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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/20/1989 - City Council - City Council Meeting Minutes (2)L' I 11 CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE COUNCIL MEETING November 20, 1989 6:30 P.M. Council persons present: Paul Cassel, Dawn Collings, Les Young, Tery McKee and Dennis Hendricks. City Attorney Charles Zimmerman and City Clerk Peggy McArthur. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as presented. Motion was made by Paul Cassel, seconded by Dennis Hendricks and passed by vote of the Council. Bills and accounts were approved as submitted. Motion was made by Dawn Collings, seconded by Paul Cassel and passed by vote of the Council. Meeting was called to Order by Mayor Pro Tem Tery McKee. Mayor Pro tem Tery McKee welcomed the new City Clerk, Virginia Oestreich and also congratulated Peggy McArthur for her election to the Council as well as Dawn Collings and Dennis Hendricks. Sergeant Randy Harrison said he had attended two different training classes in the past two weeks and stated that the Police department was on their third annual food drive to help the needy during the Thanksgiving Holidays and said they would delivering the food to local food banks. Randy Harrison said that Chief Flinner had asked to announce that the police department is now putting emphasis on the wearing of seatbelts and have started issuing citations for failure of use. Bob Goodman said the State has a new way of licensing truck drivers for a commercial license and all drivers now must have a physical. as well as testing. Bob said many agencies are now paying for physicals for their employees since it is required and asked if the City would consider paying for these physicals. Bob said one of his employees will need the physical in January as his license is due at that time. Paul Cassel asked Bob to get some cost figures for the physical and also find out if this a annual requirement and perhaps discuss it further during budget requests. Bob Goodman said the City is coordinating Christmas decorations with the Chamber of Commerce. He said he had met with the Chamber and they want to start a theme that will be handled year by year out in the park by City Hall. Bob said they have some volunteers that will be working on it. They have a set a date of December 8th for a lighting ceremony. Bob said the street department will be working with the Chamber. I I f Bob Goodman said according to the City's Six Year Street Program Simon Street has been designated as top priority to rebuild. Bob said the City already has a commitment to work on Rock Island Road and to reconstruct it with some funding and he felt now would be the time to tie Simon Street into the project. Bob said the cost was outlined to be approximately $250,000.00. After some discussion, Paul Cassel made a motion to proceed with the design and implementing Simon Street along with the Rock Island Road. Motion was seconded by Dennis Hendricks and passed by vote of the Council. Chuck Zimmerman said Top Foods would like to come before the Council with a Latecomers Agreement. Chuck said he was difficulty getting a meeting together and said it might require a special meeting if arrangements can't be made to fit a regular Council Meeting evening. The Council said if at all possible, they would like them to meet with the Council on a regular meeting. Dennis Hendricks made a motion to adopt Resolution 89-10 authorizing City participation in a Regional Moderate Risk hazardous Waste Management Plan with Douglas County and enter into a Interlocal Agreement at a later date prepared by the County. Motion was seconded by Dawn Collings and passed by vote of the Council. A Motion was made by Dawn Collings to Adopt Resolution 89-11 regarding a Interlocal Agreement with the City of Wenatchee to conduct a survey to study the concept of a community activity and/or Senior center facility in the Greater Wenatchee Area. Motion was seconded by Les Young and passed by vote of the Council. Paul Cassel made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 89-12 amending the 1989 budget and Ordinance No. 88-22, approving expenditures and the transfer of funds from the contingency fund and from unanticipated unencumbered current expense reserves to the legal fund, judicial fund, planning department fund, drug fund, and police department fund to fund unanticipated increased expenses in said funds. Motion was seconded by Les Young and passed by vote of the Council. The Council set a special budget workshop meeting for Monday, November 27th in the small conference room at Nendels Four Seasons Inn at 6:30 P.M. Tery McKee presented to each of the Council members a small City Flag. and made the following Statement: On the Flag, it reads, "Share Our Dreams" I would hope that each one of us can help to develop that dream help it to grow. We have to have a mission within the Council and within our City before we can expect people at large to buy into our program, what we are trying to do. I think we have a great deal of pride and accomplishment in what we have set out to do and I think we are going to accomplish a lot of great things ahead. We have individuality in our opinions and in our background but with unity of spirit and purpose, we can accomplish a great deal for the City and for the community at large and I would like to, just right now pledge to each one of you, even you Peggy, that I would work with each one of you for the betterment of the City that we go forward unified". Tery asked that each Council Member raise their flag together and say that "We are moving ahead for the unity of the City". Mayor Pro -Ten Tery McKee asked that the council adjourn into executive session to discuss the possible purchase of property. Meeting should take approximately twenty minutes. Mayor Pro-Tem Tery McKee called the meeting back into regular session. There being no further business, Paul Cassel made a motion that the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Dennis Hendricks and passed by vote of the Council. --------- ery� *ro:�e; .�e�c. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peggy MbArthur, Treasurer/Clerk