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Votes at a glance: Yakima City Council — Jan. 21, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Yakima City Council on Jan. 21, 2025: the consent agenda and two council motions passed by recorded or voice votes; an ordinance on aquatics was read for the first time and returned for further consideration.
The Yakima City Council recorded three formal outcomes at its Jan. 21 regular meeting. Below is a concise summary of those actions and next steps.
Consent agenda approved (roll-call vote 6-0) A motion to approve the consent agenda — including approval of minutes from the Jan. 7, 2025 regular meeting and Jan. 14, 2025 study session; payment of disbursements for December 2024; the 2024 fourth-quarter treasury report; a resolution setting a hearing on Feb. 4, 2025 to review and adopt an amended six-year transportation improvement program and to amend the capital facilities element of the Yakima urban area comprehensive plan; and a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Gray & Osborne, Inc. to provide general civil-engineering support — passed on a roll-call vote of 6-0.
Study-session motion approved (voice vote/consensus 6-0) Council approved a motion by Deputy Mayor Brown, seconded by Councilmember Berg, to place a discussion about ordinances related to closing Yakima Avenue for events on an upcoming study session agenda. The council clarified that special-event permitting and street-use processes would be reviewed.
Adjournment (voice vote) A motion to adjourn to the next regularly scheduled council meeting on Feb. 4, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. was made and seconded; the council concluded the meeting by voice vote.
Ordinance first reading Separately, the council conducted a first reading of an ordinance to create Special Revenue Fund 133 (Aquatics Facilities Fund). No final action was taken on the ordinance at first reading; staff will return with detailed cost estimates and the item will be scheduled for subsequent readings and a final vote.
