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The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tonasket was held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:00 pm in the City Hall, Tonasket, Washington.

 

Those present were Councilmembers Griffin, Hines, Ramsey, Olson and Vugteveen. Mayor Pro-Tem Vugteveen led the flag salute and then Mayor Plumb arrived. Also present were City Superintendent Pilkinton, Police Chief Burks, Deputy Clerk Miller and Clerk-Treasurer Attwood.

                                                                        Wells/Farmers Market

Matt Wells, Market Master for the Farmers Market, was in attendance to inform the Mayor and Council that the Farmers Market is under new management.  The Market will start May 19th  and run through October 20th from 3pm to 7pm. There was a brief discussion regarding the possible use of Western Ave for overflow of vendors.  This matter will be put into Committee as soon as the Mayor appoints his Committee Members. There was also discussion regarding the safety of the children at the Farmers Market. Mr. Wells stated the vendor stalls are placed along the highway to create a barrier to prevent children running into traffic.

                                                                        Symposium/CCC

Mary Vaughn was present to invite the Mayor and Council to the Awakening the Dreamer Changing the Dream Symposium on March 5th at the Community Cultural Center.

                                                                        Planner Update

Kurt Danison, City Planner, was present to update the Mayor and Council on a few items.  Kurt reported the rough draft results are prepared for the Park survey. Kurt had handouts of the preliminary data. More detail will be available when the data has been completely entered.

 

Kurt reported the Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing on the City’s Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 3:00 pm. Kurt also reported the City will need to adopt a resolution for the Shoreline Master Program and the draft county Comprehensive Plan does not mention the City’s Airport which should be addressed in the plan.

 

Kurt then introduced Dalana Potter who will be doing an internship for the City. She will also be working with Oroville and the County. It was moved by Griffin and seconded by Olson to authorize the payment of L & I for Dalana Potter while she is interning.

                                                                        Youth Center Agreement

There was a brief discussion on the Youth Center use agreement. The City Clerk will bring two new agreements, one for the use of the facility that does not require payment and one agreement that requires payment.

                                                                        Olson/Thank you

Councilmember Olson thanked Bill and his crew for such a great job on snow removal.

                                                                        Hines/Library

Councilmember Hines asked if the Library hours could be changed to include Saturday. Councilmember Hines was told that North Central Regional Library oversees the Library.

                                                                        Griffin/Youth Center

Councilmember Griffin reported she and Councilmember Ramsey will meet regarding the Youth Center.

                                                                        Ramsey/Food Bank

Councilmember Ramsey reported the Food Bank will be temporarily moved to Sarge’s until a permanent place can be found. Councilmember Ramsey also reported there will be a grant writing workshop at the Community Cultural Center and a retirement party for Sara Kaiser on February 20th at the CCC.

                                                                        Plumb/Airport

Mayor Plumb reported that an airplane got stuck at the airport. Superintendent Pilkinton will look into this matter.

                                                                        Old Firehall/Agreement

There was discussion on the EMS District using the City’s old Firehall building and the need for a formal agreement for the use. Jeff Cravy will be contacted regarding terms of the agreement.

                                                                        Pilkinton/Water

Superintendent Pilkinton voiced his concern regarding people turning their own water on and off in the meter boxes. He is asking the Council to consider a substantial fine for those that access the meter boxes. This will be reviewed by the Water/Sewer Committee.

                                                                        Burks/Grant

Chief Burks reported the Police Department will be receiving a $3,199 grant for equipment from the Washington Association of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs.

 

                                                                        Copier/Police Department

It was moved by Hines and seconded by Griffin to allow up to $1500 for a copier for the Police Department out of Criminal Justice Funds.  Motion carried.

 

                                                                        Correspondence

A letter was received from Teresa Sanderson requesting handicap parking on Western Ave in front of the CCC. The Clerk was instructed to write a letter to Ms. Sanderson stating she should contact the CCC.

                                                                        Plan of Operations/TVBRC

The Plan of Operations for the management of the TVBRC was briefly discussed. It was stated this should possibly be an ongoing agreement instead of an annual agreement. This will be researched further with the TVBRC Board.

                                                                        First Reading/Ordinance 691

The City Clerk introduced Ordinance #691 which is a budget amendment and this is the first reading of the ordinance.

                                                                        Planning Only Grant             

It was moved by Griffin and seconded by Olson to authorize Varela and Associates to apply for a Planning Only Grant for the Water System plan update which is due the 1st of March. Motion carried. Varela and Associates will be preparing this application at no cost to the City.

                                                                        Special Meeting

A special Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 at 4 pm at Rancho Chico.

                                                                        CCC/Hotel-Motel Funds

It was moved by Vugteveen and seconded by Olson to allow the re-allocation for the Hotel-Motel funds for the CCC to include the Spring Music series.  Motion carried.

                                                                        DARE Car

It was the consensus of the Council that the money received from the Town of Winthrop for the DARE car will go into Cumulative Police Fund.

                                                                        WSDOT

The City Clerk stated that WSDOT representatives will be at the February 22nd Council meeting and they would like to know if the Mayor and Council have questions before they get to Council so they can be prepared. One of the concerns mentioned is the fact that the curbs and the asphalt are reaching the same level and what can be done to address this issue.

                                                                        Letter/Hospital

The City Clerk was instructed to write a letter to the hospital regarding parking on 2nd Street stating the parking is hampering flow of traffic and at times blocking the alley.

                                                                        Ad/Pedestrian Project

The City Clerk reported the ad will be placed for the engineer for the Pedestrian Project on February 10th and 17th.

                                                                        Consent Agenda

It was moved by Ramsey and seconded by Olson to approve the consent agenda which consists of the minutes of the previous meeting, January 2011 Payroll (2184 – direct deposit run 1-26-2011) $58,456.67 and February 2011 Bills  (2182-2261) $43,275.53. Motion carried.

                                                                        Adjournment

It was moved by Ramsey and seconded by Vugteveen to adjourn the meeting.  Motion carried.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                                                    Patrick Plumb, Mayor

 

 

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Alice J. Attwood, Clerk-Treasurer