Shelton — The City of Shelton City Council approved three formal items Tuesday night: a resolution authorizing staff to submit the city’s updated comprehensive plan for a state review, adoption of a compost procurement ordinance to comply with recent state law, and a resolution authorizing design work on Phase 1 of the Crosstown Trail.

Council adopted Resolution No. 1389-0625, which authorizes city staff to submit a notice of intent and the final draft of the comprehensive plan to the Washington State Department of Ecology for the agency’s required 60-day review. Community Economic Development Director Jason Doze told the council the submission is a statutorily required step that begins agency review and does not itself adopt the plan. “Submit to Department of Ecology for their required 60 day review,” Doze said during his presentation.

The council also adopted Ordinance No. 2033-0825, amending Chapter 8.08 of the Shelton Municipal Code to add a compost procurement requirement. Stormwater Technician Patrick Hoffman said the ordinance responds to state House Bill 1799 and implements the cited RCWs. The ordinance text read into the record cites RCW 43.198.015 and RCW 43.198.012 as the statutory drivers for the local requirement.

Finally, the council adopted Resolution No. 1403-0925 authorizing the city manager to execute a public-works on-call consultant work order with Keller Associates for design services on Phase 1 of the Crosstown Trail, the section from Wallace Neeland to Heatland Park. Assistant Public Works Director Aaron Nicks said the segment is “about I believe it’s about 1 and a half miles” and described work planned for survey, base pathway design, lighting and native landscaping.

Each motion was approved by voice vote. For the three named items the council stated “all in favor, say aye,” followed by “motion carries”; the meeting record does not include a roll-call tally. The agenda’s consent items were also approved by voice vote at the start of the meeting.

What the votes mean: the comprehensive-plan submission begins the Department of Ecology’s interagency review; the compost ordinance brings the city code into compliance with state compost-procurement requirements; and the Crosstown Trail authorization funds design work that the city says it will later seek grants to construct. Council members spoke in support of the planning process and thanked staff and volunteers for outreach and work on the plan and projects.

Provenance: transcript excerpts for each action appear in the meeting record and were read into the public minutes.