HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD. NO. 2026-025 amend 2026 budget_Q2AN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-025
amending the 2026.Budget for the City of Yakima; and making
appropriations from Unappropriated Fund Balances within various
funds for expenditure during 2026 for various purposes as described
in the attached Schedule I.
WHEREAS, the various funds indicated on the attached Schedule I contain
Unappropriated Fund Balances available for appropriation and expenditures during 2026 in
various amounts and for the purposes mentioned in the attached Schedule; and
WHEREAS, at the time of the adoption of the 2025-2026 budget it could not reasonably
have been foreseen that the appropriation provided for by this ordinance would be required; and
the City Council declares that an emergency exists of the type contemplated by RCW 35.33.091
and that it is in the best interests of the City to make the appropriation herein provided; now,
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Appropriations are hereby made, for expenditure during 2026, from
Unappropriated Fund Balances in the various funds to the various accounts and in the various
amounts, and for the various specific purposes, all as specified in the Schedule I attached hereto
and incorporated herein.
Section 2. This ordinance is one making an appropriation and shall take effect
immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City
Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 16m day of June, 2026.
ATTEST:
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inda lbarra, CMC, City Clerk
First Reading: June 2, 2026
Publication Date: June 20, 2026
Effective Date: June 20, 2026
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SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 7.N.
For Meeting of: June 16, 2026
Ordinance amending the 2026 Budget for the City of Yakima; and
making appropriations from unappropriated fund balances in various.
funds for expenditures during 2026 (Second Reading)
*Craig Warner, Director of Finance and Budget
During the 2025-2026 Biennial Budget adoption process, certain projects, expenditures, and
encumbrances were not known or could not reasonably have been anticipated. The attached ordinance
appropriates available unappropriated fund balances to address these needs.
The proposed amendments include recognizing new revenues and related expenditures, appropriating
available fund balance for necessary expenses, rolling forward or correcting budget items, and making
housekeeping adjustments between funds. Major items include grant funding for the Comprehensive
Plan Periodic Update, a BNSF donation for indoor UAS devices, increased costs for natural gas, indigent
defense, information technology equipment, leave liability cash -outs, labor relations professional
services, snow removal contingency, and previously approved Council actions related to the Washington
Fruit Center and Station 92.
ITEM BUDGETED: No
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Resilient Yakima
RECOMMENDATION: Pass Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance amend 2026 budget_Q2
MEMO- 2026 2nd Quarter Buget Amendment JT 6.4.26.pdf
JP- 2026 2nd QTR Budget Amendment.pdf
2026 Revised Budget By Fund 2nd Quarter. pdf
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