01/24/1996 Minutes
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CITY' OF YELM
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1996
1. Mayor Wolf called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. All
present joined in the flag salute.
Council present: Don Miller, Martha Parsons, Velma
Curry, Amos Lawton, and Bob Gallagher.' . Guests: Jim
Weidinger, Fire District #2; Bill Trull, Bill's Towing;
and Kristina Lord, Nisqually Valley News. Staff:
Shelly Badger, 'Glenn .Dunnam, Ken Garmann and Agnes
Bennick.
Agenda
MOTION BY AMOS LAWTON, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS
APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRINTED. CARRIED.
Minutes - 1/10/96
MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY BOB GALLAGHER
APPROVING THE JANUARY 10, 1996 MINUTES AS PRINTED.
CARRIED.
Approval of Payroll
MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS ,SECONDED BY BOB . GALLAGHER
,APPROVING PAYMENT OF JANUARY 1996 PAYROLL. .CARRIED.
Vouchers
MOTION 'BY VELMA CURRY, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS
APPROVING PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS 18227 ~ 19234 TOTALLING.
$ 6,110..12. CARRIED.
6. .
Public Comment/Questions - none
7 .
New Business
a. Ordinance #571 - 1996 Budget Amendment. Agnes
Bennick explain'ed that this is an annual amendment that
increases expenditures to balance funds with year end
revenues.
MOTION BY BOB GALLAGHER, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS
APPROVING ORDINANCE NO. 571. CARRIED.
b. Resolution No. 340 - Property Surplus. S'helly
Badger reported that the property is located between the
maintenance yard and retail shops on. First Street. Staff
is .working towards obtaining the right of way needed to
realign the Mosman/First Street intersection. The
surplus property would be traded for an equally sized
piece of ,property at that location.
MOTION BY AMOS LAWTON, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS
APPROVING RESOLUTION 340 TO DECLARE AS SURPLUS PROPERTY
ON FIRST STREET. CARRIED.
c. Ordinance No .. 574
Agnes Bennick explained
-. Credit .Card Authorization.
that until mid '95 credit
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purchases were limited to travel and training expenses:
In '95 the legislature expanded the use of city credit
cards to include supply and equipment purchases, provided
cities also adopted a policy and limits for control of
credit cards use.
council requested that the ordinance be amended at
Sections 2 and 3 ~ (1) and. (4) by adding City council
Financial . Liaison immediately following Chief
Administrative Officer and by adding to Section 5 .that
Monthly credit card bills shall be submitted to the City
Council Financial Liaison for review.
MOTION BY DON MILLER, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON APPROVING
ORDINANCE NO. 574 AS AMENDED AND ESTABLISHING A CITY
CREDIT CARD POLICY. CARRIED.
8.
Old Business
a. ~esolution No. 341 - Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Control Plan. Chief Dunnam informed Councilmembers that
the City's plan has been ;reviewed by AWC and the Thurston
CountyHe~lth Departmen~. .
MOTION BY BOB GALLAGHER, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS
APPROVING RESOLUTION 341 ADOPTING THE BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN
EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN. CARRIED.
b. Ordinance No. 572 - Adopting the state's Blood
Alcohol Le.vel.
MOTION BY DON MILLER, SECONDED BY MARTHA PARSONS
APPROVING ORDINANCE NO. 572 INCREASING THE BLOOD ALCOHOL
LEVEL TO .1. CARRIED.
9 .
Reports
a. Planning - Councilmember Lawton reported that the.
Planning CqmmissioD. continues to work on the sign
ordinance.
b. Library Councilmember Curry reported on the
previous evenings Friends of the Library sponsored kick
off for fundraising for a new library. Shelly Badger
reported that Kristin Blalack, librarian, has missed the
past several meetings due to Timberland commitments.
c. Council Liaison Reports
1) City Hall - Councilmember Parsons reported on the
new receipting system and billing changes.
2) Court - Councilmember Lawton reported that data
entry continues and that the computer system was down for
a day.
3) Public Works - Ken Garmann's report: funding pieces
are in place for theY-2 project; lighting installation
at the City/YTC parking loti West Rd., and Van Trump
Street traffic counts; Department of Health Water
in$pectioni. and replacement of a water line on, 4th
Street.
4) Police Department - Councilmember Parsons will
attend Jim Esslinger's graduation on 1/3'1 with Chief
Dunnam.
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Chief Dunnam submitted Tow Service Agreement letters
submitted by Bill's Towing and B-n-H Towing. As costs to
the City would be lower using Bill's Towing he
recommended that contract be accepted.
MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON
APPROVING A TOWING CONTRACT WITH BILL'S TIRE AND TOWING.
CARRIED.
5) Water Reuse - Councilmember Gallagher reported on
the status of water reuse funding House and Senate Bills
which are moving rapidly. Shelly Badger added that the
project is receiving unanimous'bi-partisan support due to
benefits of the project statewide. Only one individual
signed up to testify against the project. The'objectin
concerned deep well injection. The objectionable
language was removed with Department of Ecology's
agreement.
d. Financial - Councilmember Gallagher reported on the
4th Quarter Treasurer's Report.
e. Mayor - Mayor Wolf's report: House and Senate
hearings; testimony at the Water Reuse Hearing; meeting
with Thurston Conservation District representatives;
Olympia/Thurston Chamber, panel of all county mayors;
library and staff meetings; and Heart Month Proclamation;
MOTION BY MARTHA PARSONS, SECONDED BY AMOS LAWTON
PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY HEART MONTH. CARRIED.
Upcoming meetings/events to be covered: Thurston Co.
Works, 1/22, 1-4, L&I Building; EDC Fundraiser,
Councilmember Miller will attend; '96 Legislative Action
Conference; and the Pacific NW Rail Corridor meeting,
Counci~member Miller to attend.
f. Council - Councilmember Gallagher reported on a
recent Transportation Policy Board meeting where work
included coordinating IT and Regional Transportation
Plans and availability of maps for the next 20 years.
g. Parks \ two requests
96-020 MOTION BY BOB GALLAGHER, SECONDED BY DON MILLER APPROVING
YELM PRAIRIE CHRISTIAN CENTERS REQUEST FOR 6/22/96 AND
YELM LION'S CLUB REQUEST FOR 7/20-7/28/96. CARRIED.
9. Correspondence was reviewed
10. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.
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Martha Parsons, Mayor Pro-Tempore
Attest:
Clerk
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