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Council reviews first 2026 budget amendment showing $2.4M variance and staff FTE changes
Summary
Finance Director Kristen Reed presented Ordinance No. 2,841, the first 2026 budget amendment reconciling a roughly $2.4 million variance between estimated and actual beginning fund balances and including FTE changes to support new financial software implementation.
On June 22 the Enumclaw City Council heard the first reading of Ordinance No. 2,841, the city’s first 2026 budget amendment, presented by Finance Director Kristen Reed.
Reed said the amendment reconciles nearly $2,400,000 in differences between estimated and actual beginning fund balances, primarily because several projects were not completed as expected. "The difference between our estimated beginning fund balances and our actuals was almost 2,400,000," she told the council.
The ordinance makes several staffing adjustments: it increases the media services technician from 0.5 FTE to 1.1 FTE and adds a temporary 0.5 FTE administrative specialist in finance to support implementation of a new financial software system. Reed said the revenue increase shown in the amendment is roughly $1,400,000 (mostly rollovers and grants) while expenses rose about $2,600,000, leaving an increase in the ending fund balance of just over $1,000,000.
Reed presented charts and said most items appeared previously on the consent agenda; she noted this was a first reading and offered to answer questions. No council questions were raised during the meeting; the ordinance will return for further consideration at a subsequent reading.
