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Home My WebLink About6/9/2009 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED MAYOR STEVEN C. LACY, PRESIDING JUNE 9, 2009 6:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Councilmember's Present: Councilmember Hendricks, Councilmember McCourt, Councilmember Barnhart, Councilmember Bremmer, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Buckner, Councilmember Raab, and Mayor Lacy. Staff Present: Dana Barnard, Lori Barnett, Devin Poulson, Brandon Mauseth, Randy Harrison, and Nick Gerde. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENTATION RiverCom Director, Millie Tirapelle, reviewed a summary of the One Tenth of One Percent Sales and Use Tax expressing the need for equipment upgrades which would cost $12 million. She said the computers running the radio system have been in use for 12 years, running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and they are starting to fail. RiverCom needs $800,000 this year to replace those consoles. Ms. Tirapelle said the One Tenth of One Percent Sales Tax issue will be on the August 18,' ballot for a vote of the people and will need to pass in both Chelan and Douglas Counties. She added the City of East Wenatchee currently pays $271,000 a year, If the ballot measure does not pass the City would pay an additional $95,000 per year. Councilmember Barnhart said as a point of order he would like to recommend the City hold a public hearing at the next Council meeting to discuss the merits of supporting this ballot issue and then make a recommendation. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Barnhart, second by Councilmember Buckner to hold a public hearing on June 23, 2009, to receive comments from the public regarding the City's support of the proposed ballot measure implementing One Tenth of One Percent Sales and Use Tax. The motion carried, 6-0. (Hendricks abstained) MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Lacy congratulated Councilmember Hendricks on his achievement for the successful completion the Association of Washington Cities Certificate of Municipal Leadership training program. DEPARTMENT REPORT Finance Department City Treasurer/Finance Director, Nick Gerde, reviewed the Financial Report for April 2009. He stated that the property tax payment received in April was less than what had been forecasted. However, the City has since received a second payment which made up the difference in the forecasted amount. Mr. Gerde reported that the sales tax receipts in received in May were down for the first time this year. 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The Six -Year will then come back as an exhibit to a resolution for adoption by the City Council at the June 23, 2009, Council meeting. CONSENT CALENDAR Consideration of Minutes — Regular Session, May 26, 2009 Consideration of Bills Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Johnson, second by Councilmember McCourt, to approve the consent calendar as presented. Councilmember Hendricks said he believes employee donations should be utilized for items such as flowers for employees rather than using tax payer's money. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Bremmer, to amend the motion to remove the Apple Blossom floral bill from the consent agenda. The motion failed 2-5. (Raab, Johnson, McCourt, Barnhart, Buckner) Councilmember Bremmer said he was bothered by the fact that during the budget process there were several cuts made to make sure we had a balanced budget, yet there seems to be a lot of frivolous purchases being made. Mayor Lacy said there are no expenditures that he is aware of, that are not matters within the expenditure authority of each of the Department Heads under the current budget which has been approved and adopted by the Council. He said he believes it is inappropriate to question expenditures which are specifically appropriated for, unless there is some issue about whether or not those expenditures were not authorized. He added there is a distinction between asking questions about the expenditures and expressing opinions about whether the Mayor or Staff are spending funds from their budget in an appropriate manner. Mayor Lacy asked for a vote on the original motion regarding approval of the consent calendar: The motion carried, 7-0. Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.080 and those expense reimbursement claims certified as required by RCW 42.24.090 have been recorded in a listing, which has been made available to Council. 2009 Payables As of this date, June 9, 2009, Council does approve warrant numbers 21742 through 21780 in the total amount of $74,895.58. PUBLIC HEARINGS 09-06-01 A public hearing to receive public comment regarding the City's participation in funding repairs to the Wenatchee Reclamation Bridge. Mayor Lacy opened the public hearing at 7:24 p.m. The following spoke in favor of the City's participation in funding repairs to the Wenatchee Reclamation Bridge: b oqS •a.nnbat pinonn XI!D oql uotlusuadutoo jo Od,CI lugnn pun uotluoun Iugl utul.zalua pinoM Amp3t iop!suoo of ItounoD ioj Isanbat u iogltj Inq `,Gunn jo-Ig5ti ioj uotlgod u lou st stgl lugl pautuldxo ummg 'sW •p.tunuo� 8utnout alo�aq aaptsuoo pinogs ann lugl ansst lu�al .to tapio jo lutod Iu2al u sunn aaagl3t pa�lsu Xou-I ao,fuW �Cunn o-lg8t t 3o UOtluoun t? 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Ms. Barnett reviewed sample land values of neighboring properties and the estimated value of right-of- way vacation and exchange area. She added the asking price for property is $3.67 per square foot. Councilmembers discussed whether the City would ever need the property in the proposed vacation of right-of-way, and whether it is a good idea to do a land swap versus selling the property so the funds could be used for other projects. Mayor Lacy asked legal Counsel whether or not Council can express an opinion as a majority, without it being considered an action, and if it is considered action then would it be appropriate to consider this without an application. Mr. Poulson said by statue the appropriate way to vacate right-of-way is to have a petition with all the required information available before you for consider if for approval. Mayor Lacy said the process in this case would require that Councilmembers not express a majority opinion about the course of action where there is no actionable item on the table. He said he would prefer a specific proposal be made to the Council that they could act on, as opposed to having them express their opinion whether they would support the issue without it being a binding action on behalf of the Council. He said he had no objection to Council commenting on the issue as long as they understand that they are only making a comment as part of the public process. COUNCIL REPORTS Councilmember Johnson said we heard several comments during the public hearing portion of this meeting regarding the City's participation in funding repairs to the Wenatchee Reclamation Bridge. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Johnson, second by Councilmember Bremer, to participate in funding repairs to the Wenatchee Reclamation Bridge in the amount of $10,000, and put forward a potential amendment to the 2009 budget to reflect that expenditure. Councilmember Hendricks said he supports the bridge. However, be believes there are projects in the City that the money could be used for and he will be voting no on the issue. Councilmember Barnhart said based on our current budget status and the fact that the City implemented a utility tax to make sure we had a balanced budget for 2009 he does not feel this is the right time to participate in funding repairs to the Wenatchee Reclamation Bridge. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Buckner, second by Councilmember Barnhart, to amend the motion regarding participation in funding repairs to the Wenatchee Reclamation Bridge from the City's 2009 budget and instead allocate the funds to come out of the 2010 Budget to reflect that expenditure. The motion carried, 5-2. 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