AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
December 2, 2025
City Hall - Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
City Council Regular Meeting

5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting | 6:00 p.m. Public Hearings --- This meeting will be conducted in person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/ and telecast live on YPAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. You may also participate via Zoom: https://cityofyakima.zoom.us/j/93583209132 or call in by dialing 1 (253) 215-8782 | Webinar ID: 935 8320 9132 | Passcode: 421316

Individuals who wish to provide public comment remotely may submit a Public Comment Request Form online at: www.yakimawa.gov/council/public-comment no later than two hours prior to the start of the meeting. If you wish to provide public comment in-person, fill out a "Request for Appearance" form and hand it to the City Clerk before you address City Council.

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Interpreter Services

Public Comment

There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half (2 1/2) minutes per speaker in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged.

Open Discussion for the Good of the Order

Council Reports

Consent Agenda

Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion. A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.

Approval of minutes from the November 12, 2025 City Council study session and November 18, 2025 City Council regular meeting

Resolution adopting the City Council regular meeting schedule for 2026

Public Hearings

Department Items

Status of Council adopted motions and direction from the November 12, 2025 and November 18, 2025 Council meetings

Ordinance imposing a one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) local sales and use tax to fund criminal justice purposes

Ordinance imposing a Council-directed increase in Water and Wastewater tax rates to fund Council specific programs and amending YMC 7.64.020

Ordinance imposing a Council-directed increase in the Stormwater tax rate to fund Council directed programs and amending YMC 7.64.040

Ordinance imposing a Council-directed increase in Refuse tax rate to fund Council directed programs and amending YMC 7.64.030

Ordinance to adopt the 2026 Mid-Biennial Budget

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City Manager Update

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Other Business

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Adjournment

The next meeting is a City Council regular meeting on December 9, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

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Council General Information

Preliminary Council Agenda for the December 9, 2025 regular meeting

Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker.

The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's office at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting. A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/