GOLDENDALE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 21, 2014
7:00 PM
Mayor Clinton Baze called to order the regular meeting of the Goldendale City Council followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
7:01:41 PM
PRESENT: Mayor Clinton Baze
Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
STAFF: City Administrator Larry Bellamy
Clerk-Treasurer Connie Byers
Public Works Director Karl Enyeart
Public Safety Director Rick Johnson
Asst Fire Chief Noah Halm
ABSENT: None
AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
It was moved by Council Member Gary Hoctor, seconded by Council Member Deanna Luth, to approve the consent agenda with the exception of check number 41703 for PumpTech Inc in the amount of $417.10.
7:02:05 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Noah – I have the new fire truck outside if anyone would like to look at it. This weekend is the Cherry Festival in The Dalles and we will be taking the new truck and asthma down for the parade.
7:02:44 PM
Rick – We are changing the schedule around. There will be officers moving on different shifts starting next month.
Karl – We are preparing plans on the sewer project for Department of Ecology review. It will then be put out to bid. The Lower Reservoir Project is out to bid and 10 contractors have asked for plans.
7:03:56 PM
Larry – The financial statements through March are at the operative percentage of 25%. The decals marking the trails on Observatory Hill have been installed and the trailhead parking signs should be done in two weeks.
There is a small city connector training being held in Bingen this Wednesday. The AWC Annual Conference is being held June 18th through the 20th in Spokane and the Event Committee is scheduled for May 15th at 6:30 pm.
COUNCIL BUSINESS
7:11:24 PM
Mayor Pro-tem Election
Larry – This happens every two years. For 2014 and 2015 you need to designate one of you to act as Mayor Pro-tem. Currently the position is held by Gary Hoctor.
Michael Canon nominated Gary and Guy Theriault seconded.
7:12:55 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
Capital Outlay for Purchase of Inflatable’s
Lucille – This is a lot of money and I didn’t think we were in the entertainment business. I can think of other things to spend 5,300 dollars on instead of inflatables. They are a high risk responsibility. I would prefer that we rent them. Also this money would be coming out of tourism dollars. Every time we have spent tourism money it has been on advertising so I can’t figure out how come all of the sudden we can spend this money on an entertainment package.
Mayor Baze – The tourism money is also for the maintenance and operations of events. The City of Lakewood, who has done this for fifteen years, sent us their guidelines. They have never had a claim and they are a much larger city. To try and rent carnivals or bouncing houses on a big weekend such as the 4th of July is really hard. They tend to go to the larger cities. Our plan is to get organizations to run the inflatable’s where they receive half of the earnings and the city keeps half. Also we don’t just plan on using it for Community Days. There are other events in town when we can set these up so the kids have something to do.
Len – How do we deal with the liability insurance?
Larry – We have talked with WCIA and the city would have liability insurance. There certain things that they request such as having the proper training on setting them up and the proper rules. The City of Lakewood’s guidelines have been working well with L&I and WCIA so we will follow their rules.
It was moved by Council Member Guy Theriault, seconded by Council Member Andy Halm, to approve a capital outlay purchase of the Mystic Inflatable Business Package from Blaze Zone Commercial in the amount of $5,320.00 excluding taxes.
7:25:44 PM
AYES: Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: Council Member Lucille Bevis.
MOTION PASSED 6-1.
Shoreline Master Plan Consultant Agreement
Larry – We have two agenda items regarding the Shoreline Master Plan. The second item is a request to authorize the Mayor to sign a resolution to enter into a grant agreement with the Department of Ecology. The first item is for the consultant agreement with The Watershed Company in the amount of $49,600.00.
It was moved by Council Member Gary Hoctor, seconded by Council Member Deanna Luth, to authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement for professional services with The Watershed Company to prepare an update to the Cities Comprehensive Shoreline Mater Program in the amount not to exceed $49,600.00.
7:28:09 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
Consultant Agreement for Third and King Road Project
Larry – In November of last year we were awarded through the Transportation Improvement Board a grant of over $600.000 to improve Third and King Street. We sent out a request for qualifications and we choose three engineering firms to interview of which the Public Works committee and I held. The recommendation to the council is Pioneer Surveying and Engineering for the consultant agreement.
It was moved by Council Member Gary Hoctor, seconded by Council Member Deanna Luth, to authorize the Mayor to execute a consultant agreement with Pioneer Surveying and Engineering Inc for design and construction phase engineering services for the Third and King Street rebuild project in the amount not to exceed $137,949.13.
7:30:33 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
RESOLUTIONS
7:30:37 PM
Capital Outlay for Purchase of a Service Truck
Larry – The Public Works Committee met regarding a request to replace a service truck. After looking at several options we decided on a used utility truck.
It was moved by Council Member Len Crawford, seconded by Council Member Guy Theriault, to approve Resolution No. 611 waiving competitive bidding requirements for a purchase involving special market conditions for the acquisition of a utility service truck.
7:33:50 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
Shoreline Master Plan DOE Agreement
Larry – This is a grant agreement with the Department of Ecology in the amount of $50,000.00 to update the City’s Comprehensive Shoreline Master Program.
It was moved by Council Member Gary Hoctor, seconded by Council Member Deanna Luth, to approve Resolution No. 612 authorizing the City of Goldendale to enter into a grant agreement with the Washington State Department of Ecology, to update the City’s Comprehensive Shoreline Master Program.
7:35:28 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
Grant Contract with Department of Commerce on the West Columbus Neighborhood Improvement Project
Larry – In June of last year I first reported that we were awarded $750,000.00 for the WCNIP. The funding took a lot of turns over the last 9 months but we finally got the funding package together. It is being proposed tonight that you approve a grant contract with the Department of Commerce.
It was moved by Council Member Gary Hoctor, seconded by Council Member Deanna Luth, to approve Resolution No. 613 authorizing the City of Goldendale to enter into a community development block grant contract with the Washington State Department of Commerce for street, sidewalk and utility improvements in the City’s West Columbus Neighborhood.
7:38:19 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
PUBLIC COMMENT
7:38:58 PM
Terry Luth commended Len Crawford for the terrific job he has done on the wheelchair for a veteran. I understand that you will have enough for two chairs. If a little town like Goldendale can come up with that kind of money, I think we should put the challenge out to every city.
The handout that I have giving to you came from citydata.com. The statistics show that Goldendale has a high crime rate with 70% being theft. I believe that we need to do a better job.
7:51:33 PM
Chet Biggerstaff asked the council if the constitution is the supreme law of the land and all of them agreed that it is. He then stated that when the 14th amendment was passed it put us into a de facto government. Right now we do not have a legal system and the council has done nothing to bring this to the people’s attention and something needs to be done.
7:58:30 PM
Ron Ingraham stated that he has one concern about the West Neighborhood Project and that is the trees. When the project on the east side was done a lot of the trees were taken out and it looks like a big city. When you come past the library and see those trees, it is beautiful.
Mayor Baze said we are not going to touch library trees, we promise you.
Ron stated that he is on the board of the Friends of the Library and I told them I would keep an eye on you.
I would like to say something about the Police Force too. I know it is easy to take pot shots at people who try to do the best job they can. It’s not an easy job in small community with limited resources. The other night officers were searching for someone who had been stealing somewhere in the neighborhood and four vehicles showed up. We need to applaud what we have for a Police Department.
ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by Council Member Len Crawford, seconded by Council Member Guy Theriault, to adjourn the meeting.
8:00:52 PM
AYES: Council Member Lucille Bevis
Council Member Mike Canon
Council Member Len Crawford
Council Member Andy Halm
Council Member Gary Hoctor
Council Member Deanna Luth
Council Member Guy Theriault
NAYS: None.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
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Clinton Baze, Mayor
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Connie Byers, Clerk-Treasurer