08/27/03 Minutes
YELM CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2003
1. Call to Order. Mayor Rivas called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
2. Roll Call. Present: Don Miller, John Thompson, Bob Isom, Pat Fetterly.
Ron Harding was excused. Also present: Brent Dille, City Attorney.
3. Agenda Approval
03-74 MOTION BY BOB ISOM, SECONDED BY JOHN THOMPSON
APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. CARRIED.
4. Special Presentations - None Scheduled
5. Public Comment - There was no response to the call for comments.
Mayor Rivas took this opportunity to thank Jenna Loughlin, reporter for
the Nisqually Valley News assigned to cover city government activity,
for the excellent job she did covering city activities and wished her well
as she moves on in a new direction.
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Consent Agenda
Council Minutes: Council Minutes - Regular Meeting, Aug 13,2003
Payables: Checks 20730 - 20833, totaling $142,571.60
Manual Checks 20730 - 20763, totaling $1,889.44
Claims Checks 20764 - 20833, totaling $140,682.16
Payroll: Preliminary August 2003
Park Use Requests: Lions Club and Lasher Birthday Party
MOTION BY PAT FETTERLY, SECONDED BY BOB ISOM
APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED.
CARRIED.
Public Hearing(s) - None Scheduled
New Business
CAPCOM Budget - Shelly Badger explained that 2004 proposed budget
includes an estimated $4,000 increase for Computer Aided Dispatch
(CAD) services. She also reported that the timing is right to submit a
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request to the CAPCOM Administration Board to consider adding a
Yelm seat to the board. This could be done as a written budget comment
or as a request as a board meeting agenda item. She offered to follow up
on any budget questions Council might have.
Council consensus supported contacting CAPCOM concerning a Yelm
seat on the board.
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Old Business
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Ordinance No. 786 establishing a Community Memorial/Recognition
Program Ordinance. Shelly Badger was thanked for her efforts in putting
together this ordinance.
MOTION BY BOB ISOM, SECONDED BY DON MILLER
ADOPTING ORDINANCE 786 ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY
MEMORIAL/RECOGNITION PROGRAM ORDINANCE.
CARRIED.
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Mayor and Council Reports and Initiatives and Board/Commission
Business
Councilmember Miller attended the Fire Commission Meeting where
discussion concerned moving the Medic II Unit back to the fire station.
Mayor Rivas added that he received a response to the letter sent to the
Thurston County Board of Commissioners agreeing to provide some
Medic Unit location guarantees in response to the city's letter.
Councilmember Thompson commended Shelly Badger for her
presentation to the Chamber of Commerce.
Councilmember Isom expressed his appreciation to the public works staff
for patching the Yelm Ave. walkway to Yelm High School.
Mayor Rivas thanked Councilmember Isom and staff for attending
Thurston County Auditor Kim Wyman's presentation on selection of a
ballot tabulation system.
The city received an A on the A WC "report card" and that areas needing
strengthening were marked with an X. The A rating qualifies the city for
zero deductible. Staff was thanked for their efforts in controlling this
area.
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Executive Session - At 7:45 p.m. Mayor Rivas announced that Council
would be going to executive session for approximately 30 minutes to
consider acquisition of real estate. Mayor Rivas reopened the regular
meeting at 8 :25 p.m.
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03-77 MOTION BY BOB ISOM, SECONDED BY PAT FETTERLY
AUTHORIZING STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL TO PROCEED
WITH DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF
REAL ESTATE. CARRIED.
12. Correspondence reviewed included information about Worker
Compensation Retrospective Rate Program Association of Washington
Cities has been working to put together.
13. Adjourn: 8:35 p.m.
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