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2026-09-22 - City Council

Summary

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

  • Purchase resolutions: three Western Peterbilt truck awards for solid waste collection ($859,989.04 and $1,745,598.03 before contingency) and a $2,400,000 increase to the Print NW printing contract (projected $8,900,000) (City Purchase Contracts).
  • Puyallup Avenue Sewer Utility Replacement contract increase of $1,532,165.16 (projected $8,628,585.76) (Utility Infrastructure and Hydro Projects).
  • Labor: Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local 313 (2026-2028), a Teamsters Local 117 letter of agreement, final reading of Ordinance 29118 and first reading of Ordinance 29119 (Labor Agreements and Compensation Plan).
  • First reading of Ordinance 29120 raising utility tax rates from six percent to seven and one-half percent effective January 1, 2027, per the August 4 voter-approved Proposition 1, and Ordinance 29121 on Business and Occupation tax definitions (City Tax Code Amendments).
  • Consent: Commerce Street Corridor interlocal agreement amendment with Pierce Transit and a quit claim deed for the Gault Middle School property (Landmark and Right-of-Way Actions).
  • Payments report for August 24 to September 6, 2026 totaling $65,364,580.11, and a Week Without Driving proclamation.

Agenda

  1. Items filed with the City Clerk 1-3: minutes of the Public Utility Board study session and meeting (August 26, 2026) and the Tacoma Creates Advisory Board (August 3, 2026)
  2. Consent, RES42024: amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with Pierce Transit on ownership and maintenance of improvements in the Commerce Street Corridor between South 9th and South 13th Streets
  3. RES42025: quit claim deed to Tacoma Public Schools No. 10 to clear title issues on the Gault Middle School property
  4. Payments 26-0802, 08/24/2026 to 09/06/2026: payroll $24,619,138.99; payments $40,745,441.12; total $65,364,580.11
  5. RES42026: contract with Western Peterbilt LLC, $859,989.04 plus 10 percent contingency (projected $945,987.94), Solid Waste Fund, two roll-off trucks (Sourcewell)
  6. RES42027: contract with Western Peterbilt LLC, $1,745,598.03 plus 10 percent contingency (projected $1,920,157.83), Solid Waste Fund, three compressed natural gas side-loader trucks (Sourcewell)
  7. Proclamation: Week Without Driving, October 1-8, 2026; public comment
  8. Regular Agenda, RES42028: increase of $1,532,165.16 to the IMCO General Construction Inc contract for progressive design build of the Puyallup Avenue Sewer Utility Replacement (projected total $8,628,585.76; Specification ES24-0035F)
  9. RES42029: increase and extension through April 30, 2027 of the Print NW LLC printing and binding contract by $2,400,000, including ratification of $1,400,000 previously spent, projected total $8,900,000
  10. RES42030: Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local 313, retroactive to January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028 (amended resolution attached)
  11. RES42031: Letter of Agreement with Teamsters Local Union No. 117, Tacoma Venues and Events Unit, correcting a wage calculation error
  12. Final reading ORD29118: Compensation Plan amendments (Chapter 1.12) for employees represented by the Tacoma Police Union, Local 6
  13. First reading ORD29119: Compensation Plan amendments (Chapter 1.12) for Teamsters Local 313 and Teamsters Local 117, Tacoma Venues and Events Unit
  14. First reading ORD29120: raise utility tax rates in Subtitle 6A from six percent to seven and one-half percent effective January 1, 2027, as approved by voters in Proposition 1 at the August 4, 2026 election
  15. First reading ORD29121: update definitions in Business and Occupation Tax Section 6A.30.030 as required by state law, effective January 1, 2027
  16. Committee report: Community Vitality and Safety Committee; adjournment

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