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CITY COUNCIL MEETING -REGULAR SESSION j^ooT^M.'
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,)TOTAL AMOUNT PAID
REGULAR BILLS
"*"$20,573.62
GENERAL 5,163.63
STREET 2,901.24
ARTERIAL STREET 2,556.19URBANARTERIALSTREET9,786.02
WATER/SEWER 18,188.73•WATER/SEWER CONSTRUCTION 1,085.13
EQUIPMENT RENTAL 282.47
FIREMENS PENSION FUND 649.57
L.I.D.#27
&'Motion by Moe and second by Boyle that the regular bills be paid.Motion carried.
jg 'Warrant No's 5638 through 5771 in the amount of $61,186.60 were approved for pay-Pent.
g RESOLUTION NO.653 -INTER-FUND LOAN /O/O -/4
^Aletter was read from Rick RGagnier,Finance Director^equesting^^^^fi^^solvency or positive cash balance for all city funds ;As^s discus edlnjeviewmg particularly
--.•s^n^^^short duration and should be repaid by March 1,.1974.The $55,.858 vre were^dW no(apply to the 1972
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the Urban Arterial Board.
(Motion by Hill to adopt the resolution.Second by Ebbert.Motion carried.
]^-RESOLUTION NO.654 WESTLAKE WELL LICENSE //6>7
Aletter was read from City Manager Chet ^^-J™^**,^*^C^U^^S?ta^cupresolutiontoallowtheCitytousetheGovernmentownedIwellat^^f^Xp^val of [he accompanyingsourceofwaterforuseincaseoffireor/ailuI*°*lh^of Reclamation.TheresolutionauthorizingtheCityManagertc'execute the'con^c*wl™™a^^nt can be terminated by giving
--^ar-o^r^Vc^*•«*•years °f the agreement-
.Rich Weaver,Public WorKs Director,stated 1:hat:righ1:now>™™^^?%%™F^^^k^T^^P^SS^oST.IS^SX^^S^^we -11 come bacK to Council
for approval., ,„The resolution was read its entirety.Motion by Ebbert to pass the resolution.Second by Swanson.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE -AMENDING BILLBOARD STANDARDS (1st reading)JO^/
J--"S^s coenseJucUonno°/bmSsIn R-!and R-2 Zones.Presently,billboards are permitted after
3 =SSMEStaE R^Sone.the same as in Commercial zones after Planning Commission review.
property along Broadway not permitted with the existing code.
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change.nBobHillcommentedthatItemNoi5-"No more than one billboard structure is Permitted at w one ^^n 'is quite vague,that perhaps "location"should be identified more properly,-is ita lot -is itwithin so many
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Mayor Skaug noted that this is the first reading of the ordinance,and perhaps the clarification mentioned,
the Staff could be guided by that.^_
Motion by Skaug to adopt the first reading of the ordinance with these exceptions noted.Second by'Boyle.
Motion carried.
MONTY HOLM -FINAL APPROVAL
A letter was read from Larry Hibbard stating the Planning Commission recommended at their November 29th
meeting that final approval be given to the Monty xlolm Plat.All platting requirements shown in the pre
liminary plat have been satisfied,and the $1,000 posted by Mr. Holm to insure completion of the plat may
be released to him.
Motion by Skaug to accept this plat.Second by Moe.Motion carried.
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY -AGREEMENT FOR USE OF SPACE
9 A letter was read from City Manager Chet Waggener,stating that the accompanying agreement provides for
rental of 160 square feet of floor space at our Moses Lake Library by North Central Regional Library.The
rate has been determined through consultation with local realtors,based upon the market value of similar
rental space in Moses Lake.We have anticipated the receipt of $480 in revenue from North Central Regional
.Library in compiling our 1974 budget.He requested authorization from the City Council to enter into this agree
ment on behalf of the City of Moses Lake.
He explained that the North Central Regional Library has virtually phased out their book mobile throughout the
region and now conducting it through a mail catalogue procedure.Therefore,the garage provided at the Library
for the book mobile will no longer be needed for them.The rental is for office space only.He also called
attention to the "$.25 per square foot"is for "per month".Also noting --the City shall gi/e notice in writing
to the Board prior to August.lof its intention to alter the rental charge"-the Intent is to give notice before
they make up their budget.The garage is presently used by the Fire Department to store the Rescue Boat.
Eventually it will probably be used for storage by the Library.In answer to Bob Hill's inquiry -he explained,
this:provides for a reduction from $2,000 to $480 annually.We pay the Regional Library 2 mills and we pro
vide the Library and the maintenance,for which they provide the circulation of books and err.pby all the personnel
and supervise them and then they pay us back,in this .instance the $40 per month rental for their use directly
for the Regional,and this money goes into the Library Fund.
Motion by Moe that the City Manager be authorized to enter into an agreement with the North Central Regional
Library for rental of Library Space.Second by Ebbert.Motion carried.
REQUEST TO CALL BIDS -LIQUID CHLORINE
Y A letter was read from the City Manager requesting authorization from the City Council to publish a Bid Call
for the City's requirement of liquid chlorine for the period of February 1,1974 to February 1,1975.Our annual
cost for chlorine exceeds the $2,000 limitation imposed by state statutes for direct purchase without bids.
Motion by Boyle to grant the request.Second by Hill.
Bill Moe inquired if the City anticipated any Increase in chlorine to be used.City Manager Waggener replied
the City is using slightly less at the treatment pla«i because we have a proportionate chlorinator in now.
Also the amount put in our various pumping or lift stations can vary from year to year depending upon the kind
of Summer.More is used if It is extremely hot,in order avoid the septic condition of the sewage going in.,
Also additional chlorine will be used because of the new pool at the Cascade Park site.It is difficult to
speculate on what the difference may be,but would anticipate the total volume used will be somewhat higher
than last year.
Rich Weaver commented there is no chlorine used at the new Larson Sewage Treatment Plant -it.is so designed
that the treatment is complete at this time to allow the effluent from the plant to be discharged to the ground
waters without being chlorinated.Chet Waggener pointed out that EPA standards change from year to year and
it does not require chlorination at this point,but it cerfainly may in the future.
The question was called -Motion carried.
STATUS REPORTS/-INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
Larry Hibbard stated that the Community Development Department is currently involved in a variety of projects
and activities such as:
Revision of Zoning Ordinance
Shoreline Management Plan .-i
Central Area Transportation Study
Federal Flood Insurance
Joint City/County Planning Commission Work
Community Development Department Intern
Preconstructlon work with Local Development
Grant,Lincoln,Adams Conference of Governments
He submitted a written report involving each project listed,and mentioned that the first two projects have taken
up 75%of his time recently.Also presently the Community Development Department is very much involved working
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Ho informed the Council that as a result of Civil Service examinations conducted aweek ago,the Civil /<
flusWng ttS is only mentioned to start thinking about possible cuts,in the event It should be necessary.
He also discussed the grant for Well #11 which the newspaper announced In this instance it is a Stategrant,and we on the City level have not as yet received word confirming the grant.
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ready togo.There are no such organizations in Eastern Wasmngton.The City Manager stated he discussed this with Bob ^,Mayor of Ephrata ^^«^£$£.avery desirable thing for the cities ^^^^£^^^^^00 goals to look at our commonSSffll^afLSK2JS STn^theTw^?^some regular meeting dates with
our legislators.Bob Bart.ll of AWC would like to meet with agroupfrom,tt.^cities;ir.this arec;;"*^-rty part of Tanuary^^^ll^^^f^l^^^t^^^C^ooncu^ano the place to be
arranged after contacting other cities.
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M.
MAYOR -Otto M.Skaug
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