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Lynden council adds preliminary 2026 budget public hearing, schedules second hearing
Summary
Council voted 7-0 to add a public hearing on the preliminary 2026 budget to the Nov. 3 agenda and set a second hearing for Nov. 17, 2025; the preliminary hearing opened at 7:41 p.m. with no public comments.
At the start of the Nov. 3 meeting Mayor Scott Korthuis asked the council to add a public hearing on the preliminary 2026 budget that had been omitted from the published agenda. Councilor Gary Bode moved and Councilor Mark Wohlrab seconded the addition; the motion passed 7-0. The council also voted, on a motion by Councilor Brent Lenssen and second by Councilor Bode, to set a second public hearing on the preliminary 2026 Budget for Nov. 17, 2025, ahead of final action.
Mayor Korthuis opened the added preliminary budget hearing at 7:41 p.m.; there were no public comments and the hearing closed the same minute. Separately, staff notified the council that state law requires a final budget hearing (RCW 35.33.071) and that a proposed Final Budget Hearing was scheduled for Dec. 1, 2025. The record also shows the council set the public hearing on the 2026 property tax levy for Nov. 17, 2025, to allow certification by the county before the Nov. 30 deadline (RCW 84.55.120).
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