Tenino City Council Meeting 10/13/2026

At the October 13, 2026, Tenino City Council meeting, members discussed surplus police vehicles and equipment. The council favored keeping one paid-off hybrid SUV for city use and seeking other law-enforcement agencies to take the remaining four vehicles with equipment intact, avoiding estimated professional removal costs of $1,100–$1,200 per car; staff will contact agencies and return any offers to the council for approval. A proposed $600 sale of surplus ammunition, estimated to have had about $2,000 in retail value, was not approved and will return to the council. The council approved the agreement with the Tenino School District for the school resource officer program; the discussion referenced a $40,000 payment and a $10,000 reduction in the district’s cost this year. A proposed sheriff’s-office agreement for police services and a substation remains under negotiation, with the city seeking separate terms for the service and facility lease and planning attorney review.

Other financial and project matters included a report that Thurston County commissioners approved a solid-waste capital project costing $28 million, with a second transfer station estimated at approximately $2 million in development. The council also discussed the proposed fire-station project, whose property and construction costs were described as higher than initially expected, and a transfer of the city’s solar-project grant to the food bank. A council member requested supporting financial and debt information before the October 27 public meeting on proposed sewer-rate increases; no rate decision was made. Resolution 2026-13 authorizing the mayor to sign documents for the food-bank property sale was approved, but the meeting did not record a vote approving the sale itself.