City Council

CITY OF ELY 501 Mill Street Ely, Nevada 89301 City Hall (775) 289-2430 Cityofelynv.gov ELY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING June 23, 2022 5:00 p.m. – Ely Volunteer Fire Hall – 499 Mill Street – Ely, Nevada The Ely City Council meeting can also be accessed via video conference/teleconference. Please call City Hall or email CityClerk@cityofelynv.gov if you have questions regarding accessing the meeting. Link: https://zoom.us/j/9771306332 Meeting ID: 977 130 6332 Please Note: If you log on and experience difficulty hearing the meeting, please also call the toll-free numbers. Dial by your location: +877-853-5247 US Toll-free +888-788-0099 US Toll-free THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF SEQUENCE, COMBINE TWO OR MORE AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION, REMOVE AN ITEM OR DELAY DISCUSSION AT ANY TIME TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR TO AID IN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MEETINGS. 1. OPENING ACTIVITIES: MEETING CALLED TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION ROLL CALL 2. PUBLIC COMMENT: Comments not exceeding three (3) minutes in length will be accepted from the general public in attendance. If any are made, there may be discussion upon those comments. No vote, decision, or action may be taken upon matters raised under this item until it is formally placed on the agenda. Comments during Discussion Items will not be accepted from the General public. “Section 7.05 of the Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual indicates that the Public Body may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to or within the authority of the Public Body or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers”. 3. Mayor – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of Agenda, including removal of agenda items. 1 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 4. CITY DEPARTMENT REPORTS  FIRE CHIEF  POLICE CHIEF  MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE  CITY ATTORNEY  CITY CLERK  CITY TREASURER  CITY PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR  CITY WATER OPERATOR  CITY ENGINEER  CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL 5. REPORTS CITY COUNCIL MAYOR 6. THE MAYOR WILL RECESS THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR A MEETING OF THE ELY LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD. 1. Board Members – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of Class II Liquor License, effective July 1, 2022, to Harmanpreet Singh d.b.a. Singh Stores, Inc., located at 1490 East Aultman Street, Ely, Nevada. THE MAYOR WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 7. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION ONLY OF THE ELY CITY COUNCIL. A. CONSENT AGENDA (These items may be approved in one motion by the Council as its first action of business under For Discussion/Possible Action items.) Approval of the Consent Agenda approves each of these items. Council Members may remove any item from the Consent Agenda by notifying the Mayor or Mayor pro temp. MOTION: Move to approve the Consent Agenda item 7A-1 Bills. Moved by: ________________ Second by: _______________ Vote: _________________ 1. Discussion/For Possible Action –Bills. • June 3, 2022 • June 9, 2022 2 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer. B. NEW BUSINESS 1. Mayor Robertson – Discussion/For Possible Action – Appointment of Council Member Jerri-Lynn Williams-Harper as the City of Ely liaison to the White Pine Chamber of Commerce. 2. Mayor Robertson – Discussion/ For Possible Action – Approval to issue a Request for Qualifications for a design professional to be used for the planning work on the City Hall renovation and direct Mayor Robertson to assemble a city personnel committee to make design firm selection recommendations to the City Council. 3. Councilman Spear – White Pine Community Choir Association member Lori Drew – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of White Pine Community Choir Association’s request for $80,000 from Community Service funding to supplement already-obtained grant monies for the following restoration projects in the Centennial Fine Arts Center: installation of an elevator - $30,000; installation of an electrical upgrade - $30,000 and stabilization of the chimney - $20,000. 4. Councilman Spear – Discussion/For Possible Action – Direct City Attorney to amend Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 7 of the Ely City Code making operative the requirement that all elected officials follow the chain of command, to wit: prohibit elected officials from confronting city employees about work related performance or issues on or off the job and require elected officials to instead report all matters to the appointed official over the department with appropriate jurisdiction. 5. Councilman Alworth – Discussion/For Possible Action – Review of City Police Chief’s and City Engineer’s recommendations in regard to the traffic study on possible future removal of YIELD or STOP signs at the following locations – Murry Street and 1st Avenue, Murry Street and 3rd Avenue, and Murry Street and Annand Avenue AND possible direction that a public hearing be held prior to Council’s final action to remove said signs. 6. Councilman Alworth – Discussion/For Possible Action – Direct City Clerk to mail notifications to businesses on Great Basin Highway that have frontages in need of beautification, such as weed removal and watering grass; businesses were granted leniency last summer due to the construction taking place. 7. Council Members – City Treasurer Trask – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreement between City of Ely Fire Department and Operating Engineers, Local 3 July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. 8. Council Members – City Treasurer Trask – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of three percent (3%) Wage Increase for employees in the City of Ely Collective Bargaining Unit effective July 1, 2022, pursuant to the Cost-of-Living Adjustment/Wage Rate Change provision in Exhibit A Wage Scale of the current Agreement between City of Ely and Operating Engineers, Local 3. 3 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 8. PUBLIC COMMENT: Comments not exceeding three (3) minutes in length will be accepted from the general public in attendance. If any are made, there may be discussion upon those comments. No vote, decision, or action may be taken upon matters raised under this item until it is formally placed on the agenda. “Section 7.05, of the Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual indicates that the Public Body may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to or within the authority of the Public Body or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers”. 9. ADJOURNMENT: THE MEETING MAY BE ADJOURNED BY APPROPRIATE MOTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. * Open session – Action/Discussion – Personnel** The meeting may be closed by appropriate motion for the purpose of discussion on any matter allowed under N.R.S. 241.031 and 241.033, (1) nothing contained in this chapter prevents a public body from holding a closed meeting to consider the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or physical or mental health of a person/employee. (2) A public body may close a meeting upon a motion, which specifies the nature of the business to be considered. (3) This chapter does not: (a) Apply to judicial proceedings. (b) Prevent the removal of any person who willfully disrupts a meeting to the extent that its orderly conduct is made impractical. (c) Prevent the exclusion of witnesses from a public or private meeting during the examination of another witness. (d) Require that any meeting be closed to the public. (e) Permit a closed meeting for the discussion of the appointment of any person to public office or as a member of a public body. (4) The exception provided by this section, and electronic communication, must not be used to circumvent the spirit or letter of this chapter in order to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory powers. 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Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaintfilingcust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; Fax: (202) 690-7442; or Email: program.intake@usda.gov . For access to the public packet, contact the City Clerk at 501 Mill Street, Ely, Nevada 89301 or call (775) 289-2430; all packet material is posted in the agenda’s hyperlinks or under “Additional Documentation” on the City’s website at https://www.cityofelynv.gov/ I, Jennifer Lee, City Clerk, did cause to be posted on June 16, 2022 by 5:00 p.m. four (4) notices of the Ely City Council agenda in said City of Ely to wit: Posted at the doors or bulletin boards of City Hall located at 501 Mill Street, White Pine County Library located at 950 Campton Street, White Pine County Courthouse located at 801 Clark Street and the U.S. Post Office located at 2600 Bristlecone Avenue. The meeting notice is also posted on the City of Ely’s website at https://www.cityofelynv.gov/ and the State of Nevada Public Notices website at https://notice.nv.gov. _________________________________ 4 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer.