Pasco City Council Appoints Joe Cotta to Fill District 4 Seat

The Pasco City Council has appointed Joe Cotta to serve as District 4 Councilmember for the remainder of the term vacated by Pete Serrano earlier this year. Cotta will represent Pasco’s District 4 through November 25th, and potentially until December 31st, 2025.

Cotta was selected from among four finalists interviewed during a Special Meeting on September 15th, 2025. Following the Council’s decision, Mayor David Milne administered the oath of office.

During the interview process, Cotta told City Council he believes that the primary duty of a City Councilmember is to listen to constituents. He also highlighted his agricultural background as a vineyard manager, and his current work as Pastor and President of the Harvest Valley Cavalry Chapel in Prosser.

“I have general management experience, in the sense that you’re managing assets and employees and capital budgets and operating budgets. I have union negotiation experience,” Cotta explained, adding: “As a pastor, I’m going to be experienced with the needs of the community; I’m going to be experienced with managing a non-profit and all those kinds of things.”

Cotta will serve on the Pasco City Council until the November election. If the results of the November election leave the District 4 seat vacant, Cotta will continue to represent the district through the end of 2025.
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Residents wishing to contact Councilmember Cotta directly can do so through the City of Pasco website: pasco-wa.gov/council.