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Council adopts 2026 budget ordinance, no public comments at hearing
Summary
The Soap Lake City Council unanimously adopted the 2026 Annual Budget (Ordinance 2025-1354) after a brief public hearing with no public testimony; the budget hearing ran from 5:31–5:39 p.m.
The Soap Lake City Council on Dec. 17 unanimously approved an ordinance adopting the 2026 Annual Budget (to be numbered 2025-1354) after a short public hearing that produced no public testimony.
Councilmember Bryson moved "to approve an ordinance of the City of Soap Lake, Washington, adopting the 2026 Annual Budget providing estimated revenues and appropriated expenditures for the operation of the City," and Councilmember Gorman seconded. The council recorded the public hearing as opening at 5:31 p.m. and closing at 5:39 p.m.; no members of the public spoke during that interval.
The budget ordinance was presented during the hearing as the principal fiscal action of the meeting; council records show the motion carried unanimously. Mayor Peter Sharp also summarized ongoing administrative matters in his mayoral remarks, including finalizing the state audit and upcoming meetings regarding the Purple Sage development.
