The number crunching starts tonight for the city of Yakima.

After a property tax hike was defeated by voters in the general election city officials need to start looking at upwards of $9 million in cuts and the first study session on the 2026 budget happens at 5:00 pm Wednesday during a special study session at Yakima City hall.

MIGHT WANT TO ARRIVE EARLY TONIGHT

City officials say it'll be a very busy meeting with many stakeholders who are funded by the budget expected to attend. The council has already approved and set in motion $3 million in city cuts however Yakima Mayor Patricia Byers says adjustments could still be made in that cut list before the end of the year.

A BIG CUT LIST BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Now with the failure of the property tax proposal the cut list has grown to $9

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