Hermiston council to vote on AWS water agreement – East Oregonian

Hermiston council to vote on AWS water agreement

Published 10:00 am Monday, September 28, 2026

HERMISTON — The Hermiston City Council will pick up Monday, Sept. 28, where it left off two weeks ago when the meeting was canceled due to a lack of a quorum.

The council will vote Monday on an agreement with Amazon Web Services related to wastewater and domestic water supply.

In the fall of 2025, the council approved plans to expand the city’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and to annex approximately 800 acres of industrial land south of Feedville Road. The UGB expansion and annexation became official in January.

In March, the council was presented with a wastewater project which would install a new sewer main in Feedville Road and Highway 207. The council approved the project with 73.6% of the project funding coming from AWS, and the remainder…