# City of Port Angeles - City Council Regular Meeting @ 6 PM PST 09/01/2026


**Body:** City of Port Angeles
**Date:** August 31, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology, Construction & Infrastructure, Policy, Physical Infrastructure


At the September 1, 2026, Port Angeles City Council regular meeting, the council approved the consent agenda, including a second amendment to the 2026 budget; equipment purchases of a Light Operations excavator and a Water Division Ford F-550 dump truck; a software license agreement with Surveillant Technologies Inc.; meter-reading and Westlaw subscriptions; a change order for the Elwha intake hydraulic system; Francis Street sewer trestle repair; and a contract award for alternative mitigation related to the landfill seawall. The consent agenda passed without opposition. Staff clarified that item J1’s not-to-exceed amount should be $200,000 to match the other references in the item. The transcript did not provide additional amounts for the listed purchases and agreements.

The council also unanimously adopted a six-month moratorium on accepting, processing, or approving applications for facilities whose principal use is digital data processing, storage, management, or transmission; ordinary server equipment incidental to another principal use is excluded. The resolution directs staff to develop a public work plan examining utility and industrial-land impacts, with Planning Commission, Utility Advisory Committee, and legal review; permanent regulatory options are to return at least 60 days before the moratorium expires, and the moratorium may end early if permanent regulations take effect. A public hearing is required within 60 days. The action, prompted by concerns about data centers’ resource use and community impacts, may affect future development and vendor opportunities. The meeting also included a presentation on applying the “science of hope” in city workplaces and community services.

**Source:** City of Port Angeles