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The next two-year budget is a $2.3 billion document, and council has started working through it

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AI illustration: Downtown Bellevue's lit towers at blue hour seen across the still water of Meydenbauer Bay from the Meydenbauer Bay Park pier
Downtown Bellevue from Meydenbauer Bay Park. AI illustration of the real place, checked against street-level imagery, November 2026.

City Manager Diane Carlson introduced the preliminary 2027–2028 operating budget on September 15: balanced across all funds, with a 1% increase in the portion of property tax the city collects. Council also weighed three transportation funding scenarios, one of them a Transportation Benefit District. Three dates: information session Wednesday, September 30, 6 to 8 p.m.; final hearing October 27; adoption November 17. Source

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