Four newly-elected Yakima City Council members and three returning incumbents will be officially sworn in during a special Council meeting on Wednesday, December 9th at 1:00 pm. The special meeting will take place in the City Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall. Dulce Gutiérrez, Avina Gutiérrez, Carmen Méndez, and Holly Cousens, the four newly-elected Council
Combined, they have attended nearly 1000 City Council meetings and served on a total of more than 80 boards and committees. Each has contributed significantly to ensuring that critically needed investments were made in public services and infrastructure over the last few years. And on Tuesday, December 8th, each will attend their final official business
The calendar is full of family fun holiday festivities this season in Downtown Yakima. On Friday, November 27th Yakima’s Community Christmas Tree will serve as the centerpiece during a free Light Up the Plaza celebration at Millennium Plaza. The event will start at 6:00 pm with a musical performance by Tim Snider (6:00 pm –
About an hour after it was issued, a “Snow Alert” has been cancelled by the City of Yakima. Weather conditions have changed significantly enough to allow the alert to be cancelled. Snow has essentially stopped falling and temperatures are predicted to warm up from now until later this afternoon. “The City followed its protocol in
The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, November 17th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on November 17th included: – Approving three cold weather shelters in the city – Amending the North 1st Street project construction schedule – Approving a 0.25% increase in the 2016 property tax levy
Now that Emergency Cold Weather Shelters are operating, the City of Yakima will begin encouraging homeless campers to take advantages of the services offered at the shelters, which are being run by Yakima Neighborhood Health Services. Any encampments, tents, or other temporary shelters will be moved and the people living there will be directed to
A power outage in Downtown Yakima is preventing telecast of tonight’s Yakima City Council meeting on Y-PAC. Our apologies. We are working to fix the problem, but are reliant on Pacific Power to make repairs before we can fix the issues on our end. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Crews from the City of Yakima will be installing approximately 80 lighted holiday decorations in Downtown Yakima on Wednesday, November 18th. During the operation, traffic will be restricted at times to a single lane to permit City trucks and equipment access to overhead street light and utility poles. The restrictions will only affect traffic in
Articles in the November 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter include: Yakima Water Treatment Plant Staff Receives Water Quality Award – Snow Routes in Effect in Yakima for Second Year – Santa to Again Share Breakfast at Harman Center. Click on the link below to see the November 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief
A ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, November 17th will officially mark completion of the Fair Avenue Roundabout project. Construction on the $2.6 million project began in early June of this year and is finishing on time and on budget. Local and state officials, representatives from the Yakima business community, and other project partners have
