MEETING OF THE CITY
OF
CONNELL,
PRESENT:
Mayor
STAFF:
City Administrator
VISITORS:
Larry Seibel, Anderson Perry; John White and Brian Benner, Franklin
County Mosquito Control District; and Kathy Bingham, Graphic.
1)
WA State Liquor Control Board –
Liquor license renewal for Golden Harvest Restaurant.
2)
3)
Blue Angels – Provided a signed
and framed picture to Mayor Walton for participating on the
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to approve
the Consent Calendar as listed:
Minutes
of the
Councilmember
Sawyer seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
John White asked when the project would be completed at Striker.
Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry advised that the contractor would be in
town on Wednesday to work on Striker but that the chip sealing would not be
completed until June.
Mayor Walton made the following addition to the Agenda:
Item 15 a – Personnel Item
Motion:
Councilmember Martinez moved to approve the agenda as listed. Councilmember
Pruett seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
MOSQUITO CONTROL
Brian Benner, District Manager for Franklin County Mosquito Control District advised that he had met with Public Works Director Munyan in regards to purchasing the mosquito spray truck. Mr. Benner commented that he hoped to have the truck remain at the City Shop and hire someone locally to spray Connell and the surrounding areas. Mr. Benner discussed the different possibilities of chemicals to be used for spraying and reported that currently they were doing habitat management to find the breeding grounds in order to get them treated.
Motion: Councilmember Skoglund moved to authorize the City proceed with the sale of the spray truck to the Franklin County Mosquito Control District and to work out the details with Public Works Director Munyan.
CLOSED RECORD HEARING – AMENDING THE FLOOD PLAN ORDINANCE
Mayor Walton opened the closed record hearing at
City Administrator Tackett reported that the City had received a letter from the Department of Ecology who advised that the Flood Ordinance needed to be updated and provided the necessary changes to staff. Planning Commission had previously reviewed the changes and recommended approval.
City Administrator Tackett went over the changes with Council.
Mayor Walton closed the hearing at
Motion: Councilmember Sawyer moved to
adopt Ordinance No. 766, amending the Flood Hazard Districts.
Councilmember Skoglund seconded, motion carried unanimously.
CLOSED RECORD HEARING – ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE COMP PLAN
Mayor Walton opened the closed record hearing at
City Administrator Tackett reported that the Planning Commission had been working with the Council of Governments to update the Comprehensive Plan. The Plan was required to be reviewed and updated every five years. The updated Plan had been submitted to the State for their review but they had not yet responded.
City Administrator Tackett reviewed the changes to the Comprehensive Plan with Council.
Mayor Walton closed the hearing at
Motion: Councilmember Skoglund moved to accept the updated
Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Sawyer seconded motion, motion carried
unanimously.
USDA – WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry reported on the following:
Phase I – The contractor had started demolition of the old concrete reservoir. The site work would be completed the following week and a pre-final inspection had been scheduled for April 28th.
Council requested a proposal for signs at the new reservoir plant.
Phase II – Pegram was scheduled to be in town Wednesday morning.
Mayor Walton advised that he had several sites that needed to be worked on and that he would get a list to Mr. Seibel.
Phase III – The Plan and Specification
documents for the construction of the new reservoir would be submitted to Dept
of Health for their review. They would have 30 days to respond.
Advertisement for bids would go out May 20, bid opening would be done on June 17
and would be awarded June 21. Construction would begin in August and end
in September.
Mr. Seibel reported that the plans for Schedules G
and H would be submitted to the Dept of Health in two weeks. The
projects would be advertised May 27, bid opening would be done June 29 and
awarded July 12. Construction would begin in August. There could be a 12 to16
week delay in the delivery of steel casings.
City Administrator Tackett advised that in order
for the City to get all the water rights converted the water rights would have
to be inside the Urban Growth Boundary. Materials had been
submitted to the Conservancy Board and the application fee had been paid.
City Administrator Tackett also advised that the
interest rate for the loan had dropped by 1.25%.
STREET PROJECTS - UPDATE
Clark Street
Rail Crossing: Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry reported that the
Environmental Application had been submitted and that he was waiting to hear if
it had been approved.
WASTEWATER FACILITY
Attorney Tanner advised
that he was working on resolving issues with Apollo.
DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS – OFFENDER WORK CREW PROJECT
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to authorize the Mayor sign the Offender Work Crew
agreement. Councilmember Sawyer seconded, motion carried unanimously.
SPRING FLING
Deputy
City Clerk ChavezPeña requested that the Fall Festival Committee be allowed to
close off
Council
gave its consensus to allow the Fall Festival Committee hold the Spring Fling on
May 1st and to close off
Mayor Walton recessed the
regular meeting to go into Executive Session at
The regular meeting was
called back to order by Mayor Walton at
PERSONNEL ITEM
City
Administrator Tackett requested that Council approve the change of one of the
employees to Range 16 Step 1 from Range 10 Step 3.
Motion: Councilmember Pruett
moved to authorize the change of range and step for the employee.
Councilmember Sawyer seconded, motion carried unanimously.
PAYMENT OF BILLS –
Councilmember
Skoglund inquired about the hospital bill for an inmate and was advised that an
individual had to be taken to the hospital before being booked into jail.
Attorney
Tanner advised that he would look into a different bill from the hospital for an
inmate who got injured while he was being held in jail.
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to pay the payroll and bills in the amount of
$91,342.19. Councilmember Pruett seconded, motion carried unanimously.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT – Mayor Walton
1)
Work was being done at the
pool
2)
Crew had been working on
the parks
3)
Spending time up at the
Wastewater Plant
POLICE
DEPARTMENT – Police Chief Rick Rochleau
1)
Had a few thefts from
storage units
2)
Found graffiti at the
trailer park
3)
Spring break went well
4)
On April 2nd
had a person flee to Connell who had assaulted someone in Kahlotus.
The County called in the Pasco Swat team who entered the house and
detained the suspect.
CITY HALL DEPARTMENT –
Deputy City Clerk Maria ChavezPeña
Attended
a Wellness Conference in
There
being no further business to be heard before the City Council, Mayor Walton
adjourned the meeting at