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Yakima County commissioners review consent agenda, schedule three public hearings including 0.2% sales-tax proposal for emergency communications
Summary
At a Jan. 16 work session, Yakima County commissioners reviewed a broad consent agenda of resolutions and agreements and listed three public hearings: a proposed 0.2% sales-and-use tax for emergency communications, the 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan and an update to the county Public Participation Plan.
Yakima County commissioners on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, reviewed a consent agenda that included multiple resolutions, contracts and personnel actions and announced three public hearings on a proposed sales-and-use tax for emergency communications, the county’s 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan and an update to the county Public Participation Plan.
The review took place at the Board of Yakima County Commissioners work session at 3 p.m. Clerk of the Board Julie Lawrence summarized consent items that will appear on a future meeting agenda. Items listed included county road and facility resolutions, engineering and construction agreements, amendments tied to flood-risk work, human-resources policy updates and multiple labor agreements covering 2025–2026.
Notable items Lawrence read into the record included County Roads Resolution 11225 authorizing submittal of a CMAQ/CRP grant application for an Ackley Road–Powerhouse Road roundabout; Resolution 12-2025 establishing small public-works and consulting rosters; Resolution 16-2025 authorizing advertisement of a request for proposals for construction work tied to the Yakima County Solar Panel Project; and Agreement 11-2025 with HLA Engineering and Land Surveying Inc. for design and construction-phase engineering of the State Fair Park RV Park Phase 2 project. Lawrence also listed several human-resources resolutions (Resolutions 13–15, 2025) addressing budgeted positions and updated county policies, and multiple labor agreements covering the 2025–2026 contract period.
Lawrence read Human Services contracts funded by the county Mental Health Sales Tax, including a 2025 contract with Grama City Outreach for outreach case management, an agreement with Barth Clinic for wraparound mental-health and substance-use services, and a contract with Rod’s House for youth and young-adult behavioral-health programs. Public Services’ item included Amendment 6 to an agreement with the Washington State Department of Ecology on the Natchez Kaluchi flood-risk-reduction and floodplain-restoration project, extending that contract’s expiration to June 30, 2025.
On the regular agenda Lawrence noted an accounts-payable warrant for McKinney Glass, Resolution 17-2025 appointing members to the Yakima Homeless Coalition Executive Committee, and three advertised public hearings: (1) on a proposition to impose a sales-and-use tax of two-tenths of 1% (0.2%) to fund emergency communications systems and facilities; (2) on adoption of the Yakima County 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan, to be presented by David Haws; and (3) on the Yakima County Public Participation Plan, an update to the county comprehensive-plan public-engagement policies to be presented by Olivia, Aaron and Phil.
Commissioner Lindy was excused from the work session; Commissioners Curtis and McKinney and Clerk Julie Lawrence were present. No formal votes on the consent items or those public hearings were taken at the work session. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, which was moved by Commissioner Curtis and seconded by Commissioner McKinney; the commissioners present responded “Aye.”
The items Lawrence listed will appear on a future business meeting agenda for formal action and public comment, including the three public hearings announced during the work session.
