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Vancouver, Wash. – The Vancouver City Council adopted the City’s 2023-2024 biennial budget at its Monday, Nov. 21 meeting. The balanced $1.7 billion two-year budget – built around the City’s universal policy themes of safety, equity and climate action – includes $1.37 billion in the operating budget and $0.37 billion in the capital budget.
The budget reflects the City Council’s policy priorities for this biennium, which include Improving Community Safety and Wellbeing, Reducing Carbon Footprint, Improving Equity and Inclusion, Growing Economic Opportunity, and Exceptional Public Spaces and Places.
“This budget echoes the values and vision the City holds for the entire community,” said Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle. “It supports the City’s aspirations to improve livability, foster safety and wellbeing, and enhance our sense of community.”
The budget was shaped with the help of community input that came from a variety of sources and groups, including analysis associated with the Stronger Vancouver initiative. Capital and program investments were also informed by Vancouver’s newly developed Social Equity Index.
“The budget reflects the priorities of both the City Council and the community,” said City Manager Eric Holmes. “Through it, we’re addressing immediate needs and issues while moving transformative initiatives that focus on the future of Vancouver.”
The budget includes staffing increases in multiple areas across the City including significant additions aimed at enhancing public safety. It improves capacity to deliver a robust capital program and to advance the City’s positive direction towards achieving its leading-edge climate action goals. It also builds on the work previously completed through Stronger Vancouver, created in 2016 to help enhance the City’s economic prosperity and livability.
Highlights from the adopted budget include:
The final budget document, map of capital projects, budget dashboard and additional information will be available at www.cityofvancouver.us/budget beginning the week of November 28.
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