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Home My WebLink About12/2/1996 - City Council - City Council Meeting MinutesCITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED MAYOR DAWN COLLINGS PRESIDING December 2, 1996 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.) ROLLCALL Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Nash, Councilmember Lacy, Councilmember Mikow, Councilmember Hendricks, Councilmember Carson, Councilmember Aiken, Councilmember Frack, Mayor Collings. Staff Present: Virginia Oestreich, Bob Goodman, Randy Harrison, Stuart Campbell, Dana Barnard, Linda Countryman, Bruce Nash, Nick Wiltz, Nancy Lynn, Darin Bender, Darin Darnell, Jim West. PROCLAMATION Mayor Collings read a proclamation declaring East Wenatchee as the Christmas City of the East. CITIZEN COMMENTS ' Bill Millett, 450 South Lyle, said the city money going toward the capital facilities plan should be used for the transportation study in order to solve the traffic problems on the Columbia River Bridge, Grant Road and Highway 28. He feels the city should adopt the County's plans as presented. CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Carson to approve the consent calendar as amended under Street Department reports, page three, changing it to say "defer improvements to property." The motion carried, 7-0. Consideration of minutes -- Regular Session, November 18, 1996 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 which has been made available to Council. As of this date, December 2, 1996, Council does approve warrant numbers 6636 through 6665 in the total amount of $20,000.34; and manual warrant numbers 960124 through 960139 in the total amount of $605.38. 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ORDINANCE 96-I1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, LEVYING THE GENERAL TAXES FOR THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE;FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 1997, ON ALL PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL IN SAID CITY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING SUFFICIENT REVENUE TO CARRY ON THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF SAID CITY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Lacy, second by Councilmember Mikow to adopt the ordinance setting the property levies for the 1997 fiscal year. 96-12-03 First reading of an ordinance adopting the 1997 East Wenatchee budget Clerk/Treasurer Oestreich said the ordinance was being presented as Council had requested at the last meeting. It included the utility tax and recycling figure of forty-eight thousand. She added, due to the fact the Ninth Street grant funding had not been completed prior to year end the figure shown would be a pass through but would be completed in 1997. Mayor Collings read first reading of the ordinance. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Collings said she had received a letter from Douglas County Auditor, Laurie Evenhus, proposing the City of East Wenatchee to become a subagent for Douglas County and the State of Washington. Council asked for more information from the County Auditor. Mayor Collings listed the meetings for the week: Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. the East Wenatchee Chamber; Thursday, 6:00 p.m. the Boundary Review Board Hearing regarding the Mission Vista annexation; Saturday, 6:00 p.m. the Festival of Lights Parade. Mayor Collings asked Council if they wished to continue with the public defender we now have or if we wanted to have proposals submitted for a public defender for the 1997 fiscal year. Councilmember Lacy suggested going to bid with the request including bilingual preferred. The consensus of Council was to accept proposals for the 1997 fiscal year. COUNCIL REPORTS AND UPDATES Councilmember Carson said a Transfer Site Study meeting would be Thursday at City Hall at 3:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT -- S:IS P.M. 1 Virginia 9. 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' Court Clerk Petersen said she was proud to live in East Wenatchee and feels safe with our police protection and well maintained roads. Police Chief Harrison said the overtime since August has been lowered from one hundred thirty hours to an average of fifty hours a month and, he added concerns about lowering the level of service in the city. Officer Matheson said he has been in law enforcement for eighteen years and it is very important to keep a high level of service. He expressed concerns of only one officer on duty at a time. Councilmember Nash said she couldn't understand what had happened to the financial status of city. Councilmember Hendricks said he would like to put this before the voters and he is opposed to a tax increase of any kind. Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Lacy, second by Councilmember Mikow to implement a utility tax on electricity. A second motion was made by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Nash to table the tax issue until a public hearing could be held. The motion failed 3- 4. (Mikow, Lacy, Carson, Collings) Councilmember Carson said he would like to remove the implementation of a contract with Waste ' Management for garbage collection and recycling as a budgetary item if a utility tax on electricity was implemented. Council Action: The previous motion was amended by Councilmember Lacy, second by Councilmember Mikow to implement a utility tax on electricity and remove the implementation of a contract with Waste Management for garbage collection and recycling. The motion tied 3-3. (Hendricks, Nash, Aiken) Council Action: A motion was made by Councilmember Nash, second by Councilmember Hendricks to table the discussion to the next meeting and hold a public hearing regarding the implementation of a utility tax on electricity. The motion carried 6-0. ADJOURNMENT -- 7:15 P.M. 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