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CITY COUNCIL MEETING -Regular Session
Council Room -City Hall
April 23,1974
8:00 P.M.
Members present-Councilman Robt.E. Hill, W.B.Moe,Norman W.Johnson,Michael Boyle,
Gordon Ebbert,and Donald Swanson.Councilman Otto Skaug was not present.
Mayor Ebbert called the meeting to order and asked for approval of the minutes of the previousCouncil Meeting on April 10,1974.Motion by Hill;second by Boyle to approvethe.-minutes as
written.Motion carried.
REGULAR BILLS
GENERAL
STREET
ARTERIAL STREET
FED.REV.SHARING
.WATER/SEWER
SANITATION
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID
$7,338.60
5,798.92
1,232.51
13,627.39
5,455.13
8,728.81
1,363.12
Motion by Moe that the regular bills be paidas submitted.Second by Boyle.Motion carried.
Warrant No's.647through 731 In the amount of $43,544.48 were approved for payment.
CONSID'ERATION OF BIDS -SURVEY VAN AND POLICE CAR
A letter was read fromCity Manager ChesterL.Waggener,recommending the Council accept the
of C &VAuto Sales &Service for the Survey Van,including trade-in of the 1964 FordVan, with a re
sultant net bid of $3443.55.He recommended the Police Car be purchased under the Washington State
bid at a net price of $3442.41, and to place the 1967 Plymouth Sedan for auction in conl'inction with
other vehicles that have been retained for sale by the City.The State bid is approximately $810 less
than the lowest bid submitted.
Motion by Johnson to accept the low bid of C &VAutoSales &Service for the net bid of $3443.55
with trade-in for the Survey Van.Second by Swanson.Motion carried.
Chet Waggener commented that "the reason he recommended the State bid for the Police vehicle was,for
Instance - on the recent local bidding the dealers could not get factory assistance and they recommended
that the City actually go with the State bid.They normally get some assistance from their manufacturer,
and as fer as-we can determine the factory assistance was notavailable on this bid.He also added,In
regard to warranty,that some cities have gone on State bid and pre-arranged with the local dealers to
maybe add a $50 or $75 item and they will just automatically pay the local dealer to be sure that he would
handle all warranty items for them.We would rather do it on an item to item basis so we would have
justification for it.
Upon Mike Boyle's inquiry as to how the State Auditor would consider this transaction,Chet Waggener
commented we are not obligated to accept the State bid if we have local bids or bids other than the State.
It is strictly an option -to go local or not,and does not expect criticism from the State Examiner on It.
Norm Johnson added that In view of the fact that we are going to have to pay extra-for service,he would
recommend buying it locally.
SO/7bid
Bob Hill stated,--with that much
Motion carried.
savings involved,he moved to accept the State bid.Second by Boyle.
ORDINANCE NO.694 -ACCEPTING LOAN FROMWN.ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY (AIRPORT)-2nd Reading
The ordinance was read by title only.The ordinance is a requirement to complete qualifications for the
$25,000 loan from the Washington Economic Assistance Authority to be used for construction improvements
at the Municipal Airport.As provided by law,the ordinance provides for a separate accounting and repay
ment schedule for the funds.
Motion by Johnson to accept the second reading 'and pass the ordinance.Second by Ebbert.Motion
carried.
ORDINANCE NO.695 -ESTABLISHING RATES FOR COLLECTION &DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE -2nd reading
The ordinance was read by title only.Motion by Hill to accept the second reading an-i pass the ordinance.
Second by Swanson.Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO.673 -CITY-WIDE CLEAN-UP WEEK (May 4 thru May 10, 1974)
The resolution was read In its entirety.For that the week the resolution stipulates the Landfill will be '^***open from 9:AM to 5PM at no charge to the public;special refuse collection at no extra charge;the Firedepartmentwillconductcontrolledburningforvacantlotcleanupandwillalsoprovidefreepermitsforopen
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burning; Moses LakeAuto Wrecking will provide for removalof abandoned vehicles and hulks at no
charge; and the Milwaukee Railroad will participate by cleaning up their right-of-ways within the city
limits.The Chamber of Commerce will promote the project and will seek the assistance of High School,
Boy Scout,Girl Scout and churchgroups volunteer help. The Chamber will also display the announcementof Cleanup Week on the reader board, and will enlist the participation of businesses with reader
boards for the announcement.Also the newspaper and radio stations will provide appropriate announce-.
ments of the project.
Motion by Boyleto adopt the resolution.Second by Johnson. Motion carried.
LARSON TANKREHABILITATION- ACCEPTANCE OF PLANS AND AUTHORIZING BID CALL
This item was continued from the previous Council meeting to allow the Council to receive and study
the plans and specifications for the water tank painting and repairing at the former Larson Air Force
Base and install security fencing and safety devices for 3 city standpipes.Stevens,Thompson &
Runyan prepared the Plans and Specifications and will conduct the bid call.
BobHill inquired why the City is using STR to write the plans and handle the bid.RichWeaver stated
the City Engineering Department has quite a heavy work load at the present time and will have for some
tlxe.Also the Tank Rehabilitation plans and specs are something STRcould put together quickly and
much cheaper than the City Engineering Department,because they have done this type work many times
before.....'•
Chet Waggener commented the Engineering Department is one area causing some concern,and expect to
come back to Council,perhaps at the next meeting with recommendations to amend the budget for either
dropping some of the work , and lay out in detail some of the programsour EngineeringStaff is involved
fn,and at the same time go into some of the work that we are very much commited to do over the nextcouple of years.We are in a position where the City is going to have to go out to Consultants with more
*of the work, or we are going to have to employ some more people,that is Engineers at a fairly substan-;
tial salary,to do some of the workthat needs to be done. We ran into somenew conditions with EPA that
we did not know about until a few weeks ago.It is one of those things that is going to take quite a bit -
of time to spend with the Council and discussing it.Perhaps it should be a study session to devote the
entire time to that Issue,because It is quite important to the City and the Council In terms of which direction we a-e to go. Guidance is needed from the Council to determine whether we can do some of the projectsthat we have plannedin ourbudgetfor 1974.-We have picked up two new projects since the budgetwas riadopted;Well No.11 is one andthe Airport work is anotherone.The schedulewas alreadytight before ;:adding the two additional projects.I |
Motionby Moe to approve the plans and authorize STR to call for bids.Second by Swanson. Motion
carried.
CITIZEN/COUNCIL INPUT
CITIZEN:Pat Lighte1 questionedthe amount being spent regarding the watertanks at LAFB and stated it seems the
property owners at Westlake are beggingfor help and are not getting much consideration.•_»•
Mayor Ebbert replied the City was forced into th»work onthe watertanks, andthe City is still working
on the Westlake Problems.s C
"cChetWaggenerclarified the water tank workat Larson, saying the work is done as a preventative measure p.to keep them from deteriorating completely.They have many rust and pitted spots onthe interior that need q.repair.In the past years the Air Force had them painted on the outside,but never-done on the inside.^.
The safety measures are mandatoiy bythe Washington Industrial Safety &HealthAct.-'
°\He went onto state regarding Westlake,that he and City Staff will beat Westlake this coming Friday #when Mr.Naigle ofthe Bureau will be there.Also the City has made contact with the Grant CountyHealthDepartmentinconjunctionwith/own people to have some test holes dug or augered throughout theNorthpartoftheWestlakeareaandhavepercolationtestsruntodeterminetheadaptabilityofseptictankuse.We think it is important thatthe City work with the Health Department In actually making a determinationwhether,or not septic tanks can work;whether that really is the problem orwhether It is the water table
•that is creating the problem. At least we want to tie downthat point.*
COUNCIL;_,. .„^r.Bob Hill*Inaulred when Harvey Vernier willbe back with information regarding the proposed Civic Center,%JL Chet Waggener saYdtLfhraL Rich Weaver made atrip with Harvey Vernier to several cities oni *«.coast\0X list week inWashington and Oregon that had recently biillt city halls,with particular concern about how*thev arfarrangedfurSttonally to serve the public,,as well as the offices within city hall to do business wp.
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STATUS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
^Hr,nanctal Report:'-R.R.Gaonler Flnanoe Director'i«^^^S^m^S^l.
w^u^c^^^any ofthe funds are having any financial problen.3.
City Manager Chet Waggener commented,that In fairness he would have to say that most of the**Pa,^«*
he.would'beSurprisedI If 100%of the listed accomplishments were achieved In 1974.although agreat effort
will be made to do so.
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PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
r^toe teglsUt^toWri updaung arterlals.Originally Moses Lake received $2 000.000 from the UABftogKm?and aTltem of significance Is that the State Highway Department contributed nearly $1,000,000
to go with the program.
Early in the program Moses Lake submitted a shopping list,and on that basis we had the following P£lects:ttratftad Road?P?oneer Way;Alder Street;Fifth Avenue;Locust Lane;Third Avenue;an*Wheeler Road
jointly with the County.
The Citv lost *he ^•d Avenue Project because the Urban ArtpHal Board questioned whether ornot an overlayw^s sufficient:to handfHhat project.In th«evaluation of priorities the Board acted and cancelled out the
Third Avenue project regardless howthe City felt about It.
Later funds became available when Wenatchee could not do some oftheir projects and the City of MosesLakewasaskedbytheUABtohandletheGrapeDriveprojectwhichwasanarterialafreetand1wasbrokenuptothepointtheCitywasconsideringturningitintoagravelroad.At that time the UAB was asked to
divert this money to Third Avenue,but the Board would not hear of it.
Urban Arter'al projects were constructed with 10%matching money through special:
voters.Slides were shown of the arterial streets before and after reconstruction.
PARK &RECREATION DIRECTOR
Cecil Lee,Park &Recreation Director,stated his report is based primarily on budget goals that were set //<£0
up In the beginning of the year in 1974,and touchedon each one briefly.
In the Recreation Division, the first three months of 1974 turned out with attendance -at the Recreation
Center near 4000 and attendance outside the center activities,about 1600,and McCosh has been used about
155 times In groups of varying sizes.Totalattendance or participation=5406 people;an increase of about
1541 over that quarter in 1973.
In January the School District notified the Citythey would no longer be putting funds Into the Central School
building.They did offer to lease the building to the City for $1.00 a year, and the City to take over theoperation and maintenance expense. More information on this will be submittedat the next Council meeting.
•Swimming Pool - The big project for 1974 was a $5,000 sandblasting and painting.The blasting has been
completed,with one-half way through the painting,but are having problems with the rain to stay on
schedule.The opening of the pool is scheduled tentatively for May 7 for the School District,BBCC and
Manta Ray's until It is opened for public swimming.
In the 1974 Budget we have several fencing projects,and the increased costs'since budget time has been
about 40%,and consequently we cannot construct the fences.The only way we can realize our 1974 goals
for these various projectsls by using city crews and programming it in when the crews are available.
Japan Airlines,through their home office,has made a request to make a $1500 donation to the community.
If this request is granted,which they will know in May,they would like to buy the backstop material and
wing fencing for Knolls Vista.If this request is granted,would like to move the 4-foot fence from the
fast pitch field at Larson to the outfield at Knolls Vista,and take the balance of the unspent money for
Knolls Vista to buy materials for an 8-foot fence at the fast pitch field at Larson.This would be complet
ing our goals for Knolls Vista and would be adding to the Larson playfieId complex.
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wt.?VJ?and fenclnS Projects at Larson Playfield,on the newly.developed area,have had some problems2Lbud,?et time it was Intended that the engineering would be done free of chargeby the PUD as they did ontheothertwofields.At the first of the year we were informed the PUD simply did not have "eranpowe?^f °n th*s Project We teve been trying to get it done free of charge,and some of a£l^TcST^
S S,m~g *e J*66"-doing some ofthe work,and since,the PUD has agreed to do some ofit.Believe 'it will come outall right,and within a few weeks will have a material list to the Council.This meansnorl"1 n0t£e 3blf to construct the "*htlng and fencing for this year's ball season?buthopefully?^-pendlng onthe materials,etc.,we can construct In August.That was a $10,000 item,and the way itlooksrightnow,if we geta good bid. it will turn outwithin that figure.
?u\°n}lieud fenctfor that samLe fleld is b^getcd and we have just enough tobuy the materials.Again,that will have to be put up with our own people,because ofthe increased costs in fencing materials.. '
The McCosh Tennis Court fence has been completed and will be making final inspection on that withinthe next two or three days. It looksvery nice,andbelieve they did a very good job. -
We have received verbal varification from the Washington Game Commission for approval of our lowerPeninsulaBoatLaunchfacility.IAC has the application now,but have notheard from them as yet. butexpecttosoon.*,««•.
sOurmainprojectthisyearwasbasicallyintendedtobeamaintenanceyear,and it is a little bit earlyto see what impact the new projects will have onthe overall maintenance program.Will be coming back
to the Council about the middleof the season with another progress report.
The Park &Recreation Commission is up to full strength now and they are working onseveral good pro
jects of which the Council will getllnformatlon.on soon.Also working with the Park &Recreation TaskForce;a 14-member citizen committee which is looking at long range goals forthe next 20 years.Bothgroupshave hadreal good attendance and good interest, andthings are working out quite well.
Mayor Ebbert inquired if anything has beendone about roping offthe safetyareas around the boatlandingswhere they ski and/or swim.;.that has been a problem every year.
City Manager Chet Waggener commented on that,stating that last Fall we had a citizens committee workon a boating ordinance and make some recommendations for possible changes to it as it wouldapply to the
City,particularly in swimming areas.Need to get together with the Park &Recreation Director within the vnextdayorsoandDickSchumate,Chairman ofthe boating ordinance committee.Not much has been rdoneontheordinanceduringthe Winter, but weare getting close to boatingand swimming season and |
need to act on that.
FIRE CHIEF I
Fire Chief,Russ Beeman,summarized his written report stating that fire calls are not down.At this point
last year we had about 39 calls compared to 47 this year.Possibly,we can attribute that to additional
bomb scares,a rush of car fires,smoke scares,etc.Actual fire loss Is probably down at this point
comparedto last year.
Another area that Is a little disturbing is 1he increase in ambulance calls from what it was at this time
last year.We answered about 139 calls at this point last year compared to 173 this year.The increased
calls keep getting us away from a lot of things the Department would like to be doing.We are able to
haridleLthem and feel we are giving good service on the ambulance.This again goes back to one of the
goals we established in the 1974 Budget,to increase the level of training in the Fire Department In the
ambulance service.We have been able to do this somewhat,and the.majority are through the EMT Course,
and seven more ready to go through it as soon as we can get another session lined up through BBCC.The
Hospital Administrator has put 9 Fire Department people through a 30-hour course above the EMT which ir
concerned mainly with cardiac care and the operation of the heart monitoring machine in the mobile unit.
This is one area that has increased the ambulance calls,but it is quite necessary.
Another one,in relation to the goals established,Is In the fire prevention program,and we have actually
increased the number of inspections over this time last year.That Is due mainly to the additional man that
is working in fire prevention.Along that same line the Fire Department has been able to decrease the amount
of overtime hours,because this individual is assigned to 'shift'when we are short of manpower.
Another item that will pay some dividends,It.is in the home inspection program.The first of the year we did
"inspections on Saturday afternoons,but have changed over to Monday &Tuesdays,and are finding more
people home,and are getting tremendous cooperation from the residents.
Another goal established the balanced use of equipment.We have made some progress,out with the
addition of the new pumper will be able to alternate the first response pumper and achieve a better
balance of use.With that the Fire Chief concluded his report.
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TOINT STUDY SESSION -PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL
Chet Waggener suggested picking up and reschedule the study session with the Planning Commission regarding the zoning map. The Council concurred to meet with the Planning Commissionon Tuesday, April 30,1974,
at 7:30 P.M.
Meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M.
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