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2026-10-06 - City Council

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no minutes or video were found, so votes and discussion are not recorded.

  • Final reading of Ordinance 29120 (utility tax rates to 7.5 percent, effective January 1, 2027) and 29121 (Business and Occupation tax definitions). See City Tax Code Amendments.
  • Consent resolutions: public hearing date (October 20) on transferring three Tacoma Water properties to Pierce County for affordable housing (Tacoma Water Surplus Property Transfer); acceptance of a $5,090,974 Criminal Justice Training Commission grant for the Police Department (Public Safety Funding and Oversight).
  • Three 12-year multifamily property tax exemption agreements (six, 18 and five units) on resolutions 42036 to 42038 (Multifamily Property Tax Exemption Agreement).
  • First reading of Ordinances 29122 (South MacArthur Street vacation) and 29123 (Lemons Beach Road vacation under a settlement consent decree) (Landmark and Right-of-Way Actions).
  • Purchase resolutions: $875,000 for law enforcement vehicle upfitting and a $300,000 increase for solid waste containers (City Purchase Contracts).
  • Payroll and payments of $49,440,516.71 for September 7 to 20; five proclamations.

Agenda

  • Moment of silence: 26-0878 Remembrance Photo

  • Items filed with the City Clerk (26-0829, 26-0848, 26-0849, 26-0821, 26-0822, 26-0815, 26-0825, 26-0826): minutes of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Public Utility Board (study session and meeting), Tacoma Arts Commission (two), Transportation Commission and Urban Design Board (two)

  • Consent agenda: resolutions

  1. RES42034: set October 20 as the public hearing date on declaring surplus and transferring three Tacoma Water properties in unincorporated Pierce County to Pierce County at no cost for affordable housing
  2. RES42035: accept a Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission grant of $5,090,974 (contingent on the Police Department being selected in the second round under ESHB 2015) for technology, vehicles, equipment and training, through June 30, 2027
  3. RES42036: 12-Year Multi-Family Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement for six units at 820 North Union Avenue
  4. RES42037: 12-Year Multi-Family Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement for 18 units at 3017 South 13th Street
  5. RES42038: 12-Year Multi-Family Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement for five units at 1721 South 35th Street

First reading of ordinances
14. ORD29122: vacate a portion of South MacArthur Street right-of-way to cure a freestanding business sign encroachment (Hearing Examiner; File 124.1450)
15. ORD29123: vacate portions of unopened Lemons Beach Road right-of-way to comply with a litigation settlement consent decree (Hearing Examiner; File 124.1468)

Payments
16. 26-0861: payroll and payments, September 7 to 20, 2026 (total $49,440,516.71)

Purchase resolutions
17. RES42039: contract with Systems for Public Safety Inc, $875,000, Equipment Rental Fund, law enforcement vehicle upfitting through December 31, 2027 (City of Seattle Contract 5538)
18. RES42040: increase of $300,000 to the Solid Waste Systems Inc contract, Solid Waste Fund, 300-gallon plastic containers and parts, projected total $767,032 (Specification ES23-0068F)

Proclamations and recognitions
19. 26-0867: Day of Remembrance for October 7th Loss of Life (October 7)
20. 26-0840: Arbor Day and Green Tacoma Day (October 10)
21. 26-0843: National Coming Out Day (October 11)
22. 26-0844: Filipino American Heritage Month (October)
23. 26-0839: Tacoma Arts Month and the AMOCAT Arts Awardees (October)

  • Public comment (comment not taken on Ordinances 29122 and 29123, whose Hearing Examiner hearings were already held)

  • Regular agenda: final reading of ordinances

  1. 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 on August 4, 2026
  2. ORD29121: update definitions in Business and Occupation Tax Section 6A.30.030 as required by state law, effective January 1, 2027
  • Committee report: Operational Strategy and Administrative Committee

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