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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
Zoom and City Hall, 271 9th St NE, East Wenatchee, WA
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pro Tempore Rob Tidd called the East Wenatchee City Council meeting to order
at 6:00 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Hepner led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present: Councilmembers Absent:
Mayor Pro Tempore Rob Tidd Councilmember Sasha Sleiman
Councilmember Harry Raab
Councilmember John Sterk
Councilmember Christine Johnson
Councilmember Shayne Magdoff
Councilmember Matt Hepner
Motion by Councilmember Magdoff to excuse Councilmember Sleiman from the
meeting. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. Motion passed
unanimously.
4. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Chelan County PUD – 2nd Amendment to ILA AGREEMENT NO. 23-12767.
b. Approval of 11-07-2023 Vouchers; Checks: 59266-59322 in the amount of $308,283.18.
c. Approval of Minutes of the October 12, 2023, City Council Workshop.
d. Approval of Minutes of the October 17, 2023, City Council Meeting. Record to show that
John Sterk.
Motion by Councilmember Johnson to approve consent items as presented.
Councilmember Magdoff seconded the motion.
Councilmember Sterk commented that his attendance was not reflected on the October
17, 2023 minutes.
Motion by Councilmember Johnson to approve consent items with the amendment to
the October 17, 2023, minutes to reflect the attendance of Councilmember Sterk.
Councilmember Magdoff seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
5. CITIZEN COMMENTS None.
6. PRESENTATIONS
a. Councilmember Sterk read the 2023 Veteran’s Day Proclamation. Mayor Pro Tempore
Tidd thanked all Veterans present with a standing ovation.
7. PUBLIC HEARING
a. Mayor Pro Tem Rob Tidd opened the public hearing at 6:07 p.m., for the purpose of
receiving public comment on the first reading of Ordinance 2023-15, fixing the 2024
Final Budget (RCW 35A.33.060), and the first reading of Ordinance 2023-16, adopting
the annual budget of the city for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2024.
Finance Director Josh DeLay provided the staff report.
Darrell Winans, Douglas County Sewer District Manager, provided public comment.
Comments provided by Councilmember Magdoff and Councilmember Hepner.
Mayor Pro Tem Tidd closed the public hearing at 6:23 p.m.
No action was taken by the Council.
8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Finance Director, Josh DeLay, presented Ordinance 2023-14, authorizing the regular
property tax levy to be collected in the year 2024.
Comments by Councilmember Magdoff and Councilmember Sterk.
Motion by Councilmember Hepner to approve Ordinance 2023-14, authorizing the
regular property tax levy to be collected in the 2024 tax year, an increase of
approximately $48,000 in the regular property tax resulting from previously banked
capacity, an increase of 1% in the regular tax levy and authorizing an increase, which
may be allowed in the amount under new construction improvements, to property and
the State assessed property provisions of State law. Councilmember Raab seconded
the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
b. Assistant City Attorney, Sean Lewis, presented Ordinance 2023-19, amending Section
10.08: Parking, of the East Wenatchee Municipal Code.
Comments by Councilmember Raab, Councilmember Magdoff, Councilmember Hepner,
Councilmember Tidd, and Councilmember Johnson.
Motion by Councilmember Tidd to approve Ordinance 2023-19, amending Section
10.08: Parking, of the East Wenatchee Municipal Code as reflected in Exhibit A.
Councilmember Hepner seconded the motion. 3-3. (Johnson, Sterk, Magdoff.)
Motion failed.
Per the City of East Wenatchee’s City Council Rules and Procedures, 8.1(d), this item is
tabled until the next regular meeting at which all seven Councilmembers are present.