2026 10 26 City of Othello Council Meeting

City of Othello Council meeting, October 26, 2026 (the meeting metadata lists October 28). The council received updated pool project estimates from NAC Architecture: approximately $6.5 million to renovate the existing pool, $7 million for a lap-pool expansion, and roughly $8 million for a lazy-river expansion or $9.5–10 million for the combined expansion options. Councilmembers requested a more detailed cost breakdown and discussed bond amounts, public education, and possible election timing, but selected no option and took no bond action. The estimates assume bidding in summer 2028. The city’s legislative consultants, Capital Path Consulting, outlined requests for state support, including $2 million for the ASR project and funding for a Highway 26 roundabout, along with rural infrastructure, water, and public-safety priorities.

The council also discussed the animal shelter project, with approximately $380,000 budgeted and another $100,000 anticipated next year; shelter representatives requested closer involvement in the facility’s design. Staff reported that Northwest Playgrounds had agreed to repair splash-pad concrete, though completion assurances remain under discussion. Orange Electric was working on tennis-court lighting repairs, and staff may approach the next bidder for a separate concrete project because the initially selected contractor’s availability is uncertain. The mayor said the city had agreed to cancel this year’s winter-festival fireworks. The agenda and consent agenda were approved; no procurement-specific award or spending motion was recorded.