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"January 12, 1972
The regular meeting of, the Council was called,to order,py ,Mayor C9ates
, with' Cpync'illpen Sokolik, Nelson, Drogseth And Brown 'present. ,C01;mcilman
Gallagh'e~ was absent., Others present were Mrs. Longmire, :Charles Dunn,
Attorneys Schultz . and Stiltz, Engineer .Bryne and D. .Hiller'...
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A motion was made by Drogseth and seconded by Sokolik. that, the minutes
of the December 8~h meetingQe approved as distributed. Motion' ca~ried , '
unanimouslyo.
"The. follo\:~ing ~ current bills were presented and on a 'motion made by Br'own
and.seconded by, Drogseth that they be,paid with the exception of two;
standa.rd oil Co,. and Rich 1 s Pacific Ence 0' The motfon carried.
-cUHRENT EXPENSE
, Assn.. : of Wash. Cities
US Leasing Corp.
w. S. DarLey; Co.
Thurston Co.' Treas.
Puget Power
Elvera K., Johnson-
Wash. Natural Gas Co.
Hosman Agency
Yelni Telephone
Yelm National Auto Parts
Nisqpally V~lley News
Wash. ,Physicians Service
Vern Bolinde~Co.
D & H Mobil Service
Chevron Automotive
Yelm Tejephone'Co.
Tacoma Rubber stamp Go.'
Del Goff
Mobil Oil 'Corp.,
WATER
Puge.t Power
Rosano's Electric
, Pennwa1 t Corp.
Yelm Hardware
U. S. Darley' Co.
Patrick J. Bryne & Associates
Mosm~ Agency ,
STREET
Atlantic Richfield Co.
Puget Power
Mosman Agency
GARBAGE
Yelm Natiorla+' Auto Parts
Hosman Agency
Yelm Garage
Mobil Oil Corp.
$ 71.72
24..3'2
13.90
65,.,62'
44..53
16;.00
65.51
J57~00
11.95
27 . 90.;
23.$8
36'.90 '
10'0.00',
15;80
39.40
38.40
19.56
11) 0,42
" 25.91
96.85
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,29.20
17.99
20.95
51.00
216.00,
8.98
112000
116.,00
18.40
116.00
78~92
330.06 '
Mr.: DUnn of Central Dispatch w~s present to discuss the workings o~ the
lavl enforcement conunuriications system and the costs involved. He stated
that t.hey would monitor the police telephone and the ,police car radios 0'
It was estim~ted that the cost of this service would be approxfumately
$4..00 per capita. Councilman Brown made a motion that,the Town accept the'
proposal to join Central Dispatch~ No second was made and therefore the
motio~ was not carried. biscussion is to be tap1ed until next meeting .
after more study is madeo '
'Engineer Br,yne stayed he would behere,on Janua~'19th to work with our
\vaterSupt. to solve the problem of the clorinator.The Town has been
ge'tting several negative ~eports and are to check 'to find out why. The
Council gave their approval of ~~. Bryne making this check.
Raising the rates for business licenses were discussed with no action
taken. .
'Discussion was held art what to do' about the old police car, Brown made a
, motion that the tires. are to be removed and replaced, with 1).on-police ones,
iEfle one~ removed to be ,used, as spares 'for our present, police cars. The
,car then be: sold to the highest, bid offer. Sokolik seconded the motion
anq it carried. Counc~lman Drogseth was appointed to have this accomplishedo
Discussion was again held, on raising both water and garbage rates. Drogseth
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made a motion that the rates. to be increased and the. e:,ffecti ve date to' 'be
March 1, 1972... This wfls seconded by Brown and: the motion . carried. The rates were.
established as follows:' basic Fate of 400 cubic feet from the present rate'
of, $3.00 to $4.00 minimum fer inside city 'limits andf~om $3.50 to $4.50 for
outside city limits. The summer rate would be 20~ per'hundred over, the minimum
and winter' rate' 30~ a hundred. Commerica1 rate tiould be the ba'sic 800 cubic
feet for $4050 plus 20~ea' hundred for the overage.
Counci.1manBroWn made,?- motion that the garbage'rate per month would be,in-
creased from th present rate of $1..50 for one can per week .to $3.00 and. each
additional, can would be SO~ a.month more.. This rate,appiies to both inside.
and outside city"limit cust6mers~ This motiOnv.las seconded byd\lelson and it
carried.
Mayor Coates announced her appointment of Robert Sherman to serve as Police
Judge', Pro-Tern..
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 P.. M.
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February 9, 1972
The regular session of the Coun:cil'was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by
Mayor Coates with Councilmen Drogseth, Gallagher, Sokolik, Nelson, and
Brown present. others present were ~ttorneys Schultz and Stiltz,
Marshal McCluskey ~d Deputy Hastie, and Lavina. Phillips, Librarian.
Sokolik made a motion that the minutes of ,the JanUary lith'meating'be
approved as distributeq. Brown seconded the motion, and it carried.
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The 'current monthly bills werepresentedj and on a motion made by Sokolik
and seconded by Gallagh~r that. t4e~ be. ordered paid. Motion carried.
CU~T EXPENSE
u. S. Lea$ing'Corp.
Wol.:f:'.'s Shopri te
Pioneer Business Forms; Inc.
Nisqually Va1:ley News:';
Puget'power
Yelm Telephone' Co'..
Wash. Na~uralGas 'bo'~ .
Rentex S~rvices Corp.
. Mosman Agency"
standard Oil Co~
Vern H. Bolinder 'Co.,
Wash. Physicia~"s Ser~ce
Mobil Oil'. 90:(1)'0:' ..
, Olympic ~~. Poll1:lt.ion Control
l10sman AgeiJ9Y ,
JohnL. Hastie
$ 24.32
16.01
22' . 09
56.}~
49059 '.
52.06
65003
24.75
, 30.00
20.37
'94~35
36.90
44~19
63.2'0
425.00
.35.20
WATER
Patrick J.,B~e &. Assn.
Yelm.Hardwa~e
Puget p'ower
Badger Me~er.
STREET
261.50
11.89
.' 81.15
440.37
Puget 'Pm{rer
MuniChem COl;'po.
'S:tandardOil COo
GARBAGE .'
112.00'
44.80
132.00
Standard Oil Co.
Chevron Automotive
'95.23
23.90
'. Discussion was held whether to cancel the, collision coverage for the t~o
police cars. . The reason for considering cancellation was the extremely
high premium rate. Nelson made a motion that collision coverage be can-
celled; this was seconded by .Brown.' Motion carried unanimously.
Councilman Brown made a motion recommending to the Mayor that the Security
, .Patrolman hours' be changed to be as follows ~ 12M. to~ 6 :00 a.m. four.
, nights a week arid from 10:"00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m~ two nights a week. Nelson
seconded the motion, and ,the motion carried.
Marshal McCluskey was questioned on'the use of the police telephone for
his own private calls. .He stated 'to the Council that all' calls made were .
strictly business or1ented.' It was recommended that Councilman.Gallagher
be appointed' to stud~' the telephone 51 tuation. " '
Discussion was held on increasi~g the l1ability insurance from3QO to 500
.thousand dollars~ Gallagher made a motion to make .this increase. which was
seconded by Nelson. The motion carried.
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It wa~ brought to the attentio~'of the CoUncil the. exclusions in our present
insurance policy and' to have the Town Carrier explEi.in the meanings,. of these
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Ordinance No~ 130, establishing new water service rates, Was read; and on
a mot~o~ by Brown and seconded by Sokolik, was passed'andordered published.
Motion carried.
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Ordiqance No'-131, relating to garbage 'collections and rates, WaS read; and
on a motion by Drogseth and seconded by'Gallagher, was passed and ordered
published. The motion carried.
With therE!bein~ no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
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March 8" 1972
,The r'egular session. of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Coates ,
at 7:45 p~m. . Councilmen Drogseth, Brown, Sokolik" Gallagher, and Nelson were
, present. ' Others pr,esent were Robert Landon, D. Mi~ler, R" Lon~r~..9 K. stiltz,
and To Schultz. ,'" , ' ,
On a motion made by'Drogseth and seconded by Sokolik, the minutes of the
February 9th ,meeting were 'approved,as di~tributed., Motion carried.
,The folloWing bills were presented; and on ~,motion made by.Gallagher and,
seconded by Sokolik'were ordened paid., Motion carried unanimously.
,CURRENT EXPENSE
Wolfstone ~ Donley .... McNannama
Sargent-Sowell, In~. '
, Vern H~' Bolinder Co.,'
'r.10sman Agency
Washington Physician's Service,
, Thurston Co. Sheriff,
Rich's PacificEnco
Mobil Oil Corp.
Yelm Telephone Co.
Yelm Garage
Thurston Co~Civil Defense
,ThurJ1ton Co. Humane' Society
Thurston-Mason Health Dist.
Rentex Services Corp.
Elvera 'K. Johnson
Yelm Telephone Co.
Pugetpower ;
Nisqually Yalley News
Pitney ,Bowes
u. Sf}, Leasing Corp.
\tTash. Natural Gas' Co.
Theodore Schultz
Pickett DrugStore
Thurs. ,Co.. Fire Dist.. No. 2
, Regional' Library
$277.80
23.25
50.00
34000
'36.90
32.00'
, 25.20
;: 87 .59
31.90.
47 .57
106.00
, 94..75
97.50, ·
8082'
16.00
11094
, 50.09'
27058
21.)0
24032
66930
, 255.00
3.76
979.05 '
575.00
'vlATER
Puget Power ,
Erlich Stationers
'Nisq~llY~'Valley News
YelM Hardware
80.21
23.94'
64~31
4..31
STREET
Holro,yd Co., Inc.
Puget Power ,
,Atlantic.Richrield Co.
Pacific Sand & Gravel Co..
84.00
112.00
3.35
15.75 '
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GARBAGE '
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, Standard Oil Co.
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The closing of, the garbage dump was discussed ,and ways and means of hauling it
~o the Rainier'~relay station. Were notified that the days are to be Wednesday,
Saturday, and SundaY., Since our. pickup 'of days are Tuesday and Friday, it was
not working satisfactorilJt. The May;or is to contact Rainier' and Teilino to see
what thet are doing~ ',Th~ Mayor and Councill members are to attend a mee~i:.ng of
the Solid Waste Comisslon on Friday, ~1arch '17th;' to see if some problems can
be resolved.
The exclusions iri the. T~~ts insurance policy were ~iscussed arid foUnd, to be
. satisfactorjr~
Marshal Wil~ia.m McClusk~j' had resigned his positi9~as of March 1st. '1,b~Mciyor
a.nnounced t~e.2r ,app<?11i1tment of John Hastie as, Ma~sb.~l and Thomas D. Ma~cus ,,'
as Deputy Marshal. . Discussion was 'held on.the .salaries for the replacements
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of officers. Councilman Brown made a motion .that' the . salary of the. Marshal be
.established at_$6'eo a mon:l~h; this motion was not. seconded~ Another motion was
made by COurlcilman Sokolik that the l1arshal.'s salary is to start ate $700: :a
. month, and after a six-month probationary period, it is to~~.ra.ised to~ $600 a
month" This motipn was' .seconded by Drogseth, and the motion carried.
The Deputy Marshal salary . was not debated, and a motion made by Brown and was
seconded QY. Drbgseth that his salary is to be se~~at $300 a month. The motion.
. carried unanimouslyo .
A motion was made by Brown that the, "Council approve and authorize a'Public. ',.0:'
Official's .Band for Marshall Hastiso Tlms was seconded by Gallagher, and the
motion carriedo
Councilman. Drogseth stated he had made a survey of the city streets with
Mr. Vandiver and round all of them. needed resurfacing after.the severe weather
conditions 'of the past winter ~onthB~ Nelson made a. motion that' the entire
streets be resurfaced; and if funds are aVailable"f,ito also surface, the alley
from First. street to Fourth str'eet between Yelm Avenue and, Jef'ferson Street.
:This was seconded by Brown, and the motion carried Wlanimouslyo'
Engineer Bryne requested that some acti'on be taken on changing. the plumbing
and chlorinator before the heavy demand of summer water use, is here. Discussion.
lias held, and the Council voted to. proceed with the fol'l.owing: to. construct
a small addition to the well. house, to purchase a new chlorinator~ and .also a
six-inch master. water metero", In order to cut 'costs" the Council :voted that
the Oi ty do maj ority. of work. involved ~ .
Mr. Landon was present to petition for annexation a portion approJdmately one'
acre in size bordering Jones. street. BroWn made a motion that the City~accept
the filing of the petition for annexation and that Apri1 12, 1972,' the date
of the next Council.. meeting be set as the date for the public hearing e Sokoli~
seconded the motion, and the. motion.carriedo
Mrs.tongmire was present to-ask w:hy the City did not turn the water ofr~after
theb:illbecome delinquent, referring to tenants who do not pay their bills.
Discussion followed with the, following conclusion reached that every sta~ement
over $15, whether owner or renter, be' turned off without, prior notice.. . This
would make the Clerk. solely responsible for delinquent bi~ls and none.for the
land owner. . .
A m.otion was .made by Gallagher and seconded by Brown that all expenses would
. be paid .to David Dawson, Water Superintendent, for a.ttending the Ground Water
Technology Short Course a.t the University of. Washington'. The motion carried
unanimously. .
'!he meeting. was adjourned at 10:30 p.me
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The regUlar ses"sion o'f the city Council was' called to, order by May~.,r CQates.at 7 :30 P oMo '
Councilmen present were Brown, Nelson, ,Sokolik, Drggseth and Gallagher. Ot~~:s'present
were attorneys Schultz and Sti1tz,Chie.f of Police Hastie, Mrs. Roberta Longnu.re,
Joe Agosto,' VernLqyd,' Jack Laugh1~n, 'Don Miller and Mr. ~.
,Councilman Brown made a motion that the minutes, of the IJfarch 8th meeting be approved"
Gallagher, seconded th~motion, and it c~rriede
The tollowing current bills were presented, a motion was made- by Brown 'and seconded
byGallaghe~,. that they be ordered paid. .
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CURRENT EXPENSE
Yelm Telephone COmpany
'Washington,Natural Gas
U.S. Leasing Corp.
Warren Vs Quick Print.
Mobil Oil, Corp.
Rentex Services Cqrpo
Pickett Drugs
Wdfstone .:. McMannama
,Puget Power
. Wolf 's '
Rosano'g.Electrlccenter
lofrs .El vera Johnson
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50..02
24032
20.58
151070
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2.56
c26 i99
41.49
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2&27
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WATER
Puget Power
Yelm Telephone Co.
Penpw.a1 t Corp.
Wa.shington Dept. of Re'venue
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Puget' Power
Atlantic Richfield ,Coo
Pacific Sand and Gravel Co.
Yelm Hardware
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6'.11
11&81
15.84
GARBAGE, .
Washington Dept. of Revenue
'Standa.rd Oil Co.
Yelm Ga.rage
21029
30.81
48.,99
A motion made by Brown and seconc;ied by Sokolik that the city consider joining
C'onnnunication System, as presented by Mr. Dunn, lithe federal grant comes
through. The cost for the service with two radios and a bay station would be
approximately $1,000.00 per yearo Mr. Brown will attend a ~eeting i~ Olympia
City. Hall on y.l~dnesdar."'April 19th, at 2 :00 Pol-i. for fUrther de,tailed exp~anation.
A motion to write off,the Robert Brown water bill now charged to Roberta Longmire
. , was made by Gallagher and seconded by Sokolik.""Passed.
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Mr. Agosto explained his present and future building plans due .for completion in
1975. They ine.1ude an enclosed .mall,' retirement housing for the retired.and
additional apartment units. He presented an oral notice of intentiol1. to initi~te
annexation proceedings by the, petition method for property lying east. of .the.Yelm
city limits between the Yelm McKenna Highway and Creek Road. A meeting with the
petitioners 'to discuss the proposed annexation was scheduled for }\1onday ,April 24th" '
1972 at.7:30 P.M. to determine.whether or not the city shall require the ~ssumption
oJ: existing city indebtedness by the area to be annexed. The Mayor ordered. that "the
Chairman: of 'the Planning Commission be notified to have the Commission Members present .
'at said Dleeting. -',
Councilman Brown was .asked to look into a request by Eugene Ames to build another
residence on his 100' x 130. loto
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Attorn:,ey Schultz read letters ,.from. William McCluskey and ~f.W'. Velesky stating the,ir
intentions to fiie claims. totaling $4, 250.0.0 ~gainst the .Qi.typf' Yelm" The Council
" ~wasaq.vised by 'Mr.' Sc.hul tz to table the matter pendi,ng further study.
Chief of Police Hastie" reports that over $800.00 in. fines had been colle cted over
the pa~t sixty dayper~odo
-Discussion on the building of the new pump house and installation of a new chlorinator
'will be')continued at the next council meeting. At that time ~lr.. Pat ~yrne should have
made his recommendation.
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21st, and 22nd. She instructed the'~ouncil to appoint a Mayor Protem in .her absence.
if need pee 0 ,
.There being no fUrther business, the meeting was adjounnedat.ll:25 P.M. ona. inotion
by Brown and seconded by Nelson eo
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'.Fhe regular-meQting.of the cfty COl.Ulcil was ,called to order at 7:45 P.M. by
Hayor Coates, 'Councilmen present were Brown, Sokolik, Gallagher and Maisono
CQuncilnian Drogseth was absento.,.o1;lbers present were Mrs. Roberta L?ugmire,
RliyCh;p,istensen, Jerry Sprague, A;t~9rney Stiltz~ Don Miller, Chief of Police
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The}1in~tes.or the April 12th ,meeting were approved as 'corrected on a motion by
Brown andz:.~seconded by Sokolik :... carried e
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The,following bills'~ere presented, amotion Was made by Brown and seconded by
Sokolik tha.t they be ordered paid"
CURREN.T EXPENSES
Vern' H. Bolinder Company
Wa~hington Physicians Service
Del Chemical Company
Ye~' Telep~oneCompany
N1squal1y Valley News
MobiL Oil' Corporation
"Uni,ted sta~tes Leasing Corporation'''"
Washington Natural Gas"
Mosm~n Agency
'Pioneer Business Forms
Pickett Drug store
puget Power
Yelm Telephone Company
Rentex Service Corporation
Yelm Hardware
Washington state Auditor
O.J'et. Martyr' ...Postage-
D& H Mob~l Service
$1001>00
36~90
500,20
39.47
199080
881t69
24.32
50.70
8.00.
24.,60
.53
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3970-00 '
8000
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STREEr '
D & H Mobil,Service
,puget Power
Pacific Sand & Gravel Go"
Mobil Oil Company
WATER,
2.35
112000
44096
21.64
puget Power
65.75
Oa pump house construction and chlorinator equipment .... motion wf!S made by
,Brown and seconded by Gallagher to accept the recommendation of Pat Bryne
and,proceed under the, engineer's direction.
.. , On the annexation of the Landon .. )!'..dwards property, a motion was made by
Brown and seconded by SOkolik to carr.y this over to the next meeting'pend-
ing advice from E:ngineer Byrne and Ted Schultz 0'
Councilman Brown reported on Mr. Ames request to builq apother dwelling on
,'his present lot, and could see no objectiono Mre Ames is to furnish a. rough
diagr'~'in the near future. '
Council Brown reported on the CENTRAL DISPATCH meeting of April 19th. It was
, agreed that questions need to be~,;,~nswered regarding the equipment we would
get~J:1ould we join the system.
Mr. Ray Christensen explained details of the Thurston County Building Code.
M'otion 'Was made .by Sokolik and seconded by' Brown to have our ,Attor.ney draw,
up a:m..ordinance to conform to the Building, Plumbing and Mechanica.l Codes'
o.f Thurston County, to be submitted for adoption at the next Council Meeting.:
,Motion wasi;[passed unanimously.."" " ' ,
AttoI"rley stiltz advised the Clerk to withhold the $20.00 compensation payme~t
to ',the Ma.yor and Councilmen pending further interpreta.tion of the law in this
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The clerk was instructed to determine how much vacation time is due Mrso
E1 vera J ohIlson, and to pay same.
There was a short discuSsion regarding the present single water meter
servicing each five apartment Unit :at-Nisqually Plaza.. It was suggested
there should be at least two cormnercial charges for each or a total of four
to ma.ke it a paying basis 'for the Towno Brown, Nelson and Dawson were to
look into the, situatio~ and repD~t at the. next. Council Meeting.
.The clerk was instructed to pay Vincent Sandaval $20.00 for his past services
on the water tank, '~d that a like amo~tbe paid for :my work in the future.
Issuance of Peddlers Licenses to two employees of ~tF & BUSBY, INC. were
held up pending confirma. tion' o~ their Bond~ . .
It was moved by'Br-own and seconded by Nelson that two COlmcil Members be
appointed to exercise authority over all rolling stock under the Council's
jurisdiction and recommends that the Mayor adopt this policy with respect
,to all ~,olling stock under the Mayor' s j'\lD~fsdictionQ
There being no further business, the meeting ,was adjourned at.ll:50 P.M&
on a mo~ion by Gallagher and seconded by Nelson~
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'The regular meeting of th~ TO\in Council was called to order by Mayor Coates
at 1 :30 P.M 0 ~ Councilmen present. were Brown, Sokolik and Drogse:tho, 01;,hers
present were'Attorneys Schultz and Stiltz, Engineer Byrne, Marlin Stillings
and David Dawsone,
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Minutes of the M~ tenth meeting were approved on a motion by Councilman Brown
and seconded by Sokolik... carried" 1 '
~ motion was made by Brown and secqnded by Sokolik that the following bills be
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United States Leasing Corporation
Timberland Regional Library
Thurston County Fire District # 2
Pacific Sand & Gravel COe.
Young's Glass'
Puget Power
puget Power
Yelm Telephone
D &H Mobil Service
Chet 's Locksmi th Shop
Washington, Natural Gas
Yelm Hardware
Rentex Service Copp.
Yelm High School
,Picke;tt Drug
Vern He Bolinder Co.
Atlantic Richfield Co 0 ;
Atlantic Richfield COe
Standard Oil Coo
Standard Oi~ Co.
Standard Oil Co.
~ .Sey"n.cc8tatioB
Mobil Oil Corp.
Enco Service' station (Ernest Teague)'
Fristoe, Taylor & Schultz
Thurston County Regional Planning Council
Thurston County Humane Society
Thurston~1ason Health District
Patrick Byrne & Associates
Washington P~sicians Service
O.J. Martyr (Postage)
Hunts Office Supply
$ 24032
5900,00
979.. 05
35fl84
5026
IB7&72
37094
56 e ? 5
28098
36.75
26.26
33059
B040
3.00
5.30
82.90
16060
156'062
108.62
56062
54.43
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63098
. 9000
25$000
221.00
94.75
91 ,,50
224060
73080
21013
2.64
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On the subject of the Edwards anne~tion, a letter .from Engineer Byrne was read
outlining the procedure that must be followedo It w~s moved by Brown and seconded
by Drogseth and approved unanamously that until such time as we do draw up a
platting ordinance, we adopt the recommendations in this letter, which s~tes
that this plan must be complied with if the property to be annexed is to be
sub-dividedo The Clerk was instructed to send a cop~ of this letter to Mr.
. Edwards and to the Thurston CoUnty Regional Planning Council. .
Both the street work for this year and the Six Year Arterial Plan were discussed
at length. Councilman Brown & Drogseth are to make a final inspection of the
. streets 'and determine which streets must have immediate attentiono It was '
.moved by Brown and seconded by Drogseth and passed unanamously that a special
meeting be called for June 23rd at 1 :30 P .Mo in the Town Hall to consider the
proposed Six Year Arterial Street Plan. The Clerk was instructed to publish'
notice of this public meeting in the Nisqually Valley News.
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Because of the 'late hour, discussion @n the subject of rolling vehicles
and second sto~ addition to the Town Hall were deferred until a later
date and the meeting was adjourned on a motion by Sokolik and seconded
by Drogseth, at 11:55 PoM<t
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23 June 1972
Special Meeting
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LaB... Coates, Mayor .
Special Meeting" was ca.lled to order by Mayor Coates at~7 :30 P oM. Councilmen
present. were Brown, Drogseth, Sokolik and Gallaghero Town attorney Schultz
was also present.
A'resolution # 119 establishing secondary arterial streets in the Town of
Yelm, w~ read and approved on a motion py Brown and seconded by Drogsetho
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Resolution # 1~0, adopting a comprehensive 6-year straet program for'Yelm
was read and approved on a motion by Brown and seconded bY,Gallagher~
The special meeting was adjourned on a motion by Sokolik and seconded by
Gallagher at 9 :00 P.M..
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July 10, 1972
The r~gular meeting of ,the Tpwn Council was called to order at 7 :30 P oMo
by Mayor Coates~ Councilmen present were Nelson, Brown, Sokolik and Drog-
seth9. ethers present. were Attorneys Schultz and stiltz, Roberta Lmngmire,
Mro Beckman and Jerry Spragueo
. On a motion by Drogseth and seconded by SOl{olik, the minutes of the June
14th meeting were approvedQ
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The following vouchers were read, approved and ordered paid on a motion
by: B:rewn, seconded by Drogseth and were passedo.
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Current
O"J II Martyr
Yelm Garage
D & H Bobil
Picket ts Drug "',.
'fl(:lt.~l?t1getwB!Dv.rer
Yelm. Telephone
Pi tney Bowe.s
Rentex Services Corpo
. Nisqu~llYoValley News
Patrick Byrne & AssQciates
U 08\, Leasing Corpf>
Washington Natural Gas
WashingtonState-Auqitor
Wolfts
White Front stores
Colonial Ins~ance
Stand~rd Oil
Atlantic Richfield
D & H Mobil.
Vern 'Ho Bo1inder
Y~lmTe1ephone
Washington Physicians
Thurston CoO" Sheriff'
Mobil Oil Coo
YeIm Hardt'lare
streets
Yelm Hardware.
Standard Oil
Atlantic Richfield
. D & H Mobil
Puga t Povler
Patrick B.Yrne & Associates
. George. Brown
Pacific Sand & Gravel
vvater
State Dept.. of Revenue
Yelm Garage
viestern utility Supply Coo
Pacific Wa tar \'lorks Supply
Puget POtier
Pennwa1t Corp.
. A & I Lumber
Nisqually Valley News
Patrick Byrne & Associates
W.S. Darley & Co.
Badger Meter, Inc.
(Jarbage
state Dept. of Revenue
Standard Oil Company
Yelm Garage
Atlantic Richfield
Thurston Co. Land Fill
$29053
100,
6Q63
3eOl
h8f?73
35.66
21030
8040
3004
391" 81
240.32
20",87
632:.20
140.88
66~lO
18QOO
8e45
33035
6000
100.00
38021
36.90
124.00
1230,6
22051
I
27~o4
1110.72
14.33
6.95
126 c 7 G
731025
12.00
187064
182.82
16080
126007
107010
60.98
29050
3.02
27072
114..07
6075
440037
26.99
47 .,93 .
31..24
11024
110~50
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A letter from 1-JoBo McClusky ahd MoW'. Voleskey'was read in reference to their
claim against the Town of Ye1m.. ',. T9wn,,, ,Attorney Schul tzhh stated his reasearch
shows'that by law the Town of Yelm cannot make this payment from public
funds~ A motion was made by Br~ln~ seconded by Sokolik and passed un=
animouily, that the claim tJeB rejected by action of the Town Council~ and
the claimants so notifiedo
A uniform Building Code, Plumbing Code and }1echanical Code, as pre=
pared by the Yelm Town attorney was adapted onoa motion by Brown and
seconded by Drogseth and carriedo
A motion was made by Browucand seconded by Sokolik that Mrso To~ Leding=
ton be named to the Library Board to fill the vacancy left by the resigna= '
tion of Mrs. Robert Wolf.
It was moved by Sokolik, seconded by Brown and carried, that we enter'
into an Interlocal Governmental Agreement with 'Ihnrston County so that
they:; may provide .,administration of the Building, Plunibing and :t-1echani-
cal Codes which have been adoptedo '
Motion was made by Sokolik and seconded by Drogseth that we permit the
request of Jerr.y,Sprague to move in a mobil unit to use as their temporary
office while, construction on their new building is under w~, if this
m~~ts with the approval of the Planning CommissionG
An application for a business license was submitted by Charles Agosto.
It was agreed after discussion and on advice of ~tre Schultz, that a
license be granted on the condition that he abide by Ordinance # 67,
Section # 9 which states that an adult be in attendance at all times,
and that no minor be all~wed to operate any coin machineo This busi=
ness will operate under the name of ItCharlie Brown is Amusements"' 0
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Mro Bekeman expressed Bms intention to pperate a Western Auto store
on h~s property at Yelm Ave and Clark Roade Construction of the 4200 sqo
ft e building with 81n 8400 sq 0 ft 0 p~Tking area will commence at onee Co
Attorney Schultz.,stated that the Town of Yalm should have a written
contract with Thursib:on County for jail serviceso It was agreed that
he draft such a contracto
Authorization wa~ given the Town Attorney to write to the Book Publishing
Co. asking that ~hey contact us 'regarding ~he codifi~ation of our ordinancese
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The clerk was in~tructed to ask all emp~oyees to turn in copies of Credit
. Card purcha~es 0
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The meeting was adjourned at 11:)0 PoMo on a motion by Nelson and seconded
by Browne!>
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August 9, 1972
The ,'regular: . me e:t;ing of the Town of Yelm was called to order at 7 :45 PM by'
Mayor LoraB. Coates. Councilmen present were Arnold Drogseth, Doyle Gallagher
and George Brown. Others present were Mrs. Roberta Longmire, John Dotson,
Engineer .Pat Byrne and Attorney Ted Schultz.
On a motion by Brown, seconded by Drogseth, the minutes of the July 12" 1972 meeting
~were.approved as distributed.
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. Resoluti'on # 121, adopting the Uniform Build~ng Code, 1970 Bl:ii tion, Unifonn
Hechanical Bode, 1970 Edition and the UniformPluirtbing Code, 1970 Editbn, Was
read and approved by the Council.
The current vouchers were examined and approved on a motion by Brown and secOnded
by Drogseth.
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Curret\1tr;'
Washington Na. tural . Gas'
Pioneer Business Forms
Yelm Hardware
Puget Power
Y.1m Telephone Co.'
. O.J .Martyr (Stamps & Postage for Pkgs.)
Pitney Bowes
Rosano's Electric
Pfckett" Drug-
Nisqua11y Valley News
D & H .Mobil
~entex Services Corp.
U.S. Leasing Corp.
Yelm Fix! t Shop
Yelm . National Auto Parts
PPioneer Business Fo~s
W~lfstone-Donley~CMannama,Inc.
Kisor Tire Co.
John Hastie
Pacific Radio
. . Smith Auto, Ince
Washington Physicians ,Sv.
Yelm Telephone
Goo~ear Tire & Rubber Co.
'Thurston County Sheriff
Atlantic Richfied Co.
Standard Oil Co.
Mobil Oil Co.
Vern H. Bolinder Co.
$ 15'~ 02
38.15
10.48
45.:2:9
32.19
!.25
42.60
1:26
1.41
31.29
1.33
8.40
24.32'
, 8..40
49.12
47.04
1,5.00
89.24
1.57
23.44
4.73
55e35
35.42
140.37
108.00
74.99
26.46
119.98
50.00
Water. .
Yelm Hardware
Puget Power
Western Utilities Supply Co.
Garbage
11.,03
109.30
36.84
(I.:
Smith Auto, Inc.
Yelm Garage
D & H Mobil
Atlantic ~chfield Co.
Standard Oil Co.
Thurston Co. Land Fill
street
80.7,
14.60
10.38
10.~3
31.08
136.00
Washington Asphalt Co.
puget Power
D & H Mobil
Atlantic Richfield Co.
Mobil Oil Co.
Standard Oil Co.
15.00
126.70
10.9$
4lt13
15.22
33.&6
Arterial streets
Pacific Sand & Gravel Co.
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94.90
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Councilman Brown reported that a bid had been submitted by Tom Ferguson on
the construction of the pUmp house in the amount of $474.000 It was agreed
that no deci,sion be made until Jerry Sprague had submitted his; ,bid ,also.
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Mr. Dotson presented a petition. with sixty two signatures on behalf of
property owners in and around-the NisquallyPines area, requesting that
some immediate action be taken tp correct the road condition caused by the
nooding of Yelm Creek, making RB.ilway Avenue 1mpassible. After discussion,
motion ma.de ~ Gallagher, seconded by Drogseth, passed unaniJhously, that ..D~".'
Engineer Byrne' be authorized and instructed to explore all.means of.!inancial
assistance with state and County departments to arercome this long overdue
condition. '
The Yelm Planning Commisssion recommended to the Town Council that a' ~ariance
be aba:,owed in the' re quest by Jerry, Sprague to pull in a mobil hoole to ,'!>e used
for an office while construction ofriew office is in progress. Said variance
is to run no longer than ninety daysl granted on a motion by Brown and ..second-
ed by Gallagher. . ,
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After discussion, it was agreed that the proposed moving of the fire hydrant
in front of the'new Western Auto building would be done only after a deposit
of $500.00, andc under the sppervision of the Town of Yelm.
Attorney Schultz reported that the basic cost, of codification of our'9rfiinances
would be $3,900.,00 for three hundred pages, prepared by Book Publishing Company.
He was asked to"request that a representative from this company be at the
Seppember council meet~ng in order to p~ovide further details ..::'
The c;lerk was instructed to prepare a Quarterly report of expenditures,
relating to the~1972 budget.' Also" he kas asked to secure copies,of'stBeet
Itghting contract., " '
Chief of Police.John Hastie gave a full activity report for the period.
The budget and its preparation for the coming year was discussed ~t length.
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Engineer, Pat Byrne brought to the meeting a schedule of water rate~ charged
by the near-by' Towns of Vader, Centralia, Shelton, Fircrest, Olympia' 8Jld -
Chehalis. After comparing rates, it was generuly agreed that the Yelm
rates were adequate. ," "
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On a motion by Arnold Drogseth and seconded by Doyle Gallagher, the meeting
was adjourned at 11:15 P.M.
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September 13, 1972
The regular meeting of the Town Council wasecalled to order at 7 :50 P.M. bj;
Mayor Lara Be 'Coates. Councilmen present were Richard Sokolik, Roger Nelson,
and George Brown. Others present were Attorney Ted Schultz, Mrs. 'Roberta.
Longmire, Dallas Etlwards, Ralph Johnson and Lou Cochrane. '
On a motion by Brown, seeonded.:\1by Nelson, minutes of !ugust 9, 1972 were -
approved as distributed.' ,
The following current vouchers were examined and approved on a motion by
Nelson and seconded by Soko~ik:
Current
Patrick-arme & Associates
Yelin Hardware
D & H Mobil
Pickett Drugs
Rentex Ser'\.~ces corporation
Grange Supply
Charles Greenblatt
Wolf's
Washington Physicians
Rich IS Pacific Enco
Puget Power
Ye1m Telephone
Motorola, Inc.
Smi th r s Auto
Mobil Oil Co.
O. J'.Martyr
U .S .Leasing
D & H Service
Nisqually News
Nisqually News
Washington Natural Gas
Vem He Bolinder Company
Hosano Electric
Yelm Telephone Co.
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$ 99.00
1.45
2.47
7.87 .
8.,82
268.39
43.40
15.48
55.35 .
12.60
42.64
26 e 57
29.67
154&50
28..91
9.30
24.32
38.42
81.69
47.22
10;80
50.00
2.15'
34059
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Garbage,
D &. H Service
232.25
AeDerial'Streets
Lakeside Industries
Pacific Sand & Gravel
Pat Byrne
111.U1
27.11
66 .1$.0
Water
Yelm Hardware
Puget Power
Pennwalt Corporation
Western utilities
Pat~Byme
58836
107 .17
47 ..50
39.75
217.00
streets
Yelm Hardware
Puget Power
Meitsler's Greenhouses
D &H Mobil
19.95
126.70
395.24
17.59
A communication from Engineer arme was read recommending some changes and
additions be made to the preliminary plat of West End Additon.
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Councilman Brown reported progress was well under wa.y on the two buildings
for second .water pump and chlorinatbr. Contractor Tan Ferguson is doing the
work as recommended by-Engineer Byrne. The pump house is being constructed
on the existing concrete slab at a cost or $497.10 and the building to house
the chlorinator at cost of $411.97.
Attorn". Schultz reported that the represenktive from Book Publishing Oompany
indicated he was unable to attend the meeting tonight but would be in contact
wi th the coUncil in the near future, and he had stated that perhaps codification
of our'Ordina.nces might be substantially less than the previously quoted price
of $3,900.00.
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.~n®ards to the request'for wat~r r~tes by Marlin stillings for bis
propos~d mobile court, the results of tbe discussion wer~ that the Town
,of :Yelm does npt at this time, have a rate provision for just this ,cla.ss
of, operation. It wa~ agreed that Mr. Stillings be asked to meet with our
attorney and engineer and supply more details.' In this' connection the
clerk was requested to notify Engineer Byrne that the Mayor and Council'
recommend he'make a complete revision of Water Ordinances #85, #l08 and
#130. \
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',It ~as, generally agreed that Mil ton Johnson's services be retained during
- the period of construction of the pump house and chlorinator -building.,
This"would extend through'tthe_ montb of October with compensation set at
the rate~of $140.00 per month.
. Councilman Brown ~e a motion, seconded by Nelson, that Chief of Police
Hastie make a monthly report in writing containing the following information
for the preceeding period: number of ar:rest, miles travelled, gallons of gas
used, current expense on maintenance of cars, foreseeable expenditures of
$20.00 or more. MaY9r Coates expressed her ,disapproval of this motion~
stating that it is a~duplication and a time~consuming effort, as the,
Police Chief current~y keeps ve~ thorough records.
Councilman Brown raised objection to, and questioned the ,use of YEim
Police and vehicles ~or securi typatrol on the school groUnd area. He
stated that in his opiniqn, ~e. school should try to find other mean.s '
of securing this seryice but not at the expense of the Town of .Yelm.,
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The Council stated i ~ wished to compensate John Jloaana at the rate .of' ,
..$5.00 per month for the use ot'his property directlY' behind the Town Hall
for vehicle parking.. The clerk was instructed to secure fi,Dm Mr. Rosano
a designation,in wri~ing" of ,th~, ar'ea we are ..to use.
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Motion was maite by B;r:own, an?~econded by Nelson to apprgJe the preliminary
plat of \vE:!st End Ad~tion cont~i'1gent upon recommendation the Town Planning
Commission, also to Qhangesas set forth as contained in Engineer'Byr~e's
letter dated 'Septemb~r' 8" 197~. ' " ,.
Councilman Brown suggested that, C9ief of Police Hastie present.' in typed
, f9~'. the':report that was read at 'the August 9, 1972 councilm~eting..,
Mr. Lou Cochrane exp~essed the wish to deed to the ToWn of Yelm, roads
in the Solberg Seconq Addition, on property presently .owned jointly py
him and his associat~s. Council members stated they wished to consUlt
with Engineer Byrne b,~for~ giving a definite answer.
The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Brown and seconded by Sok:i>lld.k
at 11=50 P.M.
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October 11" 1972
!he regular meeting of the Town Oouncil waS called to order at 7 :00" P .l\!.
by Mayor Lara. Be Goates. Gouiicilmen - present were Richard SOkoliK, Roger
Nelson, Doyle Galla.gher, Arn01d' Drogseth and. George' Brotmo Others pre....
sent were Attorneys Ted Schultz arid, Kip Stil tz, l-1rs. Roberta Longmire, 'Ed
Koeppen, Dallas Edwards:, Don Miller, David Dawson and Chief of Police. John
Hastie. . . ';
Councilman Brown stated that he disagreed ~ith paragraph #15 of the<>minutes
of September '13tho On a motion., by Brown, seconded by Sokolik, it wasITw1JTloved
, that the following statement be a correction as this was what he intended 0
too say,. "Councilman. Brown recommended'that the Town of Yelm confer with'the
school. in regard to the night patrol " . Both Mayor Coates and Town' Ci;l!kk . ~:
Martyr insisted the pfeYiouB minu~es had been recorded verbatim. .
The foll'ewi.ng vouchers were examined and approved on a motion by Drogseth':
and seconded by Gallagher:
Current
Atlantic HichfieldOil Co.
Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.
UeS. Leasing Corporation
O.J. Martyr
Mobil Oil Co.
Mobil Oil Co.
Washington State Retirem~t sy~tem
Vern H. Bolinder Company
Yelm National Auto Parts
Washington Physicians Service
Yebn Telephone Co.
YelmcTelephone Co.
Puget Power
Nisqually Valley News
Washington Natural Gas
Pickett Drug
Rentex Services Corp.
Eblpl oym~nt Security Dept.
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1.30
28.80
24.32
10.48
95.73
1.21
50.00
50.00"
50.72
55.35
51..23
35.17
" 41.31
5.69
31.04
3.12
8.82
1.64
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Water
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Gubser Bulldozing Co.
Capi tal Controls
puget Power
Western Utilities Supply Co.
Tan Ferguson
39.38,
1,~2~40 ~
106,.16'
68.54,
1,011.68 '
Streets
Mobil, Oil COG
puget Power
2&50
126.70
Garbage
Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.
Rosano Electric Center
32.64
10.00
Arterial streets
Atlantic ftichfield Oil Co.
Lakeside Industries
Thurston County Rd. Distric.t # 2
28.24
27 .93
4,942081
M'otion was made by Gallagher, seconded by Brown and passed" that when re- .0"':
vision is made on 'Vlater Ordinances, the water deposit be raised from $15.00
:bo $20.QO. . .
There was no response to the ~ublished announcement of the Public Hearing on
the preliminary plat of West ~d Addition.
Communication from the Yelm School was read regarding the problem of students
parking cars off c~pus on city streets during school hours. They hoped the
Town Council would consider establishing limited time parking wi-thin a radius .
of the high school. The letter took the opportunity to personally thank
Marshal Jahn Hastie for his cooperation and effort regarding parking and
traffic problems in their 'area.
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8mi th t s Auto, Inc. made a written request for ass:lstance fr()M ~he -,fOwn
of Yelm regarding the -recently installed control ,box 'and guide pole.,
These' were installed by the, state intthe middle of-the sidewaJ.~,area
and Will, be a hinderancein'thelr future plans to grade and pave the
are,a. . The clerk was instructed to, refer the mat tar to the Highway
Department ~~:;;~,.
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A ~ummary}of rEicommenQation~ l:1~s been received .~ran the Sta.te Auditors
office ,pertaining to the 1971 examination. 'l'h.e Town attorneys asked
tha t w~~rcomply with the following as sta tad":'
1. Interest 'payments be'made on the transfer loan due the Fire
Equipment Cumulative R~serve Fund frani the ltlater Fund. .
20 Wage and Salary schedules including sick leave and vacation
allawance be clearly. ~~efined b~., the Council.
J. Town tsauditing officer be, ~ppo~nted by ordinance.
4., a. The bond register for the 1966 v-later Revenue Bonds
be posted up-to-date.
b. The Consumers' Deposit Ledger be ~econciled to the ca.sh
balance of the fund & '
5. Payment for amounts received for 'Eraffic Safety Education
assessments amounting t~ $270.00 for the period Januar.yl,
1971 to May 6, 1971 ~e made to the State Treasurer.
Ona motion by Drogseth and seconded by Sokolik, the Town of Ye1m set
its Tax Levy for 1973' on property valuation 0'1.. $2,473,427 @ 7." mills
for a total of $18,5,0.00 by a City Ordinance t/:' 135 in accordance with
RCW 84.$2.020.
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Mr. Dallas 'Edwards brought the: subject of street surfa.cing in 'his West,
End ':Addition before the Council. He brought to t~eir att~ntion the. fact
that, ,it was not,at the time ()f his "Notice of Proposed Annexation It in
1971, 'one of the requirements that he must c'omplete the road sUrface '
before acceptance. On a motion by Gallagher, secon~ed by Drogseth and
passed, this requirement was waived, s~ject to verification of the
law by the Town Attorney G
Disoussion was held on ~he possibility of two council meetings each month-
no final decision was reached. .
Councilmen, questioned- by w~,t authori ty th~ salary of David Dawson was
raisedtrom, $525.00 per month to $575..00. :the answer was that it was a
verbal understanding only. as nathing could be found in the minutes or in
the ordinances indicating any salary schedule for him. It was suggested'
that in allprobability'it was unlawful to increase any w~ges in excess or
5%. The Clerk-Treasurer stated that he had alsO' been hired in the same
manner and would not continue unless he received the increases as agreed
verballys
On advice of the Town Attorney, Mayor Coates was instructed to appoint tw
coun:eilmen, who along with the Clerk would prepare a Wage and Salary Schedule
to include vacation and 0 sick benefits which should be' presented at" t~e next
council meeting. .
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7he subject of house and business numbering was brought up. It was brought
to the attention of the'Couricil that Mrs. Roberta Longmire has assigned ail
Town property a number on her own and given the clerks office this information
complete ,with map. She has gone to' a great deal af work, thinking that some
time the Town would wish. to adopt a numbering system. ' It was generally .g~eed
that the idea was good and that a vote would be taken at the next council
meeting on the s,ystem. '
On a motion' by Drogseth "and seoo nded by Sokolik a business license was
approved for' William B. McCluskey to operate. the "Raven Bureau af Investi-
gation and ~search;.u '
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Attorneys Schultz and Stiltz reported that the representative' of ~ook
Publishing Co. has been unable to attend our council meeting in'regard
to the codification of our ordinances, but that a meeting will 'be se~
up for a future date. ' , ,
The clerk was instructed to contact the E.H. H~bert Distributing' Co. and
to advise them to proceed with the necessary legal procedure regarding
their annexation request.
'!bere being nofllrther business, the meeting was adjourned on a motion by
Nelson and seconded by Dr&gseth at 11 :35 P.M.
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,The regular meeting of the Town Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M.
by Mayor Lora 'B. Coates.' Councilmen present were Richard Sokolik, Arnold
Drogseth and George Brown. Others present were Mr. Kinsley of Book :p~blishing 0' '"',
Company, Attorneys Kip Stiltz and Ted Schultz" Mrs. Roberta Longmire, 'Dallas
Edwards, Robert Landbn,Lou Cochrane and Chuck Donaldsone"
f1inutes of October 11th meeting were approved on a motion by Drogseth and _
seconded by Sokolik.
The following vouchers were approved for :pJayment, motion made by Brown and
seconded by Nelson:
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Current
Nisqually Valley Nevls
Pickett Drugs
Mobil Oil Co.
Rentex Services CorpQration
Washington Physicians Services .
PugetPower
Ye1m National Auto Parts
Wolf's Shoprite
Patrick Byrne & Associates
U.S.' Leasing Corporation
O.J. Martyr
Washington Natural Gas Co.
Yelm Telephone Co.
$ 12.89
2.72
96.61
13.2.3
55.35
46.61
1.58
5.92
115.00
24&32
9.81
u5.94
16.32
Arterial streets
Standard Oil Company
35.67
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Garbage
Nisqually Valley News
Ye1Jn Garage
Mobil Oil Corporation
John Rosano '
78.ot
39.33
23.56
5.00
Street
'Ye1m Garage
Yelm Hardware
D & H Mobil Service
Puget POwer
Patrick Byrne & Associates
56.24
3.70
17 .86
126.70
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steam Supply & Rubber Company
,Pennwalt Corporation
Yelm Garage
A & I Lumber ~ompany
Puget Power
Western Utili ties Supply Co.
Yelm Hardware
Capital Controls Company
$ 78.01
17.44
43.80
27..67
2.06
92.46
11.31
88.98
1,562.40
Mr. Edwards and M~. Landon expressed their qesire to bring the approval of the
~est End Addition Plat to c~pletion,:~, They ~re awaiting the signature of the
Town Engineer and they assert that they have ~ken all necessary steps toward
that end. Attorneys stiltz arid Schultz said they would confer with Engineer
Byrne tomorrow and ,do their best to reselve the matter.
On a motion by Drdgseth, and seconded by Brown and passed, the City Clerk-
Treasurer will be appointed City Auditing Officen by City Ordinance.
Under discussion was a wage and salary schedule for City employeese Attorney
Schul1!z suggested we table the matter until the December meeting. Atothat
time we wQuld have on hand, schequles from some of the sl:1r:r.ounding cities . This
will enable. us to study th~m, giving us a better indic~tion of 'the prevailing~
wages and benefits being paid in the~ea for similar positions.
Councilmen decmded they no longer wished to cont~nue signing blank vouchers in
advance for the usual end of the month payments suc~ as payroll, withholding
deposits, social security and etc. It was moved by SOkolik, seconded by
Brown arid passed, that a voucher authorizing each following payment be sigh-
ed by three members of the Council prior to the issuanc'eof each and .every
warrant thereof for the month of November at a date before the end of the
month with p8lfments not to exceed the following amounts:
o,~. Martyr
Charle s Barnard
Jolin Hastie
Jol1n Dones
Thqrnas Marcus
Ann Zembas
Datid Dawson
Donald Dawson
, jonathan.Bellows
Loid Stocker
Milton Johnson
Ph: Co. Cr,. Union
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Co~oriial Ins. Co.
Batik of Olympia
'$600\300
65.00
800.00
600.00
300.00
250 ;.JO
100.00
250.00
400.00
450.00
140.00
57 .00
18.00
250.00
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On the recoImru;ndation of Engineer Byrne, a motion was made by Sokolik, ,
seconded by B~own and passed, that the Town accept the roads Mr. Louis
Cochrane wish,~s to deed to the Town of Yelm as stated in minutes of September
13th~meeting. Mr.. Cochrane was asked to furnish a de~~iption of the roads
to be deeded.
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Approval was&iven for issuing a business license to Yelm Home Improvement and .
Janitorial Se~vice.
The clerk was "instructed to inform the City Attorney by letter which recommendations
made by the s~ate Auditors Office have been compl~ed with to date.
Mr. Kinsley, .representing Book Publishing Company, explained in detail, the pro....
ceedure and steps to be taken in codification of an ormmnance book. After noting
the size of:the Yelm Ordinance book, he stated that the initial cost would be
closer to $1, 7~0.OO than $3,000.00 as previously quoted. Mayor Coates and the
city' attorneys, and Councilmen were of the opinion, that the money would be well'
spent for theyalue received. A motion was made by Brown, ,seconded by Drogseth
and passed, th~t we take this matter unaer consideration.
The imp~ementation of a house ~umbering system was discussed and on a motion by
Nelson, seconded by Brown and passed, the Town will post a notice in the local
papero~ our intention to place this 5,Ystem in effect.
Mayor Coates s~ated she had been contacted by the Weyerhaeuser Companye 'They
requested pe~ssion to install a microwave transceiver on the Town water tower
as 'part of a communication system operation for this are'a. There were no
objections to 'the request.
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Meeting was' adg,QU1!8ed at 11:50 P .M,. on a motion by Nelson and seconded
by Brogseth.
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December 13, 1972
The regular meeting of the City ,Council was called to order wi th Mayor
Lora B. Coates presiding. Councilmen present were Drogseth, Gallagher;
Br.own and Sokolik. Qthers prese~t were Hrs. Roberta Longmire., Hrs. \v11son
Niss Viola Travis, J.1r. Flannigan, Mr. Lambert, Dr. Kenneth Arnold., Engineer
Byrne and Attorneys Schultz and Stiltz.
Minutes of the November 8th. meeting were approved bn a motion by Gallagher
and seconded by Drogseth.
The following bills were ordered paId on a motion 'by BroWn, seconded by'
Sokolik ..
CU RRENT
Washington State Retirement System
Bob t S' Tavern .
Pickett Drugs
Rentex Services Corpe,
Thurston-Mason Health District
Nisqually News
a "J. 1-1artyr
Puget Power
U.S.Leasing Corp.
Washington Natural Gas
Dept. of Labor & Industries
Yelm Telephone Co.
Pemco Electr.onics
Thurston County Sheriff
Washington Physicians
Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.
Yelrn Telephone
}1osman Agency
Mobil o.il Co.;
$184.25
l,G.GO
1.00
8.82
71 e 43
13.22
,12..53
53.50
24..32
49.36
7.04
24.33
c , 158.:00
16.00
55.35
46.,20
39.62
10.00
320.67
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68.00
28.14
68.60
76.75
63.69
79.55
36.88
19.45
~29. 71
25.. 26
19..24
10.71 :.
5..00
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126.70
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Measurement Controls
Puget Power
Rosano!!'1.ectric
Pacific Water Works
Western Utilities
fiARBAGE
Yelm Garage
Yelm Nat~onal Au:to Parts
Nisqually News
Mobil Oil Co",
Atlantic Richfield
John Rosano
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A & I Builders Supply
Nisqually News
Puget Pow~r
:t-1obll Oil Coo, C
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Miss Viola': 'Travis ex;resse~:>her desire to operate. a Christian toffee ;'Shop
in the former Algiers hestaurant locatione She suggested. that it would be
a meeting place for both young and old to meet and still be in a reli'gious
atmosphere., The Mayor and CoUncilmen voiced' their approval and support
and instructed the c~erk to iss~e her a business license wit~out feet~
Mre Flannigan and Mr.- Lambert, representing ItKingsview" development , which is
owned and. being. developed by Puget Sound Land & Development Compariy, Inc. made
a request for water service to their development. After8a general discussion,
it was suggested that the City Attorney and Engineer would inform the develppers
by letter of the terms and conditions whereby the City would extend water
services to UKingsviewu. '
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Motion was made by councilman ,Brown and seconded by 6allagherand; so moved,
to retain J.filton Johnson through the year 1973 as an advisor ~@lbheh,St:Gl\ett;s\J~~
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and \riater departments.
Dr.~:enneth Arnold related the difficulty he has encountered in his efforts
to obtain a permit to move a modular building into Yelm in which he wishes
to operate a dental practice 0 Mayor ,Coates and the council aBsured Dr. Arnold
they wished to welcome him to the city and would do all in their power to
prevent further delays. Hen was informed that if his building does not meet
code standards ~ he could then make application for a n Condi tional Use Permi tit
as an alternative.
EngineerB,yrne was authorized to review in detail the contract between Joe
Agosto and the City of Yelm relating to city water service to Nisqually
Plaza Developmente
'The clerk reported that refunds had been received from the Internal- Revenue
Service totaling $824.09. This amount represents refunds covering the years
1970 and 1971 for Unemployment Tax. Federal Revenue Sharing in the amount
of $6,861.00 has been received, covering the period of January 1, to June )0,
1972..
Because of the late hour' the meeting was recessed.
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Meeting was resumed December 20th at 7:30 P.M.
Brdinance #131 approving and adopting the 1973 Budget was read. At the
public hearing no citizen had appeared for or against the budget. On a
motion by Brown and seconded by Drogseth it was passed and ordered published.
Motion carried unanimously.
The following schedule was adopted by the Yelm city Council for the calendar
year 1973:
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-SICK L.EAVE: Sick le~ve will be accumulated at the rate of (!:a) one half
day per month, ~ith a maximum of (30) thirty days allowed. This
is not to be applied to annual or vacation leave.
Utility Superintendant (C) $600.00 January 1 - June 30.
(D) 629.00 July 1 - December 3141
Utility.Helper (C) 500 .00 January 1 - December 31.
Chief of Police: CD) 800.00 January 1 CD December 31.
Deputy 1:, (D) 600.00 January 1 ... December 31.
Deputy 2: (D) 500.00 January 1 - December 31.
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Cl erk-Treasurer,: (C) 600.00 . January 1 - June 30.
(D) 685&00 July 1 - December 31.
General Supervi~or $140.00 Montno
Deputy Clerk 3.00 Hr.
Part-Time Labor, 3.00 Hr.
PAID VACATIONS : Aft~r one year (1) of employment, (1) one week of vacation
, is allowed, and.after (2) two years'of employment, (2) two weeks of
vacation is al19wed, after (lQ) ten years, (3) three weeks would be
the established,rule. '
HOLIDAYS: The folloWing are paiq holidays: New Years, Christmas, Mem?r?-al Day,
July Fourthl Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Veterans Day., .
The above sick leave, paid vacations and holidays as stated are to be allowed
for all permanent employees of the Town of YelIn.
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Ordinance #138 relating to fiscal,man@gement and establishing a 'Cumulative
Reserve Fund for Fire Protection PUFPoses for the Town of Ye1m was read
and approved on a "motion by Drogseth, seconded by Gallaghero Rotion carried
unanimously_
Ordinance # 139, relating to Federal Revenue ~haring Funds and 'establishing
a Federal Revenue, Sharing Trust Fund for the Town of Ye1m was read and ~
appr~ved on a motion by Drogseth and seconded by Gallagher, Motion carried
unanimouslYe
Ordinance #140, relating to fiscal manggement and establishing a cumulative
Reserve Fund for Park Improvement Purposes for the To:wn of Ye1m was, read
and approved on a motion by Sokolik and seconded by Brown. Motion carried .0' . ,
unanimously.
Ordinance #141, relating to fiscal managem~,nt,and estabJ..ishing a Cumulative
Reserve Fund for Several Purposes for the AOwn of Ye1m was read and approved
on a motion by Drogseth and seconded by Gallagher. Motion carried unanimo~sly.
Ordinance #142, relating to fiscailmanagement and establishing a Contingency
Fund for the Town of 1e1m was read and approved on a motion by Gallaghe~,
seconded by Drogseth. Motion carried unanimously., '
The meeting adjourned at 10:)0 P.M. on a motion by Sokolik .and seconded
by Gallagher.
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January 10, 1f)73
In the absenee of the Mayor, on a motion by Drogseth and seconded by sokolik,
Councilman George Brown was elected Mayor-Protem. Other Councilmen 'pres'ent were
Drogseth, Nelson and Sokolik. Also present were Mrs. Roberta Longmire, Vern
Miller and Attorney Stiltz. '
Minutes Qf the December meeting were 'approved on a motion by Sokolik, seconded
by Drogseth. '
On a motion by Drogseth and seconded by Nelson, the fo~lowing bills were ordered
paid:
Current:
Yelm Telephone
O.J. Martyr
Western, Auto
Thurston County Reg~ona1 Planning
Thurston Countt Fire District
Timberland Regional Library
Association of Washington cities-
Thurston - Mason Health Dist.
Fristoe, T~lor &.Schultz
Mosman Age:p.cy
Washington Nat~~,Gas
Nisqually News
U.S. Leasing Corporation
Rentex Services Corp.
Wolf's
Pickett Drug
puget Power'
V.N. Sandavol
Lomi ta Tag Co.. r
$81.64
8.96
4.25
221.00
979.05
582.$0
71072'-
97 0 SO
255.,00
455.00
86.65
46.,61
24..32
8..82
24.91
9.08
51 .,48
45.00
6.67
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