City Council Meetings

MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL March 12, 2024 STUDY SESSION Jim Nelson, Managing Director, Public Finance at DA Davidson provided a presentation to Council regarding City Project Bond Funding. He reviewed types of bonds, the city’s debt capacity, ratings, bundling, and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program. City Manager Kevin Fuhr anticipates 20 million dollars’ worth of water and sewer projects in the next few years in addition to the TIF proposal. A full hour workshop with Council will be scheduled in the next few months. CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by Mayor Swartz in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for remote attendance and citizen comment were posted on the meeting agenda. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Swartz; Deputy Mayor Madewell; Council Members Lombardi, Fancher, Martinez, Myers, and Skaug. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Deputy Mayor Madewell led the Flag Salute. AGENDA APPROVAL Action taken: Council Member Martinez moved to approve the Agenda as presented, second by Council Member Myers. The motion carried 7 – 0. PRESENTATION Firefighter Oath and Badge Fire Chief Brett Bastian administered the oath of office to Firefighter Fallon Walls, followed with a ceremonial badging by Battalion Chief Dave Holle. CITIZEN’S COMMUNICATION Food Vendors – Cedric Eklund, Moses Lake, requested regulations prohibit oversaturated locations, and address underground electrical and ADA compliant lots. Elisia Dalluge, Moses Lake, asked that food truck licenses be processed in seven days. She mentioned an email sent to Katherine and thanked everyone for participating in updating these regulations. Amy Dalluge, Moses Lake, agreed with Cedric’s comments and suggested options for generators and electrical pedestals. SUMMARY REPORTS CITY MANAGER’S REPORT Agenda Order – Staff presentations were previously listed under the City Manager’s Report and will now be under a Presentation heading to precede Citizen Comment heading. CONSENT AGENDA #1 a. City Council meeting minutes dated February 27, 2024 b. Electronic Transfer: 340 - 356 - $2,504,827.08 Document Ref: HMNOW-PTQO4-AYPUD-OWORQ Page 1 of 2  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES –March 12, 2024 Checks: 164424 - 164544 - $337,756.25 Payroll Checks: 03- 01-2024 PR, #66055 - 66066 - $7,927.32 Electronic Payments: 03-01-2024 Direct Deposit: - $617,062.19 c. Gambling Regulation Update Ordinance 3044 d. Airport Property Surplus Resolution 3974 e. Petty Cash Increase for Surf ‘n Slide Water Park Resolution 3975 f. Grant County Emergency Housing Fund Amendment g. Grant County ARPA Beneficiary Agreement h. Concession Contract Awards i. Airport Lease Rate Amendment Action taken: Council Member Martinez moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, second by Council Member Lombardi. The motion carried 7 – 0. OLD BUSINESS #2 Food Truck Regulations Amendment Ordinance 3045 Community Development Director Kirsten Peterson reviewed the changes for single food truck locations, addition of special events, and addition of food truck courts with a preapplication process. Council and staff discussed questions needing to be addressed that were listed in the written report. An updated draft will be presented at the next meeting. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORT Council Member Martinez attended the Ad Hoc Homeless Committee where they discussed funding available from ARPA Beneficiary Funding through the Grant County Commissioners to replace the temporary homeless shelters with new pallet shelters at the Sleep Center. Council Member Lombardi attended a presentation at the Port of Moses Lake regarding water and explosive contaminant biodynamic recycling, he shared a projection of electric school bus production, acknowledged City Manager Kevin Fuhr and engineering administration for work with the Airport Commissioners and tenants, and he thanked Finance staff for work to obtain information from existing software to address the water usage and rates. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Swartz called an Executive Session from 7:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to discuss potential litigation pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1) subsection (i). ADJOURNMENT The regular meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. ______________________________________ Dustin Swartz, Mayor ATTEST____________________________ Debbie Burke, City Clerk pg. 2 Document Ref: HMNOW-PTQO4-AYPUD-OWORQ Page 2 of 2 Signature Certificate Reference number: HMNOW-PTQO4-AYPUD-OWORQ Signer Timestamp Signature Mayor Dustin Swartz Email: dswartz@cityofml.com Sent: 10 Apr 2024 18:02:26 UTC Viewed: 10 Apr 2024 21:53:46 UTC Signed: 10 Apr 2024 21:54:00 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 74.82.240.250 ✔Email verified 10 Apr 2024 21:53:46 UTC Location: Mattawa, United States Debbie Burke Email: dburke@cityofml.com Sent: 10 Apr 2024 18:02:26 UTC Viewed: 10 Apr 2024 18:02:34 UTC Signed: 12 Apr 2024 18:51:49 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 63.135.54.162 ✔Email verified 12 Apr 2024 18:51:24 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Document completed by all parties on: 12 Apr 2024 18:51:49 UTC Page 1 of 1 Signed with PandaDoc PandaDoc is a document workflow and certified eSignature solution trusted by 50,000+ companies worldwide.