Recap of the Oct. 8, 2025, City Council meeting

The seven members of the Walla Walla City Council

Recap of the Oct. 8, 2025, City Council regular meeting

Recap of Wednesday's City Council regular meeting. (Times shown indicate when an item starts in the recording.) 

Proclamations

  • Domestic Violence Action Month - YWCA Week Without Violence (3:52)

Public Comments

  • Constitutional rights; protected speech; Council relationships; Tiger-Mill Project Town Hall; Tiger-Mill Project (8:28)
  • Response to public comments (24:14)

Consent Agenda (46:07)

  • Bid award; purchasing policy update; code amendment; resolution amendment; 9/22 and 9/24 minutes (46:07) (approved, 7-0)

Active Agenda

  • Resolution 2025-080: (51:28) Authorizes a professional services contract with Great West Engineering for the design, bid support, and construction phase services for the landfill self-haul drop-off area improvements project in an amount not to exceed $604,900 (approved, 7-0) 
  • Resolution 2025-081: (1:02:26) Authorizes a contract amendment with Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., for the Rose Street Pavement Preservation Project in the amount of $91,595.06 (approved, 7-0)
  • Approves the September 2025 Accounts Payable register (1:15:19) (approved, 7-0, 6-0)
  • Approves the September 2025 payroll and benefit transactions (1:17:16) (approved, 7-0)

Council Member Meeting Reports (1:17:45)

New and Unfinished Business

  • Tiger-Mill Project Town Hall (1:34:17) — Motion to continue with the town hall as scheduled and advertised, even if U.S. Forest Service representatives are not in attendance (approved, 5-2)
  • Status of land-use petition action (1:41:36)