Public Works Committee

MEETING MINUTES TUMWATER PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE JULY 17, 2025 CONVENE: 8:01 a.m. PRESENT: Chair Eileen Swarthout and Councilmember Michael Althauser Excused: Councilmember Angela Jefferson Staff: City Administrator Lisa Parks, City Attorney Karen Kirkpatrick, Assistant City Administrator Kelly Adams, Finance Department Director Troy Niemeyer, Water Resources & Sustainability Department Director Dan Smith, City Engineer Bill Lindauer, Sustainability Manager Alyssa Jones Wood, Administrative Bonnie Hale, Administrative Assistant Kelly Quiroz, and Department Assistant Alyssa McClain APPROVAL OF Councilmember Althauser moved, seconded by MINUTES: Councilmember Swarthout, to approve the minutes of May 22, 2025 & June 5, 2025 as presented. A voice vote approved the motion. INTERAGENCY Sustainability Manager Jones Wood updated the Committee on AGREEMENT WITH the Fleet Electric Vehicle Charging Project as it is ready for WASHINGTON closeout. A total of eight dual EV charging stations were installed DEPARTMENT OF at multiple City facilities with Old Town Center removed from the COMMERCE FOR original list of locations. A Washington State Climate WASHINGTON Commitment Grant and a PSE incentives program provided the ELECTRIC VEHICLE original funding, but changes to the incentives program CHARGING requirements removed its viability for this project. Several PROGRAM financial challenges influenced this project, including a CLOSEOUT UPDATE: reduction in grant funding and an increased funding match for the City, but Sustainability funds were flexible enough to compensate for these issues, allowing the project to be successfully completed. TUMWATER PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE– JULY 17,2025 1 FIRE STATIONS Sustainability Manager Jones Wood updated the Committee on SOLAR AND BATTERY the Solar Plus Storage Feasibility project as it is ready for STORAGE FEASIBILITY closeout. This project was funded by a Washington State Climate ASSESSMENTS Commitment Grant with no City match required. The assessment CLOSEOUT UPDATE: was done at the fire station headquarters and one additional fire station to determine costs for adding solar power onto the fire stations to act as backup power for the facilities. With the information gathered from this assessment, grant funding will be sought to move forward with the partial solarization of the fire stations. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: There were no additional items. ADJOURNMENT: With there being no further business, Chair Swarthout adjourned the meeting at 8:27 a.m. Prepared by Bonnie Hale, Administrative Assistant TUMWATER PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE– JULY 17,2025 2