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East Wenatchee City Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
East Wenatchee City Hall
271 9th Street NE
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Minutes
In attendance: Staff in attendance:
Mayor Steven Lacy Devin Poulson, City Attorney
Councilmember John Sterk Lori Barnett, Community Development Director
Councilmember Harry Raab Tom Wachholder, Project Development Manager
Councilmember Chuck Johnson Josh DeLay, Finance Director
Councilmember Jerrilea Crawford Randy Harrison, Police Chief
Councilmember Shayne Crawford Maria Holman, City Clerk
Councilmember Timothy Detering
Councilmember Matthew Hepner
6:30 p.m. Regular Meeting
Call to Order, Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance.
1. Consent Items:
a. December 26, 2018, Checks: 51252; 51269 - 51346, in the amount of $82,433.24.
b. January 08, 2019, Checks: 51347 – 51359, in the amount of $137,335.93.
c. 12/11/2018 Council Meeting Minutes.
Motion by Councilmember Detering to approve consent items. Councilmember
Hepner seconded the motion. Motion carried. (7-0).
2. Citizen Requests/Comments: None.
3. Presentations.
a. Introduction of the new Museum Executive Director Keni Sturgeon by Linda
Haglund. Mrs. Sturgeon spoke to Council, provided her vision for the Wenatchee
Valley Museum and provided a copy of the 2019 Museum Budget.
Mayor Lacy spoke regarding the expectations of the Museum Director and Council
reports.
Comments provided by Councilmember Detering, Mayor Lacy, Councilmember
Johnson, Councilmember Raab, and Councilmember Hepner.
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4. Department Report.
a. Finance Department Director Josh DeLay provided a Finance Department Report for
November and December 2018.
Comments provided by Councilmember Crawford.
b. Public Works Department Project Development Manager Tom Wachholder provided
a report regarding the January 8, 2019, East Wenatchee Gateway Project bid
opening and bid results. The report included information consisting of Option-1,
requiring an increase budget funding of $16,281.00, this option does not include
landscaping. Option-2, requiring an increase budget funding of $38,595.00 to fund
the entire project which includes the landscaping.
Dan Ireland with SCJ Alliance was present to answer questions.
Comments provided by Councilmember Hepner, Councilmember Crawford,
Councilmember Detering, Councilmember Magdoff and City Attorney Devin Poulson.
Motion by Councilmember Hepner to table the discussion of accepting the bid until
the February 12, 2019, Council Meeting. The motion failed for lack of a second.
Motion by Councilmember Crawford to accept Option-1 and increase the budget by
$16,281.00 for the Gateway Project. The motion failed for lack of a second.
Motion by Councilmember Detering to accept Option-2 and increase the budget by
$38,595.00 for the Gateway Project. Councilmember Raab seconded the motion.
Mayor Lacy called for discussion. After discussion, Councilmember Hepner attempted to
interrupt the main motion by moving to extend the discussion until the next council
meeting. Councilmember Hepner’s motion failed because it was untimely. The Motion
carried (5-2, Johnson, Hepner).
Motion by Councilmember Detering to accept the bid submitted by KRCI in the amount
of $ 516,008.00 and award the contract. Councilmember Crawford seconded the
motion. Motion carried (5-2, Johnson, no; Hepner, abstained).
5. Mayor’s Report.
a. Mayor Lacy reported that Sales and Use Taxes, Resolution 2013-13, which delegates
The Regional Council of Douglas County to make recommendations to Douglas
County of the allocations of sales and use taxes. The City continues to rely on having
$176,000 for the Gateway Park Project. On December 18, 2018, the Mayor received
a letter from the County in summary “they had not taken final action on the
Regional Council’s recommendations and Cities should not take any action or
reliance of the allocations.” The Mayor’s position was not to allow this letter to be a
major consideration in moving forward with the Gateway Project.
Comments provided by Community Development Director Lori Barnett.
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b. Mayor Lacy shared that a letter was received from Port of Chelan County regarding the
non-stop, regional jet service between Pangborn Airport and the San Francisco Bay
Area. The Port has not been successful in establishing this service for the Wenatchee
Valley.
Mayor’s report continued.
c. Mayor Lacy reminded Council of the plan to visit the Quincy Public Library tomorrow
01/09/2019, meet at 8:00 a.m. for a tour of the facility.
d. Mayor Lacy reminded Council of the Workshop scheduled on 01/17/2019, at 5:30
p.m.
6. Action Item.
a. Washington State Department of Transportation Traffic Signal Maintenance
Agreement spending limit increase to continue performing traffic signal
maintenance on City-owned traffic signals. Presented by Tom Wachholder, Project
Development Manager.
Comments provided by Councilmember Magdoff, Councilmember Detering,
Councilmember Hepner, Community Development Director Lori Barnett, Finance
Director Josh DeLay and Mayor Lacy.
Motion by Councilmember Detering to approve the increase of the existing
WSDOT/City Traffic Signal Maintenance agreement for a total amount not to
exceed $176,460.35 and authorize the Mayor to sign the letter to Department of
Transportation. Councilmember Hepner seconded the motion. Motion carried (7-0).
7. Council Reports & Announcements.
a. Councilmember Crawford spoke regarding the 911 RiverCom national carrier issue
complications that occurred in December 2018.
b. Councilmember Magdoff spoke regarding two open houses held by the Housing
Authority in November of revitalized buildings. She provided positive comments
regarding the Housing Authorities program.
c. Mayor Lacy spoke regarding the February 19, 2019, Museum Board Meeting.
Councilmember Sterk will be attending the meeting on behalf of Councilmember
Johnson.
d. Councilmember Hepner spoke regarding the Economic Development Retreat in
Brewster and will not be attending the Quincy Public Library Tour tomorrow.
8. Executive session:
To discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to agency
enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency
litigation or potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body, or a