsequent hearings and provided a chart in the ordinance showing line-item rollovers and the reconciliation.
