LYNNWOOD—Finance Director Michelle Meyer shared with Lynnwood Finance Committee members on Wednesday, May 28, the mayor’s Budget Management Plan to address a $4,273,038 million General Fund biennium budget shortfall.

The plan identifies opportunities over the next two years (until December 31, 2026) for across-the-board reductions in General Fund department operating expenditures. The opportunities identified in the Budget Management Plan were provided to the mayor by the City’s directors, the Lynnwood Times was told, except for the $33,402 target presented to City Council President Nick Coelho in Wednesday’s meeting.

The proposed plan does not reflect any reductions in force from adopted staffing levels and does not include any formal cuts to specific city services, according to the Mey

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