01-10-12 MinutesYELM CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012, MINUTES
Mayor Harding administered the Oath of Office to incoming
Councilmembers; JW Foster and Ken Garmann. Councilmember Joe
Baker was sworn in, returning for a second term.
Call to Order — Mayor Harding called the Meeting to Order at 6:00 pm.
2. Roll Call — Present: JW Foster, Joe Baker, Bob Isom, Mike McGowan,
Tracey Wood, Ken Garmann and Russ Hendrickson.
3. Agenda Approval
12-01 MOTION BY APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. CARRIED.
4. Special Presentations
Evan Lundquist, Eagle Scout and Alexander Macias, Eagle Scout
Mayor Harding presented Evan and Alexander with Community
Recognition Award medals for their service in the community and
accomplishment of reaching Eagle Scout.
Evan and Alex reviewed what they did for their Eagle Scout projects and
answered questions from the Mayor and Councilmembers about what is
involved to obtain the Eagle status including working as the leader of the
project. Evan's project group completed two metal bike racks at
Cochrane Park. Alex refurbished the outside of the historic Lion's Club
cabin.
5. Public Comment- there was no comment to the Mayor's call for
comment.
6. Consent Agenda
a. Minutes; Regular Meeting, December 27, 2011
b. Payables; 57252-57359 totaling $567,038.93
12-02 MOTION BY BOB ISOM APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS
PRESENTED. CARRIED.
7. Public Hearings- none scheduled
8. New Business
a. Ordinance No. 953 Amend YMC for Business Licensing and
Occupational Permit.
Janine Schnepf began by introducing the item that is brought back to
Council at the request of Councilmember Isom. Mayor Harding
introduced Katherine Haugen, Yelm resident and business owner of
RediCab. Katherine reached out and met with Council to take another
look at the proposed Ordinance to strengthen the application process for
issuing occupational permits for those occupations that by their nature
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present a heightened risk to the public. Felt the addition of the federal
background check was important when employing taxi drivers and well as
allowing drivers to apply for multiple cities at one time through the
standardized application.
12-03 MOTION BY BOB ISOM ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 953
AMENDING BUSINESS LICENSE AND REGULATIONS, CHAPTER
5.02; REPEALING PEDDLERS CHAPTER 5.16; AND ADDING
OCCUPATION PERMIT CHAPTER 5.03 TO THE YELM MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ENACT REGULATION GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF
CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS. CARRIED.
8b. Ordinance No. 954 Contract to Finance Police Vehicle
Jennifer Hough presented Ordinance No. 954 as contract approval to
realize savings by utilizing Washington State Finance Office financing for
the purchase of 2 police vehicles. The City has used this financing in the
past to keep quality vehicles on the road while spreading the cost out
over 3 -year period. Specialized equipment to outfit the police cars was
budgeted to be purchased outright. The Ordinance is one of the
requirements to obtain the financing.
12-04 MOTION BY BOB ISOM ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 954
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF 2 POLICE VEHICLES AND
EXECUTION OF A FINANCING CONTRACT RELATING TO THE
ACQUISITION OF SAID PERSONAL PROPERTY. CARRIED.
9. Old Business — none scheduled
10. Mayor and City Council Reports
Councilmember Foster, sworn in earlier this evening, stated he is looking
forward to adding reports in the future.
Councilmember Baker attended Intercity Transit meeting. He reported
from that meeting that local representatives were in attendance. They
discussed the DASH, free bus service around the Olympia Capital during
the Legislative sessions that has been in place for 7 years; twenty-five
vans have been added to the vanpool and ridership on the transit line has
increase from 2010 by 4.5 percent.
Councilmember Isom asked Grant Beck to report from the Sustainable
Thurston Task Force meeting, as he was unable to attend. Grant
reported that findings from the subcommittee white papers are available
on-line. In addition, reports from the Water panel including infrastructure,
potable water, waste, reclaimed and storm water.
Mayor Harding attended the State of the Schools address at the
Chamber forum. The Mayor will address the State of the City at the
Thurston Chamber and Yelm Chamber in February.
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11. Executive Sessions -
Mayor Harding announced at 6:35 pm that the Council would be going
into Executive Session for 20 minutes to discuss litigation and 20 minutes
to discuss real estate acquisition. Attorney Steve DiJulio was present by
phone conference.
Mayor reconvened the meeting at 7:30
12. Correspondence provided for review, included invitations to Thurston
Energy Local Energy Convergence on Monday, January 30 and S.E.
Regional Fire Authority Open House on January 19, 2012.
Thurston County Chamber, Voice magazine and a Letter of Appreciation
from Public Utility District No. 1 of Thurston County.
13. Adjourned: 7:31 p.m.
Attest:
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Ja`� e Schnepf, City Clerk
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