Pacific council workshop forwards three items to March 23 meeting

Council President Kerry Garberding called the City of Pacific workshop to order at 6:15 p.m. on March 9. By council consensus the group agreed to forward three agenda items to the regularly scheduled meeting on March 23, 2026 for further consideration.

The items forwarded were AB26-023 (Resolution 2026-1034), which the agenda lists as adopting a new master fee schedule; AB26-024 (Resolution 2026-1035), designating the Auburn Reporter as the city’s newspaper of record; and AB26-025 (Resolution 2026-1036), amending Policy 100-016 related to vacation leave buyback. The workshop minutes record that each item was forwarded on council consensus; no mover, seconder, or roll-call vote is recorded in the workshop minutes.

City staff listed as present at the workshop included City Administrator George Martinez, Community Development Director Carl de Simas, Public Works Director Rick Gehrke and City Clerk Laurie Cassell. The workshop record does not contain details of the content of the master fee schedule change, the text of the proposed amendment to the leave buyback policy, or debate on the newspaper designation; those specifics are scheduled to appear in the March 23 meeting materials.

The council took no formal recorded vote at the workshop on these items; the action recorded is a consensus referral to the March 23 agenda. The items will return to the council for fuller discussion, potential motions, and any formal votes at the March 23 meeting.