Marysville City Council Meeting - October 12, 2026

The October 12, 2026 Marysville City Council meeting included continued review of the proposed 2027–28 budget, capital program, utility rates, and 2027 master fee schedule. A consultant’s rate study recommended increases to address operating, debt, and capital needs: water rates would rise 60% in 2027 and 8.25% in 2028; wastewater rates 22.25% in each year; and stormwater rates 29% in each year. Staff also presented 19 transportation projects and utility and parks investments. Examples included about $9.3 million for 2027 construction on a road-widening project, funded by $1.9 million in city traffic impact fees and approximately $7.4 million in state and federal grants, and a $2.5 million city commitment toward right-of-way acquisition for Tulalip Tribes-related interchange projects. These were budget proposals and presentations, not project award votes. The master fee schedule proposals included updated recreation and golf fees, EV charging at about $0.40 per kWh and a $0.25-per-minute idle fee after a 10-minute grace period, and higher solid-waste charges reflecting fuel, county tipping-fee, and recycling-contract costs. Staff said the Waste Management recycling contract runs through the end of 2028 and includes automatic annual CPI increases; service options could be revisited at renewal. The fee schedule resolution was planned for the October 26 agenda.

Council approved Resolution 2590, described in the meeting as an action related to state public-safety sales-tax eligibility and collection, with revenue intended to support citywide public-safety operations and collection potentially beginning in January 2027. Council also approved Resolution 2591 accepting Lynn Myers and Linda Lloyd Myers’s donation for youth sports and summer-camp scholarships. Staff reported that temporary traffic-signal work after a city garbage truck damaged a signal would use emergency contract work with the firm that assisted with removal; the permanent repair would follow a later, non-emergency procurement process. Salary proposals included a 3% COLA, subject to council adoption, and an average projected step increase of 2.2%; bargaining-related rates were not yet finalized. No other vendor selection or contract award was identified.