The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2^nd. 

Actions during the Dec. 2^nd regular meeting agenda included: 

• Removing the following from the agenda:
  – Ordinance imposing a one-tenth of one percent local sales and use tax to fund criminal justice purposes
  – Ordinance imposing a Council-directed increase in Water and Wastewater tax rates to fund Council specific programs and amending YMC 7.64.020
  – Ordinance imposing a Council-directed increase in the Stormwater tax rate to fund Council directed programs and amending YMC 7.64.040
  – Ordinance imposing a Council-directed increase in Refuse tax rate to fund Council directed programs and amending YMC 7.64.030 

• Keeping the Harman Center open in 2026 

• Funding Washington Fruit Community Center through June 2026, including after-school programs

• Keeping Yakima Fire Department Station 92 open and seeking $1.8 million in YFD operational reductions without station closures

• Adopting the 2026 Mid-Biennial Budget 

Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the meeting – videos.yakimawa.gov/internetchannel/show/14484?channel=2 

The Dec. 2^nd Yakima City Council meeting airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter Spectrum channel 194, beginning at 7:00 pm today, Wednesday, Dec. 3^rd. 

Council meetings can also be viewed on the City of Yakima YouTube channel, City of Yakima – YouTube 

The City Council’s next meeting is a regular meeting on Tuesday, December 9^th, at 5:30 pm in Yakima City Hall Council Chambers.