yakima city council

The council Tuesday voted 5-2 to hold a future meeting but the date hasn't been set. Council members Holly Cousins and Mayor Patricia Byers voted against the measure saying while the council could listen there isn't much the city can do to actually help the former employees.

Best and several business owners will talk about the ongoing problem of homelessness during an appearance on The Morning News Thursday at 7:40 a.m. on KIT.

There is another option that proponents could take says Smith. He says they could also wait for a time when more elected council members are in favor of the idea of a strong mayor form of government.

The strong mayor proposal was brought forward by Yakima Valley Business Times Publisher Bruce Smith, former Yakima County Commissioner Mike Leita and former Yakima mayor and pastor Dave Edler.

The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday February 4 at Yakima City Hall.

Council member Holly Cousens was elected as the assistant mayor.

On Tuesday The Yakima City Council cancelled a vote that was set for February of 2020.

Bruce Smith, part of the group proposing the change tells the Yakima Herald-Republic they'll soon ask the council to place the charter change question on the November 2020 ballot.

On Tuesday the council will take its first look at the study. The pool has been proposed for Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

The Yakima City Council meeting tonight (Nov. 19) should determine whether Yakima voters will have an opportunity to change the city's form of government from a council-manager system to a council-elected mayor system.