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2026-08-25 - City Council

Summary

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

Agenda

  1. Items filed with the City Clerk 1-6: Operational Strategy and Administrative Committee minutes (July 24); Public Utility Board minutes (July 22); Tacoma Arts Commission minutes (June 8); Tacoma Creates Advisory Board minutes (June 1); Tacoma Employees' Retirement System 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
  2. Consent Agenda, Resolutions
  3. RES41999: accept a $1,455,000 Washington State Department of Commerce grant for affordable housing property acquisition; amend the subrecipient agreement with the Tacoma Community Redevelopment Authority
  4. RES42000: accept a $4,644,082 Criminal Justice Training Commission grant plus $507,588 City match (total $5,151,670) to support hiring 12 police patrol officers, three support staff and one contracted psychologist
  5. RES42001: 12-Year Multi-Family Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement for 20 market and regulated rate rental units on North 33rd Street
  6. Communication 26-0732: report of City-related travel, Council Member Sadalge
  7. Payments 26-0719, July 27 to August 9, 2026: payroll $24,396,516.71; payments $38,601,537.13; total $62,998,053.84
  8. Purchase resolution RES42002: contract with WSP USA Inc, $948,272, Wastewater Fund, engineering design, permitting and construction inspection for the Lincoln Avenue Pipe Bridge Rehabilitation
  9. RES42003: increase of $300,000 to the Fleet Safety Consultants LLC contract for employee Commercial Driver's License training, projected total $1,500,000
  10. Proclamation 26-0729: Concrete Technology Corporation Day, August 30, 2026
  11. Regular agenda 26-0714: motion on settlement of a workers' compensation claim and related survivor-benefit appeals, $500,000, contingent on dismissal of the appeals and a settlement agreement approved by the City Attorney
  12. Appointments RES42004: appoint an individual to the Climate and Sustainability Commission
  13. RES42005: appoint and reappoint individuals to the Tacoma Creates Advisory Board
  14. RES42006: appoint and reappoint individuals to the Transportation Commission
  15. RES42007: contract with Kent's Oil Service dba Albina Asphalt, $731,084, hot applied polymer modified liquid asphalt, one-year term with five renewals, projected total $4,386,504
  16. RES42008: increase of $1,800,000 and extension through December 31, 2027 of the Kidder Mathews Inc contract for property management of the Center for Urban Waters buildings, projected total $8,405,517.02
  17. [[Pierce Transit Proposition 1|RES42009: support Pierce Transit Proposition No. 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot (three-tenths of one percent sales and use tax increase effective April 1, 2027); sponsor Mayor Ibsen]]
  18. [[Council Contingency Funds and Consideration Requests|RES42010: fly a commemorative flag, September 30 to October 7, 2026, for the tenth year of the Manufacturing Week Bus Tour; sponsor Council Member Diaz]]
  19. [[Regional Approach to Reducing Homelessness|RES42011: commit to working with other governments to launch a Unified Regional Approach to homelessness in Pierce County and direct the City Manager to develop an Interlocal Agreement; sponsor Council Member Rumbaugh]]
  20. [[Council Contingency Funds and Consideration Requests|RES42012: one-time Council Contingency Funds, $2,500, to support a hunger-awareness event; sponsor Council Member Walker]]
  21. [[Council Contingency Funds and Consideration Requests|RES42013: one-time Council Contingency Funds, $6,000, to sponsor a City Flag Competition; sponsor Council Member Hines]]
  22. Final reading ORD29116: Compensation Plan amendments (Municipal Code Chapter 1.12) for represented employee groups
  23. Final reading ORD29117: eminent domain acquisition of stormwater trunk main easement rights along a vacated alley near Puyallup Avenue and East 25th Street
  24. Committee report: Infrastructure, Planning, and Sustainability Committee

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