City Council Meetings

MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING September 21, 2023 CALL TO ORDER A special meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Mayor Myers in Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for remote attendance was posted on the meeting agenda. City of Moses Lake Council: Mayor Myers; Deputy Mayor Martinez; Council Members Skaug, Swartz, Fancher, and Madewell. Council Member Eck was absent. City of Moses Lake staff: Interim City Manager Kevin Fuhr, Assistant City Manager Rich Huebner, Fire Chief Brett Bastian, City Clerk/Administrative Services Manager Debbie Burke, and City Attorney Katherine Kenison. Several fire department staff were also in attendance. Grant County Fire District 5: Commissioner Pat Hochstatter, Commissioner Buck Naff, and Chief Dan Smith. Commissioner Harold Schwab was absent. Several fire district staff were also in attendance. Wenatchee Valley Fire and Rescue: Deputy Chief Kelly Lindemann and Deputy Chief Andy Davidson. STUDY SESSION Fire Services Roundtable Deputy Chief Kelly Lindemann explained the process, hurdles, successes, and lessons learned during a merger of Chelan County Fire District 1 with the City of Wenatchee, as well as the merge a few years later with Douglas County Fire District 2. Grant County Fire District Chief and Commissioners shared information on their levy rates, volunteer and staff certifications, ambulance contract, and willingness to provide information to the city for a regional fire feasibility analysis. City Fire Chief Brett Bastian shared the same topics of information as well as ambulance revenue, grant funding, and insurance ratings. Council concurred to authorize the Interim City Manager engage in a contract negotiation with consultants to provide cost analysis options for the best service responses based on anticipated population growth in the region and using fire staff on the citizens committee. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 3:07 p.m. ______________________________________ Don Myers, Mayor ATTEST____________________________ Debbie Burke, City Clerk Document Ref: 6G9EC-WXQEH-TJZWP-HV5IJ Page 1 of 1 Signature Certificate Reference number: 6G9EC-WXQEH-TJZWP-HV5IJ Signer Timestamp Signature Mayor Don Myers Email: dmyers@cityofml.com Sent: 11 Oct 2023 15:48:39 UTC Viewed: 11 Oct 2023 15:53:52 UTC Signed: 11 Oct 2023 15:54:20 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 162.246.30.165 ✔Email verified 11 Oct 2023 15:53:52 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Debbie Burke Email: dburke@cityofml.com Sent: 11 Oct 2023 15:48:39 UTC Viewed: 11 Oct 2023 22:52:16 UTC Signed: 11 Oct 2023 22:52:33 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 63.135.54.162 ✔Email verified 11 Oct 2023 22:52:16 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Document completed by all parties on: 11 Oct 2023 22:52:33 UTC Page 1 of 1 Signed with PandaDoc PandaDoc is a document workflow and certified eSignature solution trusted by 40,000+ companies worldwide.