Speak your piece: Kent sets 2010 budget hearing


November 12, 2009 · Updated 6:41 PM 

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Speak your piece about the city of Kent’s preliminary 2010 budget at a public hearing 7 p.m. Tuesday at the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.

The hearing is part of the agenda for the regular City Council meeting.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke last month proposed a $157.8 million operating budget, including a general fund budget of $80.3 million and $11.4 million for capital projects. The rest of the budget is dedicated to other funds such as water, sewer and drainage utilities.

The general fund budget includes a projected $4.6 million revenue shortfall next year. The shortfall comes from $1 million to go to flood preparedness, as well as an increase in insurance liability, and, due to a drop in assessed property valuations, a $1.1 million reduction in Fire District 37 revenues the city is projected to get.

To view the 2010 preliminary budget, go to www.ci.kent.wa.us/financebudget/index.aspx?id=1226.

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