11-26-2019YELM CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 MINUTES
CITY HALL BUILDING
106 SECOND STREET SE
YELM, WA
1. Mayor JW Foster called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Roll Call Present: Cody Colt, Tad Stillwell, Tracey Wood and Joe DePinto. EJ
Curry present via phone.
Absent: Molly Carmody and Terry Kaminski.
19-083 MOTION BY TRACEY WOOD TO EXCUSE COUNCILMEMBERS MOLLY
CARMODY AND TERRY KAMINSKI. SECONDED BY CODY COLT.5-0,
MOTION CARRIED.
2. Agenda Approval
19-084 MOTION BY TAD STILLWELL TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY CODY COLT. 5-0, MOTION CARRIED.
3. Special Presentations -
Intercity Transit Presentation on Service Upgrades- Intercity Transit General
Manager Ann Freeman-Manzanares.
4. Public Comment -
Tom Gow, Rainier resident, expressed his concerns about the traffic backup due to
the 1-5 closure that happened on Monday, November 18th.
5. Consent Agenda
a. Minutes: November 12, 2019 Minutes
b. October Financials, Vouchers totaling $1,217,950.87.
19-085 MOTION BY CODY COLT TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECONDED
BY TAD STILLWELL. 5-0, MOTION CARRIED.
6. New Business -
a. 2019-2020 Mid -Biennial Budget Amendment
Mayor Foster opened the public hearing at 6:40 pm. No comments from the
public. The public hearing will be continued to the December 10, 2019 meeting.
b. 2020 Property Tax Ad Valorem
Mayor Foster opened the public hearing at 7:03 pm. Heidi MacDonald, Interim
Finance Director gave a presentation on the Property Tax Ad Valorem. Mayor
Foster closed the public hearing at 7:15.
19-086 MOTION BY CODY COLT TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1056, SETTING THE
AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX FOR 2020. SECONDED BY TRACEY WOOD. 4-
1 (DEPINTO - NO). MOTION CARRIED.
7. Old Business - none scheduled
8. UPDATES -
City Administrator Michael Grayum -
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• The last Council meeting will be December 10, 2019. The 2019-2020 Mid -
Biennial Budget Amendment will come before Council for a vote.
• The Council Retreat is planned for some time in January of 2020.
• The Killion Road LID deadline is approaching. This will be an Item for
discussion in the first quarter of 2020.
• Thurston County Regional Planning has requested to be on the Council
Agenda in January or February to discuss Yelm's transportation needs In
the coming years.
• Christmas in the Park is December 7, 2019.
Councilmember Curry attended the Yelm Finance Committee meeting.
Councilmember Stillwell attended the Yelm Emergency Operations Board
meeting, and the Yelm Public Safety Committee meeting. Executive Seminar will
be held on December 9, 2019.
Councilmember Wood attended the Transportation Policy Board meeting.
Councilmember DePinto attended the Yelm Tornado game in Kennewick, Yelm
Public Safety Committee meeting and the Yelm Finance Committee meeting.
Councilmember DePinto will be attending the Economic Forecast Innovation Expo
next Thursday, December 5 put on by South Thurston Economic Development
Initiative at the Great Wolf Lodge. Councilmember DePinto attended a charitable
event last Saturday where a truckload of food was donated to our community.
Councilmember DePinto congratulated the Yelm Police Department for a job well
done during the high-speed chase on Sunday.
Mayor Foster visited Reserve Officer Joe Rivera In the hospital after his accident
during a high-speed chase. Reserve Officer Rivera is doing fine and was released
from the hospital on Monday after spending the night. Mayor Foster congratulated
Councilmembers Molly Carmody and Joe DePinto for their re-election to Council.
Mayor Foster also congratulated Councilmember elect James Blair who will be
sworn in and take his seat at the first meeting in January 2020 and thanked
Councilmember EJ Curry for continuing to fulfill the duties of Councilmember
through the end of the year. Roger Malar, Washington State Department of
Transportation Executive released the list of state projects that will be put on hold
due to the I-976 passing and the Yelm 510 Bypass is not on the list. Mayor Foster
attended the South Sound Military and Community Partnership meeting, the South
Thurston Economic Development Initiative meeting, the Association of Washington
Cities Risk Management Service Agency Board Directors meeting, and as Chair of
the Yelm Community Schools Advisory Committee in Career Technical Education
(CTE) attended the South Sound Council on CTE. Mayor Foster gave a special
thanks to Teri Pablo for her work In the CTE program. Mayor Foster and the
Finance Department met with First Security Bank and discussed bringing their
Financial Literacy Program to Yelm at no charge. Shop small businesses locally on
November 30, and "Christmas in the Park" and the key ceremony for Sargent
Aaron Boyle's family on Bald Hills Road are both on December 7t6.. The Yelm
Chamber Business Awards will be held on December 10th at the Yelm Community
Center and the Olympia Chamber Orchestra Concert will be held at 2:00 pm on
December 8th at the Yelm Community Center. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
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9. Executive Session - none scheduled
19-087 MOTION BY CODY COLT TO ADJOURN. SECONDED BY TAD STILLWELL.
5-0, MOTION CARRIED.
10. Adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
a� Attest: t/ K
JVV Foster, Mayor Lori Lucas, 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.
November 26, 2019
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