Moses Lake City Council Live Stream

Moses Lake City Council meeting, October 13, 2026: The council adopted the six-year capital improvement plans for fiscal years 2027–2032 after minor formatting and spelling corrections and moving a parks project to a different year to align with a possible grant award. Staff said the plans will guide future project planning and priorities. During a 2027 budget workshop, staff reported $11.3 million budgeted for transportation capital grants, overall intergovernmental revenue nearly $1 million below the prior year’s budget, and capital outlay up 14% from the 2026 budget. The workshop also covered projected revenues, expenses, equipment replacement funding, and possible future fee changes; the 2027 budget was not adopted in this session.

Procurement-related updates included an outstanding quote under Council Agreement 18 from a Washington State risk pool, which staff plan to assess alongside other quotes and bring to the council before year-end. Staff reported that a records-consultant contract is being partly funded from Development Services and that a contract for administrative-policy codification was recently signed, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2027. The finance director said a draft investment policy is under review by a financial advisor and that staff plan to select a broker to assist with government-agency bond investments. The city manager recommended charging a proposed $15,000 city match for a Sister Cities memorial to the Strategic Opportunities Fund rather than an operating budget; no vote on that recommendation is recorded in the transcript.