Olympia City Manager Jay Burney presented a plan to the City Council to reduce a projected $11.8 million deficit in the city’s 2025 operating budget to $6.7 million through staffing reductions, delayed hires, and revenue adjustments.
“We’re at a time where we may need new revenues, but we’re also at a time when we need some permanent reductions,” Burney said at the city council meeting on Tuesday.
Burney explained that the city had initially faced an $11.8 million deficit in the 2025 operating budget…