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2026-08-18 - City Council

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no minutes or video were available, so results of votes are not recorded.

  • Consent: resolutions authorizing multifamily property tax exemption agreements for six units on South Union Avenue (8-year) and ten units on South 14th Street (12-year) (Multifamily Property Tax Exemption Agreement).
  • Consent: a $1,541,000 annual utility audit services contract (five-year initial term) and an amendment reducing a Port of Tacoma interlocal agreement for McKinley Overlook signage to $17,412.24 (City Purchase Contracts; Landmark and Right-of-Way Actions).
  • Consent: setting a September 24 Hearing Examiner hearing on a request to vacate 836 square feet of air rights over North 2nd Street for balconies (Landmark and Right-of-Way Actions).
  • Contracts: eight compressed natural gas refuse trucks ($4,950,126, projected $5,445,139 with contingency), ambulance transport billing services ($2,056,005 initial), and increases for on-call facility contracting and Commercial Driver's License training (City Purchase Contracts).
  • Resolutions for collective bargaining agreements with IBEW Local 483 (Supervisors and Custodial and Building Maintenance units, 2026-2028), two AFSCME Local 120 letters of agreement, and a first reading of the Compensation Plan ordinance (Labor Agreements and Compensation Plan).
  • Resolution to designate the North Union Avenue Greenway a City Landmark; first reading of an eminent domain ordinance for a stormwater trunk main easement (Landmark and Right-of-Way Actions; Utility Infrastructure and Hydro Projects).
  • Appointments to the Tacoma Area Commission on Disabilities, and a communication transmitting the Commission on Elected Salaries' decision on Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Council Member pay (Boards and Commissions Appointments; Commission on Elected Salaries).

Agenda

  1. Moment of silence: remembrance photo (26-0722)
  2. Items filed with the City Clerk 1-3: Operational Strategy and Administrative Committee minutes (May 8, June 12, June 26, 2026)
  3. Consent Agenda, Resolutions
  4. RES41985: set September 24, 2026, 1:30 p.m. as the Hearing Examiner hearing date on a request to vacate 836 square feet of air rights over North 2nd Street for balconies (File 124.1462)
  5. RES41986: amend the Interlocal Agreement with the Port of Tacoma, reducing it to $17,412.24 to reflect actual costs of interpretive and wayfinding signage and a viewfinder at the McKinley Overlook
  6. RES41987: Eight-Year Multi-Family Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement for six market-rate owner-occupied units on South Union Avenue, Tacoma Mall Regional Growth Center
  7. RES41988: 12-Year Multi-Family Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement for ten market and regulated rate units on South 14th Street, Downtown Regional Growth Center
  8. Purchase resolution RES41989: contract with Baker Tilly US LLP, $1,541,000 plus taxes, annual utility audit services, five-year initial term with two two-year renewals (Specification FI26-0100F)
  9. Proclamations/recognitions: none; Public Comment
  10. Appointments RES41990: appoint and reappoint individuals to the Tacoma Area Commission on Disabilities
  11. Communication 26-0682: City Clerk transmitting the Commission on Elected Salaries' decision on the annual salary of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Council Members
  12. RES41991: contract with Dobbs Peterbilt LLC, $4,950,126 plus 10 percent contingency (projected $5,445,139), Solid Waste Fund, eight compressed natural gas side-loader refuse trucks (Sourcewell contracts)
  13. RES41992: contract with Systems Design West LLC, $2,056,005, Emergency Medical Services Special Revenue Fund, transport billing services, three-year initial term plus two one-year renewals, projected total $3,334,616 (direct negotiation)
  14. RES41993: increase of $1,200,000 to the General Mechanical Inc contract for on-call facility contracting services through July 1, 2027, projected total $2,750,000 (Specification ES22-0324F)
  15. RES41994: Collective Bargaining Agreement with IBEW Local 483, Supervisors' Unit, January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028
  16. RES41995: Collective Bargaining Agreement with IBEW Local 483, Custodial and Building Maintenance Unit, January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028
  17. RES41996: Letter of Agreement with AFSCME Local 120 on the classification of Buyer, Senior
  18. RES41997: Letter of Agreement with AFSCME Local 120 on title changes for the Buyer and Buyer, Senior classifications
  19. RES41998: designate the North Union Avenue Greenway, North 9th Street to North 30th Street, a City Landmark and place it on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places
  20. First reading ORD29116: amend Municipal Code Chapter 1.12 (Compensation Plan) to implement pay and compensation for IBEW Local 483 Supervisors and Custodial and Building Maintenance units, AFSCME Local 120 and the SMART Transportation Division Conductor Unit
  21. First reading ORD29117: eminent domain acquisition of easement rights along a vacated alley between Puyallup Avenue and East 25th Street for the stormwater trunk main
  22. Committee report: Operational Strategy and Administrative Committee

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