County GovernmentFriday, November 13
Snohomish County Council approves a $3.37 billion budget for 2027-28 on a 3-2 vote
The Daily Everett team
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.
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 |
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.
Sources: HeraldNet.com, MyEverettNews.com, Everett Post