Bothell Sound

City Hall · Oct 8, 2024

Bothell council agenda listed 2025-26 budget transmittal for Oct. 8, 2024

The Oct. 8, 2024 City Council agenda listed the City Manager's 2025-2026 Budget Transmittal to Council as a staff briefing, and the packet's budget calendar set the proposed budget introduction for Oct. 15 1.

What the records say

The Oct. 8, 2024 Bothell City Council agenda listed a City Manager Report that included the City Manager's 2025-2026 Budget Transmittal to Council as a staff briefing 1. The same packet's budget calendar listed the Oct. 8 meeting for the budget transmittal and budget-related documents, then an Oct. 15 study session for introduction of the proposed 2025-26 budget and 2025-31 CFP 1. The supplied packet did not include the 2025-26 budget document or proposed budget dollar amounts; a staff briefing said the full document would be published on Oct. 8 and included in the next week's packet 1. The records do not establish the meeting's outcome.

  • The Oct. 8, 2024 City Council agenda included the City Manager's 2025-2026 Budget Transmittal to Council as a staff briefing 1.
  • The packet's budget calendar listed Oct. 15 for a study session introducing the proposed 2025-26 budget and 2025-31 CFP, Nov. 12 for public hearings on the proposed budget, utility rates, and the 1% property tax levy, and Dec. 3 for possible budget adoption 1.
  • The supplied packet did not include the 2025-26 budget document or proposed budget dollar amounts; staff said the full document would be published on Oct. 8 and included in the next week's packet 1.

Why it matters

The packet's budget calendar ties the 2025-26 budget process to later decisions on utility rates, the 1% property tax levy, and a fee resolution, with public hearings listed for Nov. 12 and possible adoption listed for Dec. 3 1. Residents can use those scheduled dates to track when the proposed budget and related rates and levies are set for council review.

What changed / what's next

  • The city's 2025-2026 budget process was scheduled to move from the Oct. 8 transmittal to an Oct. 15 proposed-budget introduction, Nov. 12 public hearings, and possible Dec. 3 adoption 1.
  • The records do not establish whether the Oct. 8 transmittal occurred or what the council did with it. The supplied packet contains the agenda listing and staff briefing, not the budget document itself, so proposed spending levels and priorities could not be analyzed from the supplied records.
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.