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CC Min 2024 01 23MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL January 23, 2024 STUDY SESSION Violent Crime Update Police Chief Dave Sands provided an update on violent crime in Moses Lake. He reviewed a slide deck that provided statistics among cities similar to Moses Lake and discussed Moses Lake’s high clearance rate. He also discussed how officers are proactive when they know about potential crimes so that they can deter them. CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 6:32 p.m. by Mayor Swartz in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for remote attendance and citizen comment were posted on the meeting agenda. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Swartz; Deputy Mayor Madewell; Council Members Lombardi, Fancher, Myers, and Skaug. Council Member Martinez attended the meeting remotely. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Swartz led the Flag Salute. AGENDA APPROVAL Action taken: Council Member Fancher moved to approve the Agenda as presented, second by Deputy Mayor Madewell. The motion carried 7 – 0. CITIZEN’S COMMUNICATION Food Trucks Cedric Ecklund, Moses Lake, requested a change in the Code to allow a food truck court. Kindness Proclamation Elisia Dalluge, Moses Lake, will send a sample Kindness Proclamation to the Mayor for consideration of a presentation at the next Council meeting. MLMC 5.07 Mobile Food Vendor Business License Amy Dalluge, Moses Lake, stated that she reached out to try and meet with the City’s attorney regarding the food truck code and was disregarded. City Attorney Katherine Kenison confirmed that she had received Ms. Dalluge’s email but that the Washington State Court Rules: Rules of Professional Ethics, RPC 4.2, prohibit an attorney from communicating with a person represented by a lawyer without consent of the other lawyer or authorization by law. City Attorney Katherine Kenison replied to Ms. Dalluge’s email communication requesting her attorney’s contact information and Ms. Dalluge did not respond. Ms. Kenison indicated she was happy to communicate with Ms. Dalluge’s attorney or with Ms. Dalluge directly with her counsel’s consent. SUMMARY REPORTS CITY MANAGER’S REPORT Document Ref: 8MTEV-TQU2K-3ZR5G-UOZUW Page 1 of 3 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – January 23, 2024 pg. 2 Water Study Session The third water study session will be held February 6 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the council chambers, and lunch will be provided. Water Resource Grants The Elevate staff have submitted two grants to the State of Washington for $2 million each. These grants would be used to help with the design of our future water supply. City staff has also reached out to Representative Dan Newhouse’s campaign, and they are willing to take a $4 million funding package for the design phase. They are now soliciting support from Senators Cantwell and Murray. Fire District Analysis Update Finance Director Madeline Prentice, Fire Chief Brett Bastian and City Manager Kevin Fuhr will be meeting this week to finalize the Fire District analysis spreadsheet. City Manager Fuhr will schedule a meeting with the Council Fire District Committee members later this week to go over the figures and discuss next steps. CONSENT AGENDA #1 a. City Council meeting minutes dated January 9, 2024 b. Electronic Transfer: #316 - 319 - $1,796,637.96 Checks: 163811 - 163951 - $3,078,945.17 Payroll Checks: 01-05-2024 PR, #66008 - 66018 - $3,124.15 Electronic Payments: 01-05-2024 Direct Deposit: - $589,575.27 c. Wastewater Comprehensive Plan Consultant Amendment 7 d. Sand Dunes Wastewater Treatment Plant Biofuser Rebuild Project Acceptance Action taken: Council Member Fancher moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, second by Council Member Martinez. The motion carried 7 – 0. NEW BUSINESS #2 WaterSMART Grant Resolution 3970 Staff are preparing an application for the WaterSMART grant which will help fund meter upgrades to be finished by 2027. The estimated cost to finish this project is $2 million, and the grant would be for $1 million with a match from the City for $1 million. The upgraded meters allow real-time monitoring by the customer which would make leaks known quickly and potentially lower overall usage. Action taken: Council Member Martinez moved to adopt Resolution 3970 as presented, second by Council Member Myers. The motion carried 6 – 1. Council Member Skaug was opposed. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS Council Member Martinez attended the Watershed meeting. They are moving forward with the Yarely Play. The watershed committee is also looking at ways to help with the septic systems. Council Member Myers attended the Grant Transit Authority meeting. He reported that there are three new members on the board. They are working on bylaws and are moving forward with the Document Ref: 8MTEV-TQU2K-3ZR5G-UOZUW Page 2 of 3 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – January 23, 2024 pg. 3 electric busses. Council Member Fancher attended the Community Development/Public Works meeting. They did an overview of the first development code stakeholder meeting. There were 30 stakeholders in attendance at that meeting. They are looking forward to the challenges and opportunities ahead. Council Member Lombardi attended the Port of Moses Lake meeting. There are 150 planes being stored still, the Port assigned a new Interim Manager, and they are preparing a submission of a Tax Increment Financing District within the City boundaries. Mayor Swartz attended the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Board Meeting. They discussed the ice rink chiller issue, among other topics, and he thanked Parks Director Coutts and his team for finding an affordable solution. They also discussed a new benefit for the Larson Rec Center, called Silver Sneakers. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Swartz called an executive session from 7:20 p.m. to 7:35 p.m. to discuss potential litigation pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1) subsection (i). The session was extended one time for 10 minutes. There was no action to follow. ADJOURNMENT The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. ______________________________________ Dustin Swartz, Mayor ATTEST____________________________ Debbie Burke, City Clerk Document Ref: 8MTEV-TQU2K-3ZR5G-UOZUW Page 3 of 3 Signature Certificate Reference number: 8MTEV-TQU2K-3ZR5G-UOZUW Document completed by all parties on: 15 Feb 2024 16:16:40 UTC Page 1 of 1 Signer Timestamp Signature Mayor Dustin Swartz Email: dswartz@cityofml.com Recipient Verification: Sent:14 Feb 2024 18:45:52 UTC Viewed:14 Feb 2024 18:47:04 UTC Signed:14 Feb 2024 19:55:09 UTC ✔Email verified 14 Feb 2024 18:47:04 UTC IP address: 74.82.240.250 Location: Mattawa, United States Debbie Burke Email: dburke@cityofml.com Recipient Verification: Sent:14 Feb 2024 18:45:52 UTC Viewed:14 Feb 2024 18:46:19 UTC Signed:15 Feb 2024 16:16:40 UTC ✔Email verified 15 Feb 2024 16:16:19 UTC IP address: 63.135.54.162 Location: Moses Lake, United States Signed with PandaDoc PandaDoc is a document workflow and certified eSignature solution trusted by 50,000+ companies worldwide.