MEETING OF THE CITY
OF
The regular semi-monthly meeting of the City Council of the City of
PRESENT:
Mayor
EXCUSED: Councilmember Ron Boyer
STAFF:
City Administrator
VISITORS: Larry
Seibel, Anderson Perry; Gene Stocking, Community First Bank.
1)
AWC – Annual Meeting in
2)
Department of Labor – Requested
the City sign a proclamation for June 2004 as the 60th Anniversary
Local Veterans Employment Representative Program.
Council gave its consensus to authorize
Mayor Walton to sign the proclamation.
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to approve
the Consent Calendar as listed:
Minutes
of the
Councilmember
Sawyer seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
Councilmember
Skoglund noted that he had been contacted in regards to allowing the school
utilize a dunk tank at the park for their end of the year celebration.
Public Works Director Munyan recommended a release form
be signed to protect the City.
Mayor Walton made the following addition to the agenda:
Agenda Item No. 16 a. Cultural Study for Youth Activity Fields
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to approve the agenda as amended. Councilmember
Pruett seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
USDA – WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry reported on the following:
Phase I – Two remaining items left to be completed on the punch list, these would be completed by the end of the week.
Phase II – Complaints had been forwarded to Pegram Construction.
Phase
III – The new reservoir would go out
to bid May 27. Bid opening would be held June 17th and construction
would begin during the third week of July. Schedules
G & H would go out to bid June 10th.
STREET
PROJECTS - UPDAT
Larry Seibel of Anderson Perry reported on the following:
West
Clark
Phase II:
ML Albright submitted Application for
Payment No. 6, release of retainage for Schedules A & B in the amount of
$26,138.45.
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to
authorize Application for Payment No. 6 in the amount of $26,138.45.
Councilmember Sawyer seconded motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to
authorize Mayor Walton sign the agreement of up to a maximum of $4,000 with
Anderson Perry for the railroad crossing. Councilmember
Martinez seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
City Administrator Tackett advised that he would be meeting with IAC the
week of June 7th and would also attend a TIB workshop to on funding
for
WASTEWATER
FACILITY
Larry
Seibel reported that Apollo had sent information in regards to the lift station.
There would be a group of people going to the site to run some test on May 25.
FIRE
DEPARTMENT – SUPPORT VEHICLE
Fire
Chief Bob Koch advised that there was the opportunity to pick up a surplus
ambulance. The County Fire
Commissioners agreed to purchase it and place on their insurance if the City
would house the vehicle. Fire Chief
Koch also advised for the need to surplus the dodge van.
Motion:
Councilmember Sawyer moved to
authorize Fire Chief Koch surplus the dodge van and for the City to house the
ambulance. Councilmember Martinez seconded motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
LAW
ENFORCEMENT MOBILIZATION PLAN
City
Administrator Tackett provided that each region had put together a Regional
Response Plan to provide rapid access and deployment of pre-arranged quantities
of law enforcement resources for response to disasters and significant or
multiple incidents where an incident commander has depleted all available
department and mutual aid resources. There would be no financial obligation by
the City.
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to
authorize the Mayor sign the Law Enforcement Mobilization Plan.
Councilmember Sawyer seconded, motion carried unanimously.
ORDINANCE
NO. 768 – REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 595 AND ADOPTING THE CRITICAL AREAS
ORDINANCE
Mayor
Walton presented Ordinance No. 768 relating to environmental protection,
adopting Critical Areas Ordinance, appendices and map and repealing Critical
Areas Ordinance No. 595 in its entirety.
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to adopt
Ordinance No. 595. Councilmember
Pruett seconded. Motion carried
unanimously.
ORDINANCE
NO. 769 - SANITATION RATE INCREASE
City Administrator Tackett advised that the City had received the yearly
sanitation rate increase as provided by the City’s contract with BDI.
Mayor Walton read over Ordinance No. 769.
Motion:
Councilmember Sawyer moved to adopt
Ordinance No. 769 pertaining to sanitation rates.
Councilmember Pruett seconded. Motion
carried unanimously.
Mayor
Walton advised that he had visited with Deena Martin of the Washington Asparagus
Commission.
Council
consensus was to provide letters of support for the
CULTURAL
STUDY FOR YOUTH FIELDS
City
Administrator Tackett advised that the IAC grant that had been received for
youth athletic fields had been put on hold since staff at IAC was not available.
New IAC staff had been assigned to this project but new requirements on Federal
money require a cultural study be done. The cost for this would be $3,500.
The grant was increased by 10% due to the hold up.
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to authorize the cultural study be done in the
amount of $3,500. Councilmember
Pruett seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
PAYMENT OF BILLS –
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to pay the payroll and bills in the amount of
$176,674.14. Councilmember Sawyer seconded, motion carried unanimously.
FIRE
DEPARTMENT – Fire Chief Robert Koch
1)
Fire hydrants were being
flushed
CITY
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT – City Administrator Art Tackett
1)
Scheduled the Goals and
Objectives meeting for June 28th at
2)
Met with Dept of Health on
updating the Water System Plan. The
City had until the end of the year to have the update completed. The expense to
have Anderson Perry complete this plan would be in the FY 2005 Budget.
3)
The auditor was here and
would be mailing out letters to Councilmembers inviting them to the entrance
conference.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT – Public Works Director Pat Munyan
1)
Working on an Accident
Prevention Program for the City
2)
Staff was taking care of
weeds
3)
Would be crack sealing the
street before seal coating
MAYOR’S
REPORT – Mayor Gary Walton
1)
Advised that the City
might want to get a committee to look at the use of Hotel/Motel funds.
Mayor Walton recessed the
regular meeting at
The regular meeting was
reconvened at
DNR-PROPERTY
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to
authorize the Mayor sign the letter of intent with DNR for the properties.
Councilmember Sawyer seconded, motion carried unanimously
There
being no further business to be heard before the City Council, Mayor Walton
adjourned the meeting at