Aberdeen — At its Oct. 22, 2025 meeting the Aberdeen City Council took the following formal actions.
- Resolution: Declared Oct. 28, 2025, National First Responders Day in Aberdeen. Motion moved, seconded and adopted. (Resolution introduced by the mayor.)
- Donation: Authorized donation of a Native American wooden sculpture to the Quinault Indian Nation/Quinault Enterprise for display. Motion moved, seconded and adopted.
- Ordinances (readings and adoptions):
• Bill 25-11 — First reading of the 2025 property tax levy for collection in 2026 (moved to second reading).
• Bill 25-12 — First reading of the 2026 delivery budget (moved to second reading).
• Bill 25-10 — First reading of a 2025 supplemental budget ordinance (moved to subsequent reading).
• Bill 25-88 — Vacation of a portion of an alley between Union Pacific Blocks 10 and 11 (council treated second reading as third and adopted the ordinance).
• Bill 25-09 — Amended zoning ordinance to allow for minimum square footage housing types (council treated second reading as third and adopted the ordinance).
- Agreements/Reports:
• Accepted report to proceed with discussions on a potential interlocal policing arrangement with the city of Cosmopolis (motion adopted).
• Authorized the public works director to execute task order No. 2 with GME (motion adopted).
- Personnel/Classification: Adopted a job description and created the job classification for a public works equipment rental and mechanic position; filling the position will require a future supplemental budget.
Where the record shows motions were moved and seconded with an in-favor voice vote, the item is recorded as adopted. Where an item proceeded as a first reading, the council moved it to the subsequent reading rather than adopting the final ordinance on Oct. 22. If the transcript did not record a roll-call tally, this summary records outcomes as noted in the meeting transcript.