Shelton council advances water-pressure project, adopts finance contract resolution and forwards transportation tax measure to ballot
July 22, 2026 | Shelton, Mason County, Washington
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The Shelton City Council on July 21 advanced a series of infrastructure, finance and administrative items, voting to place a major water-pressure project for future action, adopting a finance contract amendment, and forwarding ballot language for a transportation-sales-tax measure.
Interim public works director Fred Armstrong briefed the council on the Ingleside pressure-zone Phase 1 project, which is out for bid with bids opening July 28. Staff said the work would reconstruct two pump stations and install pumps with variable-frequency drives to improve pressure and free up roughly 310,000 gallons of dead storage — an increase staff estimated equivalent to about 1,200 residential connections — and that the work will take approximately 180 working days after contractor notice to proceed.
A council member moved to place the project award on the Aug. 18 action agenda for further consideration; the motion carried on a voice vote.
Finance director Terry Schnitzer described the city’s December 2025 professional-services agreement with Bowman/FCS to update its indirect cost-allocation plan. Schnitzer told council that staffing shortages delayed completion and requested an amendment to extend the contract through Dec. 31, 2027 and to authorize up to an additional $10,000 to finish the work. Council voted to adopt resolution 1448-0726 authorizing that contract amendment.
Council also adopted resolution 1445-0626 to forward ballot language for a transportation benefit district (TBD) sales-tax increase of 0.1 percentage point — in addition to an existing 0.2% TBD tax — to the county auditor for the November ballot. Staff told the council that without the increase the street and transportation fund could face a negative balance in 2027 and that the TBD revenue would preserve maintenance and capital projects.
On ordinance business, city manager Mark Ziegler presented proposed amendments to Chapter 8.70 of the Shelton Municipal Code (ordinance number 2042-0726) that would clarify when storage of personal property on public property is excessive, including a 55-gallon threshold for volume and a description of bulky items and hazards that could trigger staff outreach and enforcement. Council voted to place the ordinance on the Aug. 18 action agenda for further consideration.
Council also updated boards-and-commissions assignments and handled nominations for representation on county and regional committees; the updated list was adopted by voice vote.
What happens next: The Ingleside pressure-zone award and the ordinance amending the public-property storage code will be considered on the Aug. 18 action agenda. The TBD sales-tax measure will be on the November ballot if accepted by the county auditor.
Interim public works director Fred Armstrong briefed the council on the Ingleside pressure-zone Phase 1 project, which is out for bid with bids opening July 28. Staff said the work would reconstruct two pump stations and install pumps with variable-frequency drives to improve pressure and free up roughly 310,000 gallons of dead storage — an increase staff estimated equivalent to about 1,200 residential connections — and that the work will take approximately 180 working days after contractor notice to proceed.
A council member moved to place the project award on the Aug. 18 action agenda for further consideration; the motion carried on a voice vote.
Finance director Terry Schnitzer described the city’s December 2025 professional-services agreement with Bowman/FCS to update its indirect cost-allocation plan. Schnitzer told council that staffing shortages delayed completion and requested an amendment to extend the contract through Dec. 31, 2027 and to authorize up to an additional $10,000 to finish the work. Council voted to adopt resolution 1448-0726 authorizing that contract amendment.
Council also adopted resolution 1445-0626 to forward ballot language for a transportation benefit district (TBD) sales-tax increase of 0.1 percentage point — in addition to an existing 0.2% TBD tax — to the county auditor for the November ballot. Staff told the council that without the increase the street and transportation fund could face a negative balance in 2027 and that the TBD revenue would preserve maintenance and capital projects.
On ordinance business, city manager Mark Ziegler presented proposed amendments to Chapter 8.70 of the Shelton Municipal Code (ordinance number 2042-0726) that would clarify when storage of personal property on public property is excessive, including a 55-gallon threshold for volume and a description of bulky items and hazards that could trigger staff outreach and enforcement. Council voted to place the ordinance on the Aug. 18 action agenda for further consideration.
Council also updated boards-and-commissions assignments and handled nominations for representation on county and regional committees; the updated list was adopted by voice vote.
What happens next: The Ingleside pressure-zone award and the ordinance amending the public-property storage code will be considered on the Aug. 18 action agenda. The TBD sales-tax measure will be on the November ballot if accepted by the county auditor.
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