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Votes at a glance: Ellensburg City Council actions, Jan. 6, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and outcomes from the Jan. 6 council meeting, including an appointment to the library board, reallocation of council-funded grants, a special study-session scheduling, and authorization of a letter of support for a county broadband grant.
The Ellensburg City Council took several administrative and procedural actions on Jan. 6. Below are the formal motions recorded in the meeting and their outcomes.
Appointment to the Library Board - Motion: Approve appointment of Emily Brown Pratt to the Ellensburg Public Library Board for the term 2025–2030. - Mover/Second: not specified/not specified. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "aye").
Reallocation of Council-Funded Grants (Council discretionary grants) - Motion: Reallocate $4,023.54 that had been awarded to CareNet Pregnancy Center of Kittitas County (declined) as follows: an additional $3,000 to Kittitas County Health Network (KCHN) to fully fund their request, and $1,003.54 to the Eastside Opportunity Center to support life-skills programming for disabled adults. - Mover/Second: not specified/not specified. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "aye").
Special Study Session: Transportation Benefit District / Transit - Motion: Set a special study session for 6:00 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2025, to discuss the Transportation Benefit District and transit benefit-district funding (in advance of a potential 2025 ballot measure). - Mover/Second: not specified/not specified. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "aye").
Letter of Support for County Broadband Grant - Motion: Authorize the mayor's signature on a letter of support for Kittitas County's broadband application to the Washington State Department of Commerce (BEAD application). - Mover/Second: not specified/not specified. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded; mayor to sign).
All motions above were passed by voice vote during the meeting; where the record did not name the mover or seconder, those entries are recorded as "not specified." Specific roll-call tallies were not read into the record for these items; council voiced consensus and the presiding officer declared the motions passed.
