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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Zoom and City Hall, 271 9th St NE, East Wenatchee, WA
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Crawford called the East Wenatchee City Council meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Arnold led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present: Councilmembers Absent:
Mayor Crawford
Councilmember Mark Botello
Councilmember Ken Arnold
Councilmember Christine Johnson
Councilmember Rob Tidd
Councilmember Shayne Magdoff
Councilmember Mathew Hepner
4. COUNCILMEMBER DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST (RCW 43.20)
No Councilmembers declared a conflict of interest with any agenda items.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Approval of Voucher Report, Checks: 59981-60020, in the amount of $186,245.76.
b. Approval of Minutes of the March 21, 2024, City Council Workshop Meeting.
c. Approval of Minutes of the April 02, 2024, City Council Minutes.
d. Friends of East Wenatchee Library License Agreement.
Motion by Councilmember Botello to approve consent items as presented.
Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
6. CITIZEN COMMENTS
At 5:32pm Councilmember Hepner joined the meeting.
Brian Smith, resident of East Wenatchee.
7. ACTION ITEMS
a. Events Director/PIO Trina Elmes presented the East Wenatchee Events Board Funding
recommendation for Lodging Tax Funds for the Wenatchee FC Youth’s Apple Cup 2024,
August 2-4, 2024.
Comments made by Councilmember Tidd, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember
Arnold, and Councilmember Magdoff.
Motion by Councilmember Tidd to authorize Mayor Crawford to execute an
agreement with Wenatchee FC Youth for an initial amount of $5,000.00, with
an additional $150.00 for each team that travels more than fifty miles to
participate in the Apple Cup 2024 Soccer Tournament, for a total amount not
to exceed of $15,000.00. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion.
Motion passed unanimously.
b. Events Director/PIO Trina Elmes presented the East Wenatchee Events Board Funding
recommendation for Lodging Tax Funds for the Wenatchee Youth Baseball to host the
Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth State Tournaments, July 10-14, 2024.
Motion by Councilmember Hepner to authorize Mayor Crawford to execute an
agreement with Wenatchee Youth Baseball, for an amount not to exceed of $7,000.00,
for the Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth State Tournaments taking place July 10-14, 2024.
Councilmember Magdoff seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
c. Events Director/PIO Trina Elmes presented the East Wenatchee Events Board Funding
recommendation for Lodging Tax Funds to the City of East Wenatchee Events
Department for a portable stage.
Comments made by Councilmember Magdoff, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember
Arnold, and Councilmember Hepner.
Motion by Councilmember Tidd to grant the City of East Wenatchee Event’s
Department up to $100,000.00 for the purchase of a portable stage to improve
the City’s tourism-related facilities and events. Councilmember Hepner
seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
d. City Clerk Laura Leon presented the qualifying applicants for the vacant City Council
Position No. 4.
8. EXECUTIVE SESSION RCW 42.30.110(1)(h)
Motion by Councilmember Botello to convene into Executive Session pursuant to RCW
to RCW 42.30.110 (1)(H) to evaluate the qualifications of candidates for appointment
to elective office. Councilmember Johnson seconded the motion. Motion passed
unanimously.
At 5:26 PM, Council adjourned to executive session for five (5) minutes.
At 6:31PM, Council reconvened the meeting.
9. OPEN SESSION
A motion and second was made to interview all the qualifying applicants.
Motion passed unanimously.
10. MAYOR’S REPORT
a. Mayor Crawford reported and invited the Council to attend the Chief for a Day
ceremony taking place at the Apple Blossom Festival on Thursday, April 25th at Memorial
Park in Wenatchee.
11.COUNCIL REPORTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
a.Councilmember Hepner reported on Day of the Children/Dia de los Niños hosted by
Eastmont School District an event for the community, being held at Eastmont
Community Park on April 20, 2024.
b.Councilmember Tidd reminded the Council of the opportunity to attend Flywheel
Investment Conference April 17-19, 2024, as City representatives.
c.Councilmember Tidd, City Representative for Link Transit, invited the Council to the
Open House the organization is hosting on April 25, 2024, from 5:00-7:00pm.
d.Councilmember Magdoff, City Representative for the Housing Authority of Chelan
County and The City of Wenatchee provided an update on the organization.
e.Councilmember Magdoff reported on the Arbor Day Sale and encouraged members of
the Council to direct interested parties, in search of greenery, to her directly.
12.ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:38 p.m.
Jerrilea Crawford, Mayor
Attest:
Anna Laura Leon, City Clerk