Membership in Washington Cities Insurance Authority (WCIA)

At a glance

Based on auto-generated captions; names, numbers and details may be misheard.

What: AM 26-152 / Resolution No. 1631 approves Redmond joining the Washington Cities Insurance Authority (WCIA) through its bylaws and interlocal agreement, with a cost comparison to current insurance.
Where it stands: read into the record and approved by voice vote with the consent agenda on 2026-10-20.
Next: implementation by staff; no further council action recorded.

On 2026-10-20 the consent agenda was moved, with items 6 and 7 pulled for separate discussion. The Resolution No. 1631 title was read into the record and the vote was a voice vote with no opposition.
No discussion of the insurance terms was captured in the meeting.

Finance director Kelly Cochran brought the interlocal agreement back after the July pre-membership approval: access to WCIA resources (drone and payroll policies, a safety program for the operations center) has been positive, and moving coverage from the current pool saves money and lets the city build programs proactively. WCIA is not yet providing coverage, so there is no service feedback.
Forsythe asked about downsides (Cochran: only the temptation to do too much). Stuart said council had given direction for this outcome with the pre-membership. No concerns about consent; no vote in committee.

About 5 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-20 - City Council Business Meeting	1
2026-10-13 - Committee of the Whole	4

2026-10-20 - City Council Business Meeting — Resolution 1631 read and approved by voice vote under the consent agenda; no discussion.
2026-10-13 - Committee of the Whole — Committee reviewed the follow-up to pre-membership; agreed to put the interlocal agreement on the October 20 consent agenda.
2026-10-22 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.