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Home My Public Portal About2021.05.06 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES McCall City Council Special Meeting McCall City Hall--Legion Hall VIA TEAMS Virtual May 6,2021 Call to Order and Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Approve the Agenda Consent Agenda Public Comment Business Agenda Adjournment CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Giles called the special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Giles, Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all answered roll call. City staff members present were Anette Spickard, City Manager; BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk; Erin Greaves, Communications Manager; Linda Stokes, City Treasurer; Justin Williams, Police Chief; Vlatko Jovanov,Network Administrator; Eric McCormick, Golf Course Superintendent Also, in attendance were McKenzie Kramer, McCall Chamber of Commerce; Gina Pannell, Central District Health; Dr. Greg Irvine, St. Luke's McCall APPROVE THE AGENDA Council Member Holmes moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Council Member Callan seconded the motion. In a voice vote all members voted aye, and the motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Staff recommended approval of the following ACTION ITEMS. All matters which are listed within the consent section of the agenda have been distributed to each member of the McCall City Council for reading and study. Items listed are considered routine by the Council and were enacted with one motion. 1. City Council Special Minutes—April 23, 2021 2. Payroll Report for period ending April 16, 2021 3. Warrant Register—GL 4. Warrant Register—Vendor MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 1 of S May 6, 2021 Special Meeting 5. AB 21-123 Request approval of an Amendment to Equipment Lease Payment Schedule for the Bob Cat Toolcat lease — (Lease Commencement Date): The Equipment lease schedule No. 450-0038903-00 dated February 2, 2021 to the Master Lease Agreement No. 450-0038903 for the Parks Departments Bob Cat Toolcat between the City of McCall and Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLC was amended. The amendment has been reviewed by legal and shall adjust the "Commencement Date" to April 01, 2021. Action: Approve the amendment to the leased equipment schedule for the previously approved lease agreement between the City of McCall and Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLC and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Callan moved to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Council Member Nielsen seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Callan, Council Member Nielsen, Mayor Giles, Council Member Holmes, and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, and the motion carried. PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Giles recapped the written public comments at 5:33 p.m. Mayor Giles stated that no verbal comments will be received during this meeting. The recap is as follows: 100 Comments were received related to the Mask Mandate. 49 were in favor of rescinding the mandate while 51 were in favor of continuing the mandate — some of the in favor of continuing were only in favor of continuing with indoor mask mandate. All comments received are attached as Attachment 1. BUSINESS AGENDA AB 21-125 Request to Approve Re-allocation of Local Option Tax Dollars for the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce McKenzie Kramer representing the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce presented the request to re-allocate Local Option Tax Dollars for the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce. Local Option Tax Funds received by the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce were not able to be spent on Winter Carnival projects due to the pandemic. The Chamber is requesting to reallocate some of those funds towards a summer concert series and the McCall Promise project to communicate the community's values. Council Member Holmes moved to approve the request from the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce to re-allocate Local Option Tax funds of$5,000 toward a summer concert series and the McCall Promise project and authorize the mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Callan seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Holmes, Council Member Callan, Mayor Giles, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all voted aye, and the motion carried. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 2 of S May 6, 2021 Special Meeting AB 21-124 Consider Approval of Resolution 21-18 Rescinding the Public Health Order for the McCall Mask Mandate City Manager Anette Spickard presented Resolution 21-18 rescinding the Public Health Order for the McCall Mask Mandate. As part of the City's response to the SARS-COV-2 (Coronavirus) Pandemic, Council enacted Ordinance 995 on November 5, 2020 to establish Emergency Powers Authority of the City for public health purposes. Orders issued under this authority have a maximum duration of forty-five days without review and extension by Council action. The Council has issued one Order under this authority to mandate the use of facial coverings in all public indoor and outdoor places where 6 feet of physical distance cannot be maintained, with some exemptions. The current mandate under Resolution 21-13 expires May 26, 2021. At the April 8 meeting,Council directed staff to consult with Central District Health and St.Luke's Hospital and develop a set of objective criteria that would indicate community health conditions have reached a level that the Order mandating use of facial coverings (Mask Mandate) can be rescinded. At the April 22 meeting, Council adopted Resolution 21-16 setting metrics for lifting the Mask Mandate. If the metrics are not met by the May 26, 2021 expiration date Council will be asked to consider another extension of the Order. Updated statistics as of May 6, 2021 METRICS TO EVALUATE MCCALL FACE COVERING ORDER Three out of four metrics should be met for Council to consider termination of the Order McCall Risk Factors: • Tourist/resort community with lots of out-of-town/state traffic flowing in consistently. • High percentage of second homeowners and vacation rentals (70%). • Rural city and the overall perception by visitors that rules are relaxed in such places. • Any upward spike is usually delayed by 2-3 weeks due to being a tourist destination, and a 2-3 week delay in downward trend for the same reason. • Population size makes it tough to use CDC guidelines since they use 2-3 cases per 100,000 per week, and with the size of Valley County 1 case equates to 10 cases uses this methodology. So essentially when there are zero or 1-2 cases per month this metric would be met. Central District Health Suggestions: • Bi-weekly(14-day) cases rates remain in the green zone (< 5 per 100,000) for 4 weeks; o Week ended April 4 rate is 5.02 (per CDH can assume this is 5) o Week ended April 11 rate is 4.39 o Week ended April 18 rate is 3.14 o Week ended April 25 rate is 2.51 o MET • Valley County vaccine uptake for 16+years of age reaches at least 65%; o As of May 6, 2021 rate is 54.41% (updated daily)—NOT MET MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 3 of S May 6, 2021 Special Meeting • Valley County Percent Positivity remains below 5%; o As of April 25, 2021 rate is 0.7% - MET • At least 1 dose of vaccine for 65+ across the Central District Health region reaches 75% o As of May 6, 2021 rate is 81.1% (updated daily) - MET Gina Pannell of Central District Health (CDH) shared the latest numbers in Idaho and Dr. Irvine discussed the vaccine and new variants. The Brazilian variant is proving to be the most contagious and devastating. Dr. Irvine gave some recommendations of wording for the resolution. The Council shared their thoughts and asked questions. Council Member Holmes stated that based on what she has heard from the community, she is in favor of following the Central District Health recommendations. Council Member Maciaszek wants to keep track of the metrics and assess at each meeting. City Manager Spickard will keep watch and monitor the metrics and will consult the Council as the statistics change. Council Member Maciaszek will support the decision to rescind but if statistics change then the decision will change based on that data and the mandate could come back. Council Member Callan does not support a mask mandate and therefore is in favor of its removal and change to a recommendation only to wear a mask. Council Member Nielsen asked Police Chief Williams what the City offers in support of businesses with a mask mandate that may have issues with customers, and Chief responded that they offered education to business owners on how to deal with difficult customers as well as offer police support on a criminal trespass for a customer who refuses to comply with the business' requirement. Council Member Nielsen feels that the city needs to do everything possible to support the community and agrees with the constant monitoring of the data. He supports rescinding the mandate but wants the city to be ready to change if the numbers go up. Ms. Pannell stated that the CDH advisory can also be used as a tool to support the businesses. Mayor Giles stated that when the Council adopted the metrics that they would do something when those metrics are met as well as if they are not met. He feels comfortable with following the data. Council Member Maciaszek validated what Council Member Nielsen stated about supporting businesses as valuable. Council Member Callan moved to approve Resolution 21-18 Rescinding the Public Health Order for the McCall Mask Mandate and authorize the mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Holmes seconded the motion. The Council had further discussion. Council Member Maciaszek wants an agreement of the Council that if the metrics go the other direction. He is concerned that if the metrics change the Council will not follow reinstating a mask mandate. Council Member Holmes responded to Council Member Maciaszek's statement that an agreement is not appropriate as she feels if the metrics provided by CDH are good then the vote is what matters not an agreement. Mayor Giles believes the language should not be pre-decisional but rather called out to watch the data and call a meeting to re-evaluate. City Manager Spickard stated the resolution from the last Council meeting to adopt these metrics does not change with this resolution. As the metrics do not address variants, it will be the staffs responsibility to bring information to the Council to address as they arise. She reiterated that tonight's vote does not invalidate the metrics already in place. The Council liked City Manager Spickard's explanation. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 4 of 5 May 6, 2021 Special Meeting In a roll call vote Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes, Mayor Giles, and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, Council Member Nielsen voted no,and the motion carried. Mayor Giles acknowledged the difficult discussion and subsequent difficult decision. City Manager Spickard will use the Resolution to promote the new advisory that reinforces the CDH advisory. Dr. Irvine stated that this could change on a dime as it did in India, and he feels the public needs to be very careful. There will be a lot of people coming to McCall and he asked all to do the right thing and mask up when indoors. ADJOURNMENT Without further business, Mayor Giles adjourned the meeting at 6:27 p.m. e'00"%J0 11111 OF ATTEST: `ta :obe S. Giles, Mayor .11 BessieJo Wagner, City k ��„„1111016" MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page S of 5 May 6, 2021 Special Meeting