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Council reviews first reading of 2026 budget amendment showing roughly $1.0M ending balance increase
Summary
Finance Director Kristen Reed presented the first reading of Ordinance No. 2841, a 2026 budget amendment that reconciles estimated and actual beginning fund balances (difference ~ $2.4M), shows a $1.4M revenue increase and $2.6M expense increase, and includes temporary and permanent FTE adjustments.
The Enumclaw City Council received the first reading on June 22 of Ordinance No. 2841, the 2026 budget amendment. Kristen Reed, the city’s finance director, told council the difference between estimated and actual beginning fund balances was nearly $2,400,000 and that the amendment updates the ordinance to reflect that change.
Ms. Reed said the amendment shows a revenue increase of $1,400,000 (primarily rollovers and grant timing) and an expense increase of $2,600,000, resulting in an increase in the ending fund balance of just over $1,000,000. The amendment includes personnel adjustments: increasing a media services technician from 0.5 FTE to 1.1 FTE and adding a temporary 0.5 FTE administrative specialist in finance while the city implements new financial software.
Reed noted most items in the amendment were previously reviewed through the consent agenda and that rollovers for ongoing projects account for the bulk of the variance between estimate and actuals. This was a first reading; council did not adopt the amendment at the June 22 meeting and no vote on adoption was recorded.
