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Snohomish County Council approves a $3.37 billion budget for 2027-28 on a 3-2 vote
Three of five council members backed the budget
Snohomish County Council vote, Nov. 10
3–2
Approve the $3.37 billion 2027-28 county budget
Yes 3
- Dunn
- Mead
- Peterson
No 2
- Low
- Nehring
Sources: HeraldNet.com, Everett Post
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| Member | Seat | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Dunn | Yes | |
| Jared Mead | Yes | |
| Strom Peterson | Yes | |
| Sam Low | No | |
| Nate Nehring | No |
If you pay Snohomish County property taxes, here's where things landed. After a six-hour meeting, the County Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the 2027-28 budget. Megan Dunn, Jared Mead and Strom Peterson voted yes. Sam Low and Nate Nehring voted no.
The council trimmed Executive Dave Somers' proposed property tax increase to 1% each year and left the county's banked capacity untapped. Somers had proposed using all of it. Nehring put the added property taxes at $24 million, while Dunn said the county otherwise "would have had to cut hundreds of positions."
The 2027-28 budget is bigger, and the county still faces a gap
- $3.37 billion
- for the 2027-28 budget
- 4.6%
- higher than the previous $3.22 billion budget
- $56 million
- projected two-year general fund deficit
- 4.3%
- banked capacity the council chose not to use
Sources: HeraldNet.com, Everett Post
- Surface water fee: $122 to $179 a year per single-family home
- Two state-required levies: about $26.90 more a year on a median home
- Roads and conservation futures levies: 1% increases, over $930,000 in 2027
- General fund: more than $780 million
Somers' signature is the next step to finalize the budget.
