City Council

GRANDVIEW CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 9, 2015 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Norm Childress called the special meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Present were: Mayor Childress and Councilmembers Mike Everett, Dennis McDonald, Gloria Mendoza, Bill Moore, Jesse Palacios, Javier Rodriguez and Joan Souders. Staff present were: City Administrator/Public Works Director Cus Arteaga, City Attorney Quinn Plant, City Attorney Tony Menke, City Treasurer Matt Cordray, Police Chief Kal Fuller, Fire Chief Pat Mason, Library Director Elizabeth Jahnke, Assistant Public Works Director Santos Trevino and City Clerk Anita Palacios. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Shaniah Verduzco, Director of Public Relations, Grandview DECA, led the pledge of allegiance. 3. PRESENTATIONS A. 2015 Proclamation – Grandview High School DECA Week Mayor Childress proclaimed November 16-22, 2015 as Grandview High School DECA week. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT – None 5. CONSENT AGENDA On motion by Councilmember Palacios, second by Councilmember Moore, Council approved the Consent Agenda consisting of the following: A. Minutes of the October 27, 2015 study session B. Minutes of the October 27, 2015 regular meeting C. Payroll Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) Nos. 5462-5467 in the amount of $80,158.44 D. Payroll Check Nos. 8435-8475 in the amount of $25,551.40 E. Payroll Direct Deposit 10/16/15-10/31/15 in the amount of $93,219.90 F. Claim Check Nos. 109227-109318 in the amount of $411,075.50 G. Forsell Road Sidewalk Extension Project Acceptance H. Resolution No. 2015-45 declaring certain property as surplus and authorizing its sale or disposition I. Resolution No. 2015-46 authorizing the Mayor to accept the 2015 Yakima Valley Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Special Meeting Minutes November 9, 2015 Page 2 6. ACTIVE AGENDA A. Grandview Transportation Benefit District Proposed Assumption On March 8, 2011, the Grandview City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2011-9 creating the Grandview Transportation Benefit District with the same boundaries as the City limits. The 2015 Legislature included within its large transportation funding bill new legislation affecting Transportation Benefit Districts (TBD). Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987, which took effect on July 15, 2015, allows a city that has a TBD with the same boundaries as the city to absorb the TBD and assume all the TBD’s “rights, powers, functions and obligations,” with the result that the TBD would cease to exist as a separate entity. The process to accomplish this begins with the City Council passing a resolution indicating its intention to hold a public hearing on the proposed assumption of the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the TBD and setting the time and place of the hearing. At the hearing, the City Council must hear all protests and objections to the proposed assumption. If, after the hearing, the City Council determines that “public interest or welfare would be satisfied” by the assumption of the TBD, the Council passes an ordinance assuming the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the TBD. The passage of the ordinance abolishes the TBD governing body and vests the City Council with all the rights, powers, functions and obligations that the TBD governing body possessed. The assumption also eliminates the need for a second budget, audit and liability insurance. Staff recommended Council approve Resolution No. 2015-47 setting the date for a public hearing concerning the Grandview City Council’s intent to assume the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the Grandview Transportation Benefit District, as of December 31, 2015 as allowed by Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987, Section 302. B. Resolution No. 2015-47 setting the date for a public hearing concerning the Grandview City Council’s intent to assume the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the Grandview Transportation Benefit District, as of December 31, 2015 as allowed by Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987, Section 302 On motion by Councilmember Palacios, second by Councilmember Everett, Council approved Resolution No. 2015-47 setting the date for a public hearing concerning the Grandview City Council’s intent to assume the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the Grandview Transportation Benefit District, as of December 31, 2015 as allowed by Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987, Section 302. Special Meeting Minutes November 9, 2015 Page 3 7. UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS A. Non-Union Longevity Analysis and Recommendation Councilmember Palacios recused himself from this portion of the meeting. City Attorney Menke presented a management labor attorney recommendation to equalize the longevity schedule for non-bargaining unit personnel to same levels as bargaining unit personnel, a copy of which is attached hereto. On motion by Councilmember Everett, second by Councilmember Moore, Council approved the non-union longevity schedule as follows: 5 years 1% of base pay 10 years 2% of base pay 15 years 3% of base pay 25 years 4% of base pay The above schedule would be subject to the following criteria: Employees hired prior to January 1, 2010 who had not yet met the 10-year mark for longevity will be grandfathered in the old longevity rate of 1% for their 3-4 years of service and 1.5% for their 5-9 years of service. Upon the employee reaching the 10-year level, they shall receive longevity pay in accordance with the new longevity pay schedule above. 8. CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND/OR STAFF REPORTS East Fourth Street Neighborhood Improvements – Street paving for the East Fourth Street Neighborhood Improvements would begin on November 11th. 9. MAYOR & COUNCILMEMBER MEETING REPORTS – None 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION – None 11. ADJOURNMENT The regular meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Mayor Norm Childress Anita Palacios, City Clerk