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Edmonds mayor: Reopened budget process causing staff 'distress'
EDMONDS — Equipment purchases, hiring decisions and planned projects are on hold — at least until Edmonds City Council votes on a spate of proposed budget amendments.
The council reopened 2022 budget talks early this year, meaning the city has had to pause some day-to-day operations.
“It’s causing a lot of distress,” Mayor Mike Nelson said Tuesday.
Staff, like Police Chief Michelle Bennett, have had to spend their evenings Zooming into virtual council meetings to reiterate their departments’ needs and justify their budget asks.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-mayor-reopened-budget-process-causing-staff-distress/
