08-11-2020VIRTUAL YELM CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020 MINUTES
1. Mayor JW Foster called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Roll Call Present: Molly Carmody, EJ Curry, Tad Stillwell, Tracey Wood, Joe
DePinto and Terry Kaminski.
James Blair was absent.
20-076 MOTION BY MOLLY CARMODY TO EXCUSE JAMES BLAIR FROM THE
MEETING. SECONDED BY TRACEY WOOD. 6-0, MOTION CARRIED.
2. Agenda Approval
20-077 MOTION BY TRACEY WOOD TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY EJ CURRY. 6-0, MOTION CARRIED.
3. Special Presentations - none scheduled
4. Public Comment - no comments
5. Consent Agenda- none scheduled
6. New Business -
a. Public Hearing - 2021 Six Year Transportation Improvement Program
Mayor Foster opened the Public Hearing at 6:04 p.m. Community Development
Director Grant Beck and Public Works Project and Program Manager Pat Hughes
gave a presentation. No comments from the public.
Mayor Foster closed the Public Hearing at 6:10 p.m.
20-078 MOTION BY MOLLY CARMODY TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 606
ESTABLISHING THE 2021-2026 SIX YEAR TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SECONDED BY TERRY KAMINSKI. 6-0, MOTION
CARRIED.
b. Ordinance No. 1066, Term Limits
20-079 MOTION BY MOLLY CARMODY TO CONTINUE ORDINANCE NO. 1066 TO
THE AUGUST 25, 2020 MEETING. SECONDED BY JOE DEPINTO. 5-1
(CURRY -NO), MOTION CARRIED.
7. Old Business - none scheduled
8. UPDATES -
City Administrator - Michael Grayum
• The Mill Road Sidewalk Improvement Project is moving along and should be
completed by Friday, August 14.
• Mosman Avenue project costs came in on budget.
• The Boys and Girls Club will be using the entire old City Hall building.
• The General Government Committee has completed an update to Appendix 7 -
Committee Assignments of the Mayor/Council Protocol Manual and is posted
on our website. The Mayor/Council Protocol Manual will be brought to the
October Study Session for input from Council to work on.
• State Representatives Andrew Barkis and IT Wilcox are scheduled to attend
the next Council meeting to give updates along with the Thurston County
Regional Transportation Council who will be giving a presentation.
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• We have received the contract with the Department of Commerce and are
working on preparing reimbursements.
• Our Water Revenue Refunding Bonds were sold on the market today. Our
credit rating remains A+ but the amount that we will save over 20 years has
tripled.
Councilmember Carmody will be attending the Finance Committee meeting and
Public Works Committee meeting on Thursday. Councilmember Carmody attended
Intercity Transit Authority meeting.
Councilmember Curry attended the General Government Committee meeting
and will attend the Public Works Committee meeting on Thursday. Councilmember
Curry also attended the Yelm Farmer's Market.
Councilmember Stillwell attended the General Government Committee, the
Yelm Chamber Virtual meeting and will be attending the Public Works Committee
meeting on Thursday. Councilmember Stillwell missed the Community
Development Committee meeting and the Emergency Management meeting was
cancelled.
Councllmember Wood stated the TCOMM meeting was cancelled and he is out
of town.
Councilmember DePinto attended the Community Development Committee
meeting and will be attending the Public Works Committee meeting on Thursday.
Councilmember DePinto also attended the ground breaking of the Nisqually Tribe
Elders Facility and the Yelm Chamber Virtual meeting. Councilmember DePinto
hopes to have a joint meeting with the Nisqually Tribe in the future.
Councilmember Kaminski attended the Community Development Committee
meeting and will attend Yelm Finance Committee meeting on Thursday.
Mayor Foster attended the Yelm Chamber Virtual meeting. Today was Tadence
Rupert's last day of the Summer Intern Program sponsored by the Yelm
Community Schools and the Pack Mountain Workforce Development. The Yelm
Police Department assisted Thurston County Sheriff's Office on a call and was later
thanked by the subject's mother who was very appreciative of the Yelm PD
professionalism. Today is the 130`^ Anniversary of Fay Fuller's crest of Mount
Rainier.
9. Executive Session -
At 6:53 p.m. Mayor Foster announced that Council and selected staff would go
into an Executive Session for up to 45 minutes for the purpose of discussing
upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreements with the FOP and Teamsters Unions.
At 7:18 p.m. Mayor Foster announced that the Executive Session has ended and
reconvened the regular meeting.
20-080 MOTION BY JOE DEPINTO TO ADJOURN. SECONDED BY TRACEY WOOD.
6-0, MOTION CARRIED.
10. Adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
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JW Koster, Maydr 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.
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