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Richland City Council unanimously approves consent calendar including multiple ordinances and resolutions
Summary
At the Aug. 6 special meeting the council approved the consent calendar by unanimous roll call. The calendar included first- and second-reading ordinances and three consultant agreement resolutions; no items were pulled for separate discussion.
The Richland City Council unanimously approved the Aug. 6 consent calendar by roll call, adopting minutes, advancing ordinances for first and second reading, and authorizing consultant agreements and grant applications.
Items recorded on the consent calendar included approval of minutes from the July 15, 2025 regular meeting and the July 22, 2025 special meeting and workshop; two ordinances for first reading (Ordinance 2025-19 and Ordinance 2025-20); one ordinance for second reading (Ordinance 2025-09); and three resolutions authorizing consultant agreements and project grant applications.
The council vote: Mayor Pro Tem Kent, Council member Jones, Council member Luxon, Council member Meyer, Council member Van Dyke and Mayor Teresa Richardson all voted "aye" on the roll-call to approve the consent calendar. The clerk announced the outcome as unanimous.
Details from the consent calendar as read at the meeting: - Ordinances (first reading): Ordinance 2025-19, amending Richland Municipal Code section 5.04.245 related to business license exemptions; Ordinance 2025-20, ratifying a grant agreement with the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission and amending the 2025 budget to provide for additional appropriations in the city's general fund. - Ordinance (second reading): Ordinance 2025-09, establishing chapter 20.1 of the Richland Municipal Code related to alarm systems for law enforcement response. - Resolutions: Resolution 2025-106, authorizing a consultant agreement with Electric Power Systems, Inc., for engineering and design services for the Dallas Road substation; Resolution 2025-107, authorizing a consultant agreement with JUB Engineers, Inc., for sanitary sewer and storm lift station rehabilitation and replacement; Resolution 2025-108, authorizing applications to the Washington State Department of Commerce Public Works Board for wastewater treatment plant anaerobic digester improvements and GRITWORX rehabilitation projects.
No council member requested that any consent item be removed for separate consideration. No expenditures were reported as part of the consent calendar at the time it was presented.
