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Home My WebLink About1/11/2011 - City Council - City Council Meeting Minutes1 "Ti m 0 z f7 CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED MAYOR PRO TEMPORE DENNIS HENDRICKS, PRESIDING JANUARY 11, 2011 6:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Mayor Pro Tempore Dennis Hendricks Councilmember Sandra McCourt - excused Councilmember Wayne Barnhart Councilmember Chuck Johnson Councilmember George Buckner - excused Councilmember Harry Raab Councilmember Dave Bremmer 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 Clerical Assistant Catalina Garibay PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENTATION, Craig Larsen Executive Director, Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce, introduced Board President Gary Ivory. Mr. Larsen gave a year end update for the Chamber of Commerce and noted that the Chamber of Commerce offices will be moving to 2 S. Mission Street, Wenatchee. PUBLIC COMMENTS Ken Dominguez, 838 Valley Mall Pkwy., East Wenatchee, owner of Clearwater Steakhouse & Saloon said the downtown area needs help with parking and a facelift. He suggested diagonal parking, trees, lighting, a downtown theme, fix up the City owned parking lot, purchase lot adjacent to City Parking lot. He said at one time the City looked at the possibility of building a three story parking garage in that area. Mr. Dominguez said there are several empty buildings downtown and no one seems to be doing anything. Council nember's discussed having a discussion with downtown Business Owners, the City Engineer, the Planning Director, and other professionals to see what could be done and how it could be financed. Councilmember Barnhart asked Mayor Pro tempore to report back to Mayor Lacy regarding this discussion as he may have some lead ideas of what the plans are for that area. CONSENT CALENDAR Items listed below were distributed to Councilmember's in advance for study and were enacted in one motion. 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Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Johnson, second by Councilmember Raab, to adopt Resolution No. 2011-02 designating public entities, for salary purposes that are comparable to the city. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Bremmer, to amend the motion to remove West Richland and replace it with the State of Washington. City Attorney Devin Poulson objected to the amended motion stating that it does not meet the criteria. He said in Section 2 of the resolution it establishes the criteria for how we pick these cities and these public entities. The State of Washington does not fit in any of the criteria as the State tax and the assessed value are different. Call for the Question of the amended motion: The motion failed 1-4. (Raab, Johnson, Bremmer, Barnhart) Call for the Question of the original motion: The motion carried 5-0. COUNCIL REPORTS Councilmember Raab reported on the Executive Technical Advisory Committee meeting held on January 6, 2011. He said the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the current status of the Countywide Solid Waste Program to determine what programs and/or staffing changes need to be made in order to bring the expenditures in balance with the projected revenues for 2012. He said with the anticipated loss of all the traditional funding from the State and the uncertainty of continued Department of Ecology grant funding the combined shortfall for 2012 stands at $85,000. At this time Countywide Solid Waste does not receive any Administration and Implementation (A&1) fees as there are sufficient funds coming in from the Greater Wenatchee Regional Landfill. He said there are four options for coming up with a solution. The committee chose option one, which would consist of the Program Director working five days with a 30% reduction to the Program Directors salary, and the other two employees working three days a week. He added that there will be another meeting on January 20'' to decide which choice each of the participating entities agrees to. The following reports/minutes were submitted in writing prior to the City Council meeting. • Councilmember Buckner — North Central Washington Economic Development District meeting from November 10, 2010, and from North Central Washington Resource Conservation & Development meeting from December 8, 2010. 0 Councilmember Barnhart— RiverCom 911 meeting minutes from December 8, 2010. 1 1 '4 /1 �r ; 'Tu-d OZ-L-.LAiHPllMOfaV 'OTOZ `ST joquianoN uzorj salnutui Builaauz IotzlsiQ tlljuaH sul2noQ uulagD — linoDolN joquzauzq!ounoD IIOZ `I I A-dvfwvf SUJnXM `IIDNflOD E1RIDlVMH Y1 LSVa JO AID