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2026-08-18 - City Council Study Session

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no minutes or video were available, so nothing about discussion or outcomes is recorded.

  • Briefings from the City Manager on a Public Safety Sales Tax and from the Police Chief on the Tacoma Public Safety Partnership (Public Safety Funding and Oversight).
  • Policy discussion on improving local hire and apprenticeship outcomes, led by Council Member Diaz, with proposal options attached (Housing Accelerator and Priority Hire Requests).
  • Consideration requests for a sponsorship of a hunger-awareness event (from Council Member Walker) and a City Flag Competition (from Council Member Hines) (Council Contingency Funds and Consideration Requests).
  • Weekly report to the Mayor and City Council dated August 13, 2026, and an executive session on pending litigation.

Agenda

  1. Briefing 26-0702: Public Safety Sales Tax (City Manager)
  2. Briefing 26-0703: Tacoma Public Safety Partnership (Police Chief)
  3. [[Housing Accelerator and Priority Hire Requests|26-0704: Policy Discussion for Improving Local Hire and Apprenticeship Outcomes (Council Member Diaz)]]
  4. [[Council Contingency Funds and Consideration Requests|26-0705: City Council Consideration Request, A Place at Our Table sponsorship (Council Member Walker)]]
  5. [[Council Contingency Funds and Consideration Requests|26-0707: City Council Consideration Request, City Flag Competition (Council Member Hines)]]
  6. 26-0708: Weekly Report to the Mayor and City Council, August 13, 2026 (Acting City Manager)
  7. Executive session: pending litigation

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