Votes at a glance: Liberty Lake council actions on Dec. 16, 2025
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Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Liberty Lake City Council approved multiple routine and substantive items, including two commission appointments, a public-records fee resolution, a civil-service ordinance and the 2026–2031 capital facilities plan; several procedural and amendment motions failed.
Key votes and outcomes from the Liberty Lake City Council on Dec. 16, 2025:
- Motion to move general-business appointments ahead of workshop items: Passed, 7–0 (motion introduced by Mayor Pro Tem Cargill). - Motion to add the governance-manual workshop to the agenda: Failed, 4–3. - Appointment of Ralph Karlberg to the Community Engagement Commission: Approved, 7–0. - Appointment of Britney Sitton to the Community Engagement Commission (background check pending): Approved, 7–0. - Approval of the general-business consent agenda (items 10a–d): Approved, 7–0. - Resolution 25-282 (fee schedule for public-records staff time): Approved, 7–0 (second read). - Ordinance 76a (create civil service commission for police department, second read): Approved, 7–0. - Suspension of rules to move to second read for Ordinance 3-15 (capital facilities plan): Approved to suspend (6–1) to allow second read at same meeting. - Amendment to add the proposed library to the potential future/unfunded projects list: Failed, 3–4. - Ordinance 3-15 (adopt 2026–2031 capital facilities plan, library removed from the plan): Approved, 4–3.
All formal actions recorded at the meeting are captured above. For items that lacked roll-call-by-name tallies in the transcript, the meeting recorded total tallies only. Staff will follow up to finalize paperwork for appointments and to present consolidated plan documents to the incoming council.