MEETING OF THE CITY OF CONNELL, WASHINGTON
CONNELL, FRANKLIN COUNTY, WASHINGTON
The regular
semi-monthly meeting of the City Council of the City of Connell was
called to
order by Mayor Walton at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall and was opened
with the
Pledge of Allegiance.
VISITORS: Larry Seibel, Anderson Perry and Associates; Kathy Bingham, Franklin
County Graphic; and John Steidel, First Golf.
CORRESPONDENCE/PRESENTATIONS/APPOINTMENTS
1) WA State
Liquor Control Board - Request for gambling license renewal for Golden Harvest.
There being no comments or objections, the request was passed on to the
approval of the Liquor Control Board.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Council
member
Skoglund moved to approve the Consent Calendar as follows:
1)
Minutes
of the July 9, 2001 Regular Meeting
Council
member
Martinez seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
CITIZEN
COMMENT/NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Chief Rochleau introduced Brad Quinton as the newly hired police officer.
APPROVAL OF
AGENDA
Mayor Walton made
the following changes to the agenda;
Addition
of Item No. 14 a - Pool Wages -
Minimum wage law.
Council member Pruett
moved to authorize the agenda as amended. Council
member
Martinez seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING - SIX YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Mayor Walton opened the public hearing on the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan at 7:35 pm.
City Administrator Tackett presented information regarding the Six-Year Plan. The Street Committee had reviewed and made changes to the plan. The design for Clark Street had been funded.
No further comments were heard from the public, staff or Council.
Mayor Walton closed the public hearing at 7:37 pm.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-06 - SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN
City Administrator Tackett provided Council with Resolution No. 2001-06 for the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan.
Council member Martinez moved to adopt Resolution No. 2001-06 relating to the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. Council member Pruett seconded motion. Motion carried unanimously.
WASTEWATER FACILITY- PROJECT UPDATE
Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry was present to update the Mayor and Council on the progress of the projects.
Schedule A – Apollo was doing cleanup. A two hour test was run on Lift Station No. 5. There were some minor inconsistencies. A two-hour test was run on Lift Station No. 4 but was stopped before completed, the test would then be completed next week. A final inspection would be done the following week.
Schedule B - The footings for the treatment plant had been poured. The irrigation sub contractor would be in July 24 to run the pipe line to the pivot. DOE had approved the change order for the fence upgrade. Mr. Seibel reported that things had begun to slow down.
WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS - PROJECT UPDATE
Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry was present to update the Mayor and Council on the progress of the projects.
Phase I - A pre-construction meeting would be held the following week with Selland. Currently waiting for information from the developers on elevations and locations for the waterlines. Construction should begin in approximately two weeks.
Phase II - The design work had been 75% completed. The design will then be reviewed with staff and Mayor to go over any critical areas in the project. Residential property affected by construction would be restored. Would try not to cut into the street to install service lines.
GOLF COURSE
City Administrator Tackett reported that he had spoken to Sam Gunderson who reviewed the Golf Course Study. Mr. Gunderson provided a synopsis of the report for Council and suggested the City get in touch with John Steidel with First Golf. Administrator Tackett then introduced Mr. Steidel, a golf architect and sub contractor for First Golf.
Mr. Steidel reported that according to the study there was an unmet demand for an additional golf course. The next phase of Phase I would be to develop a preliminary layout plan and cost estimate for an eighteen-hole course.
City Administrator Tackett advised Council that the cost for the preliminary design and business plan would be $23,000. The money would come from the Real Estate Excise Tax.
Council member Lobach moved to approve the expenditure of $23,000 for a preliminary design and business plan for an eighteen-hole golf course. Council member Boyer seconded motion. Motion carried unanimously.
City Administrator Tackett reported that if approved, construction for the golf course would begin sometime next summer with completion of the course by 2004 if not sooner.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
City Administrator Tackett reported that the Planning Commission was in the process of reviewing the Ten Year Capital Improvements Schedule and reviewed the plan with Council.
Council discussed several of the items on the plan.
City Administrator Tackett advised Council that once all the changes had been completed the plan would be brought back to Council for approval.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-07 - SURPLUS OF EQUIPMENT
Mayor Walton noted that the garage doors from the City Shop were listed to be surplused but had actually already been disposed of and that there had been some interest in purchasing the garage doors from the Fire Hall.
POOL WAGES - MINIMUM WAGE LAW
City Clerk Treasurer Eckman reported that the Salary Matrix had not been changed to reflect the new minimum wage increase for the lifeguards. Minimum wage had increased from $6.50 to $6.72, an increase of 22 cents, at the first of the year.
Council member Pruett moved to approve the new Salary Matrix reflecting the minimum wage increase and to pay retroactive wages to the lifeguards for the season. Council member Lobach seconded motion. Motion carried unanimously.
PAYMENT OF BILLS –
Council member Lobach made a motion to pay the payroll and bills in the amount of $164,257.17. Council member Skoglund seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
DEPARTMENT
REPORTS
Fire Department
- Fire Chief Robert
Koch
1)
Had on going training.
2)
Working on the trucks.
Police
Report - Chief of Police Rick Rochleau.
1) Cat
traps were being used.
2) Have had an abundance in skunk
population.
3) Officer Turner broke his ankle
while on duty. Would return to work
on light duty.
4) Court Clerk Cerna on vacation for a
few days.
5) Have an academy slot available in
Spokane.
6) Hired Brad Quinton as a new Police
Officer.
7) Contacted a towing company from
Warden. Need to have 30 cars
tagged before they would come down to tow.
Still looking into options.
Also
looking at purchasing a tow dolly.
8)
Need to place a new stop sign at Hawthorne and Gum.
Sign was faded
and had problems with trucks not stopping.
9)
Helped CPS remove children from a house.
requesting that they be allowed to restore the
house.
2)
Work was being done on the Elm Street sidewalk.
3)
Taking care of the parks.
4)
Working on Museum. Had
several rental requests.
5)
Work was being done on the Chelan Street curbs and
gutters.
6)
Director Munyan would be having surgery on the 27th
of July.
City Clerk Treasurer's Report
- City Clerk Treasurer Joan
Eckman
1)
Deputy Treasurer Jeri Reinauer completed her Professional
Development Certification.
City Administrator's Report
- City Administrator Art
Tackett
1)
Attended a meeting with Columbia Basin Irrigators in
regards to water
rights.
2)
An environmental assessment had been scheduled for the
property on
Adams Street.
3)
Attended a meeting at IAC regarding the $150,000 grant
for the field of
dreams. Funding
had gone through with the state but now needed to
go through the federal
program.
4)
Scheduled two Street Committee Meetings to review the
proposals for the
Clark St. project for July 25th and August 1st
at 5:00 pm.
5)
The Urban Growth Boundary had been approved by the
County. The farm
was now within the
growth boundary. The next step
would be to begin
annexation proceedings.
6)
Would be holding public hearing for the Smick and Camp
annexations
August 13th.
There
being no further business to be heard before the City Council of the City of
Connell, Mayor Walton adjourned the regular meeting at 9:00
p.m.