02-12-2019YELM CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 MINUTES
PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
206 MCKENZIE AVE.
YELM, WA
1. Mayor Foster called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Roll Call Present: EJ Curry, Molly Carmody, Cody Colt, Tad Stillwell, Tracey
Wood, Joe DePinto and Terry Kaminski.
2. Agenda Approval
19-012 MOTION BY MOLLY CARMODY TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS
PRESENTED. SECONDED BY CODY COLT. 7-0, MOTION CARRIED.
3. Special Presentations
Student of the Month - Cody Johnston, January 2019.
Introduction of NEW City of Yelm Civil Review Engineer, Derek McCoy.
4. Public Comment
Sandra Manwiller, Co-chair of Citizens for Support of Yelm Schools stated that
tonight is the night to find out the preliminary results of the school bond and
official results will be certified on February 22, 2019. Sandra also updated council
on upcoming bills to decrease super majority passage.
Ed Kenney spoke about the Fire Mountain Farms Biosolids land application site
proposed near Yelm and urged council to speak out against it.
Steve Slater, life member of the VFW encouraged council to support the VFW
being able to use the old City Hall facility.
Scott Bannister, Joseph Brumbles, Matt Howe, Mark Jensen, Matt Marshall and
Tim Webb all spoke in support of the preservation of our second amendment
rights and oppose Initiative 1639.
5. Consent Agenda
a. January 22, 2019 Regular Meeting Minutes.
19-013 MOTION BY TRACEY WOOD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS
PRESENTED. SECONDED BY EJ CURRY. 7-0, MOTION CARRIED.
6. New Business
a. Construction Award - Ft. Stevens Elementary Pedestrian Improvements
Authorization to award Ft. Stevens Elementary Pedestrian Improvements bid and
allow Mayor Foster to enter into a construction contract with Northwest Cascade,
Inc.
19-014 MOTION BY TRACEY WOOD TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR JW FOSTER TO
AWARD THE PROJECT TO AND SIGN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
WITH NORTHWEST CASCADE, INC. OF PUYALLUP, WA IN THE NOT TO
EXCEED AMOUNT OF $455,387.12. THIS AMOUNT IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF
SALES TAX. SECONDED BY MOLLY CARMODY. 7-0 MOTION CARRIED.
Old Business - none scheduled
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8. UPDATES—
City Administrator Michael Grayum -
• Appreciation to Public Works and Police Department staff for the
tremendous job they did during the recent snow event.
• Due to weather issues water shut -offs, regularly scheduled for Wednesday,
February 13 have been rescheduled for Thursday, February 14th.
Councllmember Curry attended the South East Thurston Fire Authority meeting
and reported that they approved their review of the chief during an executive
session and they had a 17 percent Increase in calls due to the weather. Also,
reporting that she spent time calling on the school bond.
Councilmember Carmody attended the Economic Development meeting talked
about the Downtown Corridor Project being reviewed by the City of Yelm Planning
Commission for any changes and then will send it to council for action. Other
topics discussed, water rights and the watershed mitigation plan. Intercity Transit
General Manager reporting current transit service schedules due to Inclement
weather and congratulating Public Works on keeping the roads clean and clear.
Councllmember Colt attended the Economic Development meeting. Reported
that he is working with Michael Grayum on the Pacific West Athletic Complex.
General Government Committee will be meeting next Tuesday to discuss old City
Hall.
Councilmember Stillwell attended the Thurston County Emergency
Management Executive Seminar. Thanked Public Works for keeping the schools
parking lots cleared.
Councilmember Wood TCOMM meeting rescheduled and the Transportation
Policy Board meeting cancelled.
Councilmember DePinto attended the Thurston County Economic Development
Council meeting for Councilmember Stillwell. Yelm Public Safety is coming up In
the next couple of weeks and the Homelessness Task Force meeting is next week.
AWC Action Days have been cancelled. Questioned who will be officiating the next
council meeting with the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem absent. City Clerk will call the
meeting to order and will ask the council who will be running the meeting.
Councilmember Kaminski attended Economic Development meeting. Yelm
Public Works Committee meeting was cancelled and Thurston Thrives is rebooting
for the New Year. Asked Chief Stancil if there were any requests from Yelm
homeless to be taken to shelters. Chief Stancil reported that officers offered
transport and bus tickets to homeless and no one accepted.
Mayor Foster stated that there have been many organizations canceling
meetings. The Mayor stated that he Implemented two parts of our snow weather
policy on Friday afternoon, allowing employees to leave early to get home safe.
Monday, employees were Informed they could use the snow weather policy to stay
home and use their vacation time or comp time to stay safe. Thanks to Johnny
Edwards, Tyler Harper and Eric Kolb for the tremendous job they did in keeping
our streets clear. Integrated Emergency Management exercise will be held, bring
back some long term considerations for the survival of the greater community.
It's not just our Public Works crew and law enforcement that did a great job
during the snow event but when an opportunity arises to serve our citizens even
the City Administrator and Police Chief get involved. The Mayor received a call
from a woman that was fearful of her neighborhoods condition and could not get
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to her mailbox or her car. Before the Mayor could do anything the City
Administrator and Police Chief had shovels in hand and cleared her driveway for
her. Nicely done guys.
Executive Session — none scheduled
19-015 MOTION BY CODY COLT TO ADJOURN. SECONDED BY MOLLY CARMODY
7-0, MOTION CARRIED.
lo. Adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
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W Foster, Mayor Lori Mossman, City Clerk
These minutes record the official actions of the Yelm City Council. Complete recordings are
available on the city website at www.yelmwa.gov.
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