03-25-04 SS MINUTES
YELM CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION MINUTES
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2004
6:00 P.M., PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY
1. Mayor Rivas called the meeting to order at 5:25 PM
2. Roll Call
Present: Joe Baker, Pat Fetterly, Ron Harding
Excused: Don Miller, Bob Isom
Staff Present: Shelly Badger, Grant Beck, Stephanie Conners, Tim
Petersen
Others: Mayor Ray Bourne, City of Roy
Chief Rita Hutcheson, SE Thurston Fire/EMS
Chief Mark King, SE Thurston Fire/EMS
3. Agenda Approval
Pat Fetterly moved to approve the agenda, taking item 5.a before item 4.a.
Joe Baker seconded the motion, which carried 3-0.
4. Presentations
a. Tim Petersen reviewed the Public Works 2003 annual report.
5. Old Business
a. Mayor Ray Bourne of the City of Roy explained that the Roy City
Hall was to be rebuilt and the City would have no animal impound
area for approximately a year. Roy would like to use Yelm’s animal
shelter for animals impounded in Roy. The public would not be
coming to the Yelm Shelter, as Roy public works employees would
drop off and pick up impounded animals. Roy impounds animals
for three days, with the weekends counting as impound days.
Impound fees in Roy are a $10 impound fee and $3 per day kennel
fees. The City of Roy would pay Yelm’s daily kennel fee of $15 per
animal based on a monthly invoice.
It was the consensus of the Council that the City of Yelm provide
temporary animal impound services for the City of Roy.
b. Stephanie Conners presented the status of the Stevens Street
project and the need for additional funds from TIB and the City of
Yelm, primarily due to the cost of right-of-way acquisition. The
project has proceeded as far as possible without additional funding
from the City. Ms. Conners presented the Council with two
possible funding mechanisms, using additional funds from the
water capital reserve fund (401), sewer capital reserve fund (412),
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transportation facility charge fund (120), and water capital
improvement fund (404). The second alternative included providing
$84,000 to install a ‘dry’ reclaimed water line.
It was the consensus of the Council that staff should prepare an
ordinance amending the budget to provide additional City funds for
the completion of Stevens Street without installing the reclaimed
water line at this time.
6. New Business
a. Chief Rita Hutcheson and Mark King reviewed the budget and
staffing status of Fire Districts 2, 4, and 17 (SE Thurston Fire/EMS).
It is the District’s intent to try to balance the response time within
the entire district, achieving a response time of 8 minutes
throughout the district. To maintain acceptable levels of service,
the District needs to maintain four firefighters on duty all the time,
which would allow staffing both station 22/41 and station 21.
Chiefs Hutcheson and King asked the City Council consider
amending the City of Yelm’s 2004 budget to use the property value
assessment method used in the rest of the district instead of the
contracted amount.
It was the consensus of the Council that funding for the Fire District
be added to a regular Council agenda and that staff gather
information related to the City’s budget and how additional funding
to the district would affect the 2004 general fund. The Council also
requested the Fire District provide details on how additional funding
would change the staffing levels at station 21.
7. Mayor and Council Initiatives
a. The discussion of the department reporting format was tabled to a
future worksession
8. Adjourn
The City Council worksession was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
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Adam Rivas, Mayor
Attest: _____________________
Agnes Bennick, City Clerk
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