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Home My WebLink About1/6/1997 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED ' MAYOR DAWN COLLINGS PRESIDING January 6, 1997 6:30 P.M. (This meeting was recorded and will be retained at City Hall for a period of six years from the date of the meeting.) ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Mikow, Councilmember Hendricks, Councilmember Aiken, Councilmember Frack, Councilmember Nash, Councilmember Lacy, Mayor Collings. Councilmember Carson excused. Staff Present: Virginia Oestreich, Bob Goodman, Stuart Campbell, Randy Harrison, Dana Barnard, Bruce Nash, CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Frack, second by Councilmember Aiken to approve the consent calendar presented and as the following items were listed. The motion carried, 6-0. ' 1. Consideration of minutes -- Regular Session, December 16. 1996 2. Consideration of Bills 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 on a listing that has been made available to Council. As of this date, January 6, 1997, Council does approve warrant numbers 6705 through 6753 in the total amount of $70,095.78. Warrant numbers 6702 through 6704 were voided. PUBLIC HEARING 96-01-01 A public hearing regarding the implementation of a Utility Tax on Natural Gas to East Wenatchee Residents Mayor Collings opened the public hearing at 6:35 p.m. The following people regarding a Utility Tax on Natural Gas: Ed Summe, representing Cascade Natural Gas, said although any tax brought negative feelings, Cascade Natural Gas would not object and recognized the Council's rights to implement such a tax. 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' MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Collings asked Council if they had decided which Council Committee they wanted to be on. She said appointments would be made this week. Mayor Collings said she had received one proposal for the public defender contract which was from the city's present public defender, Steve Zimmerman Law Offices. Council accepted this proposal. Mayor Collings said the contract with Waste Management had been signed and she would have it available for the next meeting. Mayor Collings listed the meetings for the week: Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. the East Wenatchee Chamber; Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. Douglas County Transportation and Land Services, a meeting in Waterville regarding an excise tax on vehicles. Mayor Collings said she had received an invoice for the 1996 voter's registration, and the total was twelve hundred dollars more than she had budgeted. Mayor Collings said she talked to the Douglas County Auditor's Office about the total calculation and was told there was no way to predict an exact figure or how the money was distributed prior to an actual election count. She added the City of East Wenatchee had one thousand nine more registered voters in 1996, probably due to the presidential election. ' ADJOURNMENT -- 7:30 P.M. E-, e2 Virg is E. Oestreich City Clerk 3-