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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 13.A.
For Meeting of: December 9, 2025
ITEM TITLE: Preliminary Council Agenda for the January 6, 2026 regular meeting
SUBMITTED BY: Rosalinda Ibarra, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Attached is a draft agenda for the January 6, 2026 regular meeting. The agenda items are subject to
change depending on changes in circumstance.
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: An Engaged Yakima
RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
01-06 draft agenda
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AGENDA
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
January 6, 2026
City Hall - Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
City Council Regular Meeting
5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting I 6:00 p.m. Public Hearings ---This meeting will be conducted in
person, live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/ and telecast live on
YPAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. You may also participate via Zoom:
https://cityofyakima.zoom.us/j/?????????? or call in by dialing 1 (253) 215-8782 I Webinar ID:
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Individuals who wish to provide public comment remotely may submit a Public Comment
Request Form online at: www.yakimawa.gov/council/public-comment no later than two hours
prior to the start of the meeting. If you wish to provide public comment in-person, fill out a
"Request for Appearance" form and hand it to the City Clerk before you address City Council.
1. Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Interpreter Services
4. Newly Elected Process
A. Oath of Office for Newly Elected Council Members
B. Election of Mayor
C. Election of Assistant Mayor (Mayor Pro-Tem)
5. Public Comment
There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half(2 1/2) minutes per
speaker in order to allow as much opportunity as possible for audience participation. Written
communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged.
6. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
7. Council Reports
A. Council Nominating Committee recommendations regarding appointments to boards,
commissions, and committees
8. Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without
discussion. A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if
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approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A. Approval of minutes from the December 9, 2025 City Council regular meeting
B. Resolution Authorizing signatures on Underground Right of Way Easement Re: McCormick
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C. A resolution authorizing award and agreement with The Print Guys for city-wide printing
services. (Enterprise/Special Revenue/General)
D. Ordinance amending Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 8.72, Excavations in Public Rights-of-
Way
9. Public Hearings
10. Department Items
A. November 2025 Financial Report
11. City Manager Update
12. Other Business
13. Adjournment
The next meeting is a City Council study session on January 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall
Council Chambers.
14. Council General Information
A. Preliminary Council Agendas for the January 13, 2026 study session and January 20, 2026
regular meeting
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary
offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the
invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council
does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker.
The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language
interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's office
at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting. A Council packet is available for
review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov/council/agendas-and-minutes/
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