Chelan County Passes 2022 Budget, Several Big Ticket Items

As 2021 winds to an end, Chelan County commissioners are fiscally organized for the new year, 2022, after commissioners passed the budget Monday, December 13. The $49.7 million budget includes various big ticket items such as retrofit project near the Slide Ridge area in Lake Chelan.

"We're also going to be constructing in Number 1 Canyon four flood debris basins and will be built on 21 acres," said Commissioner Kevin Overbay. "Those basins will capture the release of flood flows that come downstream and minimize any damage to public and private properties."

The budget also sets aside funding for the design phases for the Ski Hill basin in the Leavenworth area with anticipation for project completion by 2025.

When the budget process first kicked off, asks from county departments was at a $3.4 million gap and that was dwindled down to $1.5 million.