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Home My WebLink About3/8/2011 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED MAYOR PRO TEMPORE DENNIS HENDRICKS, PRESIDING MARCH 8, 2011 6:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Mayor Steven C. Lacy arrived at 7:00pm Mayor Pro Tempore Dennis Hendricks Councilmember George Buckner - excused Councilmember Harry Raab Councilmember Dave Bremmer- excused Councilmember Chuck Johnson Councilmember Wayne Barnhart Councilmember Sandra McCourt EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE City Attorney Devin Poulson City Clerk Dana Barnard City Treasurer/Finance Director Nick Gerde City Engineer Don McGahuey Municipal Court Judge Chancey Crowell Police Chief Randy Harrison Police Sergeant Bruce Nash Records Clerk Andrea Sharp Clerical Assistant Shawn Murison PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENTS Nathan Scott, 918 Manzanal St. NE, East Wenatchee, expressed concerns/issues about the Town Toyota Center. He said he is concerned that Wenatchee City elected officials are trying to manipulate the public into accepting a tax increase or taking out a loan to the Public Facilities District. He said it was his understanding that the citizens of East Wenatchee were not going to be paying taxes for the Town Toyota Center. He encouraged Council to speak out against the information that we are receiving from Wenatchee officials. Mr. Scott said he is opposed to a City employee participating in the delegation to Misawa, Japan. He asked Council to consider sending a distinguished member of the community Mr. Scott said he would like to learn more about the business of the City. However, he feels that information is not being made easily accessible to the public. He would like additional information included on the City's website such as the union contracts. He encouraged Councilmembers not to take any action or approve any agreements until the public knows the current salary and benefits of the employees affected by the current bargaining agreements being negotiated. City Attorney Devin Poulson stated that the Employee Manual and the Union Contracts have been on the website for several months. 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He added at this time the group is only in the planning stages. Councilmember Hendricks updated Mayor Lacy on concerns expressed by a constituent during the public comments portion of this meeting regarding funding the Town Toyota Center, and the lack of information provided on the City's website. He asked Council for a raise of hands if they support a tax increase. Mayor Lacy encouraged Councilmembers to reserve judgment and particularly a vote until they have something concrete to consider. He said at this time there is just a possibility that something might be put before you. He said that in the spring of 2006 he attended a meeting at the City of Wenatchee with representatives from the nine jurisdictions from the Public Facilities District (PFD) and it is his recollection that he expressed to the PFD that as long as they were simply seeking our nod to recapture sales tax along with the other jurisdictions, and as long as the City of East Wenatchee would not be called at any time to make a decision, or to have our citizens support the operating expenses or the debt service for the Town Toyota Center that the City of Wenatchee would take that responsibility and have that put in writing as part of the Interlocal Agreement. He indicated Section 8 of that agreement states that all liabilities incurred by the PFD shall be satisfied exclusively from the assets, credit and properties of the PFD. He added that he will have the City Council minutes regarding the PFD provided to Council prior to the next meeting. Mayor Lacy said our website has a limited capacity because it was not developed by a professional website builder. As a result, our website is capable of going back approximately a year with the agendas and the minutes. He stated that the City of Wenatchee developed their website, which is far superior to ours, with costs ranging about $100,000 and a consultant to develop that website. He said East Wenatchee has not spent any money to develop the City's website and added if this council wants to appropriate funds in the budget, then there is an unlimited amount of things we could with our website. He added that he will continue to look into improvements to the website. Mayor Lacy reported that negotiations for the union contracts are essentially done as far as meetings are concerned. We are waiting for both unions to take final positions with respect to the contract. We will then bring those contracts to Council for ratification. The following reports/minutes were submitted in writing prior to the City Council meeting. • Mayor Lacy — Chelan Douglas Health District meeting from January 24, 2011, and from Wenatchee Valley Transportation Council meeting from February 10, 2011. • Councilmember George Buckner — North Central Washington Economic Development District Membership meeting minutes from February 9, 2011. • Councilmember George Buckner — North Central Washington Resource Conservation & Development Annual meeting minutes from February 9, 2011. • Councilmember Wayne Barnhart — RiverCom 911 meeting minutes from February 9, 2011. 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