Chapter 3.02
BIENNIAL BUDGET

Sections:

3.02.010    Biennial budget established.

3.02.020    Mid-biennial review and modification.

3.02.030    References to annual budget.

3.02.010 Biennial budget established.

Pursuant to RCW 35A.34.040, the city council hereby establishes a two-year biennial budget for the city of Buckley, beginning with the biennium starting on January 1, 2025. The 2025-26 biennial budget shall be prepared, considered and adopted under the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 35A.34 RCW. (Ord. 05-24 § 1, 2024).

3.02.020 Mid-biennial review and modification.

Pursuant to Chapter 35A.34 RCW, the city council hereby provides for a mid-biennium review and modification of the biennial budget. No sooner than eight months after the start of the first year of the fiscal biennium and no later than the first regularly scheduled city council meeting in November of the first year of each biennial budget, the chief financial officer shall prepare proposed budget modifications to be effective the following January 1st. (Ord. 05-24 § 2, 2024).

3.02.030 References to annual budget.

All references to “annual budget” in the Buckley Municipal Code (BMC) shall be construed as references to a “biennial budget.” All procedures based upon yearly submissions for an annual budget associated with annual budgeting shall be construed to conform to biennial submission requirements associated with adoption of a biennial budget. (Ord. 05-24 § 3, 2024).