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Soap Lake council adopts 1% levy increase for 2026
Summary
The Soap Lake City Council voted 4-3 to adopt a 1.0% levy increase, raising the city levy by $1,842 for collection in 2026. Three councilmembers opposed the measure; the ordinance number was reassigned after an earlier budget ordinance was tabled.
Councilmember Bryson moved and Councilmember Gorman seconded a motion to adopt an ordinance increasing the City of Soap Lake’s previous year’s levy amount by $1,842, or 1.0%, for collection in 2026. The motion carried 4-3; Councilmembers Taylor, Carson and Arnold voted Nay.
The levy change was presented as a modest adjustment to the city’s tax levy for 2026. Minutes note that, because an earlier-listed ordinance was tabled, the adopted levy ordinance was assigned the number 2025-1353 in the sequence. The ordinance affects property tax collections for calendar-year 2026 and was adopted during the Nov. 19 meeting after deliberation by council members.
