September 22, 2026, City Council Meeting

At the September 22, 2026, City of Port Orchard Council meeting, members reviewed a preliminary capital budget totaling about $75 million across city funds. The presentation covered transportation, water, stormwater, and sewer projects, including Bay Street, Salmonberry/Blueberry, roundabout, culvert, and water-system work; several projects depend on grants or federal approvals, and some appropriations were described as carryover or placeholders. The council also held a public hearing and considered an ordinance approving a development agreement with Sound Credit Union: the developer would make frontage improvements and dedicate property for a future connection in exchange for transportation impact-fee credits, calculated after construction and city review. The transcript does not clearly capture the final vote on the ordinance. A separate resolution renewing an item was removed from the agenda by voice vote after staff identified mathematical errors; it is expected to return at a future meeting.

A Kitsap County presentation outlined a redesigned courthouse modernization plan after the original five-phase concept was estimated at about $350 million. The county is pursuing progressive design-build, with a design cap of about $100 million, a market analysis, and an anticipated RFQ for a design team in spring 2027; parking-lot construction is also underway or planned, including roughly 400 additional spaces. The city’s contract lobbyist presented draft 2027 legislative priorities, including a $1 million capital request for Orchard Street Plaza, continued advocacy for the water intertie project (with a stated $2 million funding shortfall) and Sedgwick roundabouts, and other funding and revenue priorities. The draft will return to council for action after feedback. No city contract award or vendor selection was identified.