City Budget

Budget Timeline

Budget Timeline 

Beginning in 2025, the City of Edmonds is moving to a biennial budget instead of the historical annual budget. The City Council passed the ordinance to move to a biennial budget on May 16, 2023 (ORD #4301).

Commonly cited advantages of biennial budgets include:

  • Reducing the total amount of time spent budgeting over a two-year period and freeing up time for other projects in year two,
  • Encouraging the jurisdiction to think strategically over multiple years instead of just balancing the budget for a single year, and>
  • For cities in particular, de-politicizing the budget somewhat because under state law cities may only adopt biennial budgets in even-numbered (non-election) years

For further reading on the biennial budget process, visit the Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC) website.

COMMUNITY SURVEY

Community Survey graphic

The City recently conducted a community budget priorities survey, which was administered by EMC Research to a randomly selected proportional sample of Edmonds residents age 18+. The goal of this survey was to gauge Edmonds residents’ priorities and levels of satisfaction with city services. The results of that survey can be viewed here: EMC Edmonds Community Survey Report 2024

We also invited other members of our community to provide their input in a second survey. This information will be useful in informing future conversations around the budget and the provision of city services.

This survey closed on August 26, 2024. Once the results are calculated, all survey data results will be shared with the public.