Yakima City Manager Vicki Baker is hosting two more town hall meetings to discuss the City’s current General Fund budget challenges.

The next budget town hall meeting will take place on Thursday, April 10^th at the Yakima Convention Center in Room G.  The town hall meeting will begin at 6:30 pm. 

The third and final budget town hall meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 16^th in the Kiva at Davis High School.  The town hall meeting in the Davis Kiva will begin at 6:30 pm.

Baker held the first budget town hall meeting on Monday, April 7^th at the Harman Senior Center.

Baker is holding the town hall meetings as part of the City’s outreach efforts to learn from community members what their General Fund budget priorities are.  In addition to the town hall meetings, Baker has made presentations to numerous local service organizations and non-profits, an online survey about the budget challenges facing the City is open through April 30^th, and outreach staff will be at various locations around town to help people take the survey.

Projections show the City could be facing a General Fund budget shortfall of up to $9 million in 2026.  The City Council will consider input and feedback received at the town hall meetings, the presentations Baker is making to service organizations and non-profits, and the budget survey to determine how best to address the projected shortfall.

To take the budget survey, click on the following link – https://www.yakimawa.gov/media/points-of-interest/budget-survey/