City Council Meeting 9/21/26

The City of Milton, Washington, held its regular City Council meeting on September 21, 2026. Council unanimously approved Ordinance 2148-26 accepting transfer of an existing off-site sanitary sewer line associated with Northwood Elementary School from Puyallup School District No. 3. Public Works said the line can serve the planned deep-well treatment facility and avoid additional engineering and construction costs; county permitting will still be required. Council also authorized initial right-of-way offers for two parcels on 23rd Avenue to complete acquisition needed for a sidewalk and bike-lane connection between Taylor and the skatepark. The motion passed, with one council member abstaining because a parcel belonged to a family member.

Council authorized the mayor and/or public works director to execute a Washington State Department of Commerce grant agreement for the Milton-to-Edgewood Interurban Trail connection, supported by a $755,630 legislative appropriation. Staff said a further engineering-services contract is expected soon; the transcript identifies the consultant name unclearly and notes that it had been selected through two RFQ processes. Council also approved Resolution 26-20008 authorizing an application to the Washington State Public Works Board for a low-interest loan for the deep-well treatment facility. The request is approximately $4.8 million, based on an estimated $4.1 million construction cost plus contingency and inflation; the application is not a commitment to borrow, and any loan offer would return to council for approval. Separately, council postponed consideration of the proposed tree ordinance to the October 12 study session, so no decision on the ordinance’s merits was made.