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CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MOSES LAKE
March 29,1988
SPECIAL MEETING
Members Present:Wayne Rimple,Charles Edwards,Bill Reese,Norman Johnson,
Bill Frederickson,Roger Biallas,and Dave Chandler.
Notification of this special meeting was made by a "Notice of Special Meeting"
which was hand delivered to all Councilmembers,Radio Station KWIQ,Radio Sta
tion KBSN,and the Columbia Basin Daily Herald.Telephone calls were made to
the Wenatchee Daily World and the Grant County Journal informing them of the
meeting and advising them that a copy of the Notice was being mailed to them
in case the notice was not received in time.
The special meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.by Mayor Wayne Rimple.
Mayor Rimple explained that the special meeting was called because a request
had been received from the American Little League requesting permission to
install advertising signs on the outfield fence and scoreboard at center field
at the Little League ball field at Knolls Vista Park.The request had come
before the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission's motion was to
v)forward the request to the City Council for action.
~)Cecil D.Lee,Park and Recreation Director,explained that the request had
rf\first been heard by the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission and they con
sidered and approved Mr.Spenser's request at their March 9,1988 meeting.
Since City Ordinance states that sign requests must be acted upon by the Plan
ning Commission the request had been forwarded to the Planning Commission at
their meeting on March 24,1988.The Planning Commission determined that the
owners of the property should make the determination and that is the City
Council.The signs would be some kind of a precedent because at this time
signs are not allowed in neighborhood parks.The outfield signs would face
Knolls Vista Drive,and would not be seen from Central Drive.The backstop is
is in the corner of Knolls Vista Drive.They went and talked with each of the
neighbors and according to the survey which they presented to the Planning
Commission there was no objection from those people.
Tom Cordell,representing the American Little League,stated that Mr.Lee had
given an accurate presentation of the request.He added that the signs were 4
x 6 and Mr.Spenser has sold 8 to 10 signs.They have no intention of using
signs advertising alcohol or tobacco.He stated that the reason for the
request is that the American Little League needs the money.
Mayor Rimple stated that one of the commitments was that the signs would be
put on just before the season begins and would be taken down after the season
is over.
Mr.Cordell replied that they would be put up in June for approximately eight
weeks.
Mayor Rimple asked how many signs could be put up.
Mr.Cordell replied that there are 8 commitments and that there were 15 signs
that could be put up.
Councilman Reese stated that he thought it was a great idea.
Councilman Johnson made a motion that the City Council allow the American Lit
tle League to put the signs up in Knolls Vista Park with the recommendation of
the Planning Commission.
Councilman Frederickson seconded the motion.
Councilman Edwards stated that he thought there should be an addition to the
motion that the signs will not advertise alcohol or tobacco.
Mayor Rimple explained that that was the stipulation put on by the Planning
Commission,and that Mr.Cordell had stated that there would be no advertising
for alcohol or tobacco.
The vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
Sewer Vacuum Rodder:On March 22,1988,at the regular City Council meeting,
bids on the sewer vacuum rodder were considered.Four bids were received for
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the sewer vacuum but only one bid most nearly met the bid specifications.The
bid was submitted by Inland White and had only one exception for the
windshield wiper speed.Staff considered the exception minor and requested it
to be waived by the Council.The other three bids each had major exceptions
to the bid specs.Staff recommended that the bid for the sewer vacuum rodder
be awarded to Inland White for $134,495 even if it was not the lowest bid,
since it had only one minor exception and staff believes this machine features
best meet the city's needs.
John Salberg,Salberg Equipment appeared at the meeting and requested that the
bid award be postponed so that additional information could be presented to
the city that may not have been available during bid selection and/or spec
writing.
Dennis Smith,IPM Inc.,appeared at the meeting and stated that they were the
low bidder,with a June delivery date,and included more equipment than was
asked for in the bid.He wanted to know why his company,the lowest respon
sive bidder,was not being awarded the bid.He felt that the machine that was
bid,while it did not meet all the specifications requested by the city,would
be more than adequate to do the job.
There was a lot of discussion by the Council and after two motions were made
but did not pass,the Council moved to table and set a study session for March
29.
Presentations were made by Rita Perstac,Municipal Services Director;Mike
Deason,Assistant Municipal Services Director/Operations,and Maintenance
Worker II/Sewer Division
Presentations were also made by representatives from Dennis Smith of IPM,
Inc.,who bid a Scavenger I;John Sahlberg of Sahlberg Equipment,who bid a
Vactor 825;and Dean Forney and Tim McNielly of Inland White,who bid an Aqua-
tech B-10.
After considerable discussion,Charles Edwards made a motion that the sewer
vacuum rodder bid be awarded to Inland White for $134,495 plus sales tax,with
the old rodder being offered to the City of Soap Lake or any other entity who
wished to purchase it for $10,000 and if no one wanted to purchase it for
$10,000,accept Inland White's offer to take it as a $10,000 trade-in,secon
ded by Bill Reese,and passed with Bill Frederickson opposing.
Joseph K.Gavinski,City Manager,advised that the City Council could award a
contract at this meeting because of the notice (a copy of which is attached)
that was distributed pursuant to RCW 35A.13.170 and RCW 35A.12.120.He also
advised that due to potential materializing issues regarding the variances and
exceptions taken by IPM,Inc.,who bid a Scavenger I,if the Council was in
clined to award it the contract the best course of action would be to reject
all bids and call for bids again,according to agreed upon specifications.
Sidewalk standards:The City Council held a study session of sidewalk stan
dards in the Central Business District.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 p.m.
City Clerk