City Council

CITY OF MEDICAL LAKE City Council Regular Meeting and Public Hearing 6:30 PM Council Chambers August 15, 2023 MINUTES 124 S. Lefevre Street NOTE: This is not a verbatim transcript. Minutes contain only a summary of the discussion. A recording of the meeting is on file and available from City Hall. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL PRESENT Councilmembers Administration/Staff Chad Pritchard Art Kulibert (via Zoom) Sonny Weathers, City Administrator Don Kennedy (Mayor Pro Tern) Scott Duncan, Public Works Director Bob Maxwell Steve Cooper, WWTP Director Tony Harbolt Glenn Horton, Parks & Rec Director Sean King, City Attorney Roxanne Wright, Administrative Asst. WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS If you wish to provide written public comments for the council meeting, please email your comments to sweathers@medical-lake.org by 4:00 p.m. the day of the council meeting and include all the following information with your comments: 1. The Meeting Date 2. Your First and Last Name 3. If you are a Medical Lake resident 4. The Agenda ltem(s) which you are speaking about *Note - If providing written comments, the comments received will be acknowledged during the public meeting, but not read. All written comments received by 4:00 p.m. will be provided to the mayor and city council members in advance of the meeting. Questions or Need Assistance? Please contact City Hall at 509-565-5000 1 REGULAR SESSION - 6:30 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL A. Mayor Pro Tern Kennedy called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm, led the Pledge of Allegiance, and conducted roll call. i. Mayor Cooper is absent from the meeting; therefore, councilmember Kennedy is acting Mayor Pro Tern. ii. Council position #6, is still vacant. iii. Councilmember Olson's absence was approved at the August 1, 2023, council meeting. iv. Councilmembers Pritchard, Maxwell, Kennedy, and Harbolt were all present in person. Councilmember Kulibert was present on Zoom. 2. AGENDA APPROVAL A. Corrections/Amendments: Section 7Aiii should be 7B. Move SA Public Safety Report before 4A Announcements/Proclamations/Special Presentations. Motion to approve agenda as amended made by councilmember Pritchard, seconded by councilmember Maxwell, carried 5-0. 3. INTERESTED CITIZENS: AUDIENCE REQUESTS AND COMMENTS A. Dwight Crofoot resident of Medical Lake -spoke regarding shipping containers, specifically why the size of the shipping container matters (20 ft vs 40 ft container). 4. REPORTS A. Public Safety Reports (previously SA) i. Chief Rohrbach, FD3 - busy with wildfires. Positive outcomes, no primary structures lost and no injuries. Fire danger is becoming extreme. Continue to add additional staffing as needed. Levy passed. Will allow district to catch up budget-wise. Remaining funding will go to additional staffing to reduce response times. ii. Undersheriff Kittilstved, SCSO - lnterlocal Agreement still waiting to be signed, per their legal counsel. Small issue and should be signed next Tuesday. Effective date still Aug 1. Provided extra duty officer at Bluegrass Festival who caught graffiti vandal. SCSO and FD3 work very closely together. SCSO adds extra staff as well during the season. During wildfires, law enforcement deals with evacuations. Reminded the public, when planes, helicopters are drawing water from the lake, please get off the lake. They won't try to scoop water if people are on the water. SCSO has to send out marine units to clear lake if people don't move. Crime reviews shared with our local deputies, watching for any trends. B. Council Comments i. Councilmember Pritchard-Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival was the biggest yet. Around 1000 people attended. Blue Kids music camp had about 25 kids. Another Geo Walk lake sampling is scheduled for Thursday, August 17, 2023, 5-7 pm at Waterfront Park. ii. Council member Kulibert - no report iii. Councilmember Maxwell-General Government Committee - city's water reservoir cleaned, looked good. Results by next meeting. Barker Street project is underway. Library roof repair started. Bill Ahlf at the WWTP retiring, opening a position. iv. Councilmember Harbolt-no report C. Mayor Pro Tern Kennedy- Blue Waters festival was wonderful. D. City Administrator & City Staff i. Sonny Weathers, City Administrator- Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival was very successful, great crowd, proud to host this event in our city. Extra duty deputy was a very welcome addition, especially since he caught a graffiti culprit. Will be conducting a Doodle poll soon to explore council retreat dates. Continue to receive applications for citizen advisory board positions. 2