(The Center Square) – City Manager John Hohman refused to take questions on Tuesday after giving a budget presentation to the Spokane Valley City Council with a special slide around “council behaviors.”
Tuesday marked the fourth touch on the 2026 budget for the council ahead of adoption this December.
The officials had eyed $2.5 million general fund deficit earlier in the process, with $1.1 million of that solely due to recurring spending exceeding recurring revenues. One of their budget priorities is closing that gap between the two, so the finance team has proposed adjustments to offer a $121,547 surplus…