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Vancouver City Council Meeting Minutes — May 4, 2026

VancouverMay 4, 20263 min read

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Hybrid meeting with afternoon workshops on Digital Accessibility and PFAS mitigation. Council approved multiple contracts and policy amendments, created a sub-quorum to explore an ethics commission, adopted an interlocal agreement with WSDOT on encampments, approved claim vouchers totaling $10,331,362.65, and remanded the 2026 HUD Annual Action Plan back to staff for return on May 11, 2026. Proclamations and a Kindness 9-1-1 award were presented.

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Excused Councilmember Erik Paulsen from the meeting (motion approved).
Approved Meeting Minutes of April 27, 2026.
Awarded the 2026 Pavement Repairs Project construction contract to Lakeside Industries, Inc. at $951,808 (including sales tax).
Authorized increase to Workday, Inc. contract by $750,000 to a total not-to-exceed $4,601,625.
Approved Amendment No. 2 to the 2024 Crack Sealing & Mastic Repairs contract, increasing the not-to-exceed total to $1,311,075 and extending termination to December 31, 2026.
Authorized five-year on-call water engineering service agreements with multiple firms (Brown & Caldwell, RH2, Carollo, Jacobs, West Yost, GSI Water Solutions, Geosyntec, HDR, GRI).
Adopted Interlocal Agreement with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to address homeless encampments on WSDOT rights-of-way.
Adopted amendments to City Council policies: 100-32 (Meetings), 100-34 (Relations with City Staff), and 100-36 (Code of Ethics and Conduct) (Resolutions M-4380, M-4381, M-4382).
Created a sub-quorum to look into an ethics commission (motion passed 5-1).
Approved claim vouchers in the amount of $10,331,362.65.
Remanded the 2026 Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan back to staff for Council review on May 11, 2026.
Presented a Kindness 9-1-1 award to Police Officer Holly Musser and proclamations recognizing Small Business Week and Small Business Month.

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