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MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the McCall
City Council - Thursday, April 9,
1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Call to Order and Roll Call 2
Public Comment 2
Consent Agenda 2
Unfinished Business 3
Agenda Bill 98-14 Value Engineering 3
Agenda Bill 98-34—Council Goals and City Manager's Report 4
Reports 4
Adjournment 5
MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the McCall City Council —Thursday, June 26,
1997
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Eimers at 7:00 P.M. Ms. Arp and Messrs,
Colton, Eimers Muller and Venable answered the roll call. A quorum was present.
Public Comment
The mayor opened the meeting to comment from the public. The following were heard:
• Janet Venable asked why Christmas decorations were still up and was informed that
those decorations were the property of the Chamber of Commerce.
• Rick Fereday, representing the Airport Committee spoke on the following points:
• He expressed concem that the airport improvement project not be delayed by
Value Engineering and was assured that project will not be taken through the
Value Engineering process.
• He expressed concem that the airport sewer project be coordinated with the
airport improvement project and that the current contract on the Deinhard
relocation portion of the project be amended to create a bike path. Mr. Olson
pointed out that portion of the project was bid on a unit price basis and could
accommodate such an amendment.
• He further expressed that he heard that another engineering firm was being
considered for the preapplication work on AIP '07 and wanted to make sure that
the Airport Committee was a part of the process.
No one else desired to be heard.
Consent Agenda
The following items were listed on the Consent Agenda:
• Minutes of March 26, 1998—Regular Meeting
• Minutes of March 23, 1998—Special Meeting
• Minutes of March 21, 1998—Special Meeting
• Vendor Invoice Approval List Report dated April 2, 1998
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3 . D e s i g n / C o n s t r u c t A p p r o a c h : T h e c o u n c i l a s k e d s t a f f t o b r i n g t h i s b a c k i n m o r e d e t a i l
a t t h e f i r s t m e e t i n g i n M a y .
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Mr. Eimers moved to direct staff to renegotiate the agreement between Payette Lakes
Water and Sewer District and the City. Mr. Muller seconded and the motion carried
unanimously.
Agenda Bill 98-34 Council Goals and City Manager's Report
Mr. Olson handed out his activity report which was organized in a Goals and Objectives
format. He asked that the council provide individual comments and he would bring back a
complete set of goals and objectives.
Reports
Mr. Olson reported that he had handed out a budget calendar and asked that the council
provide its goals as soon as possible.
Mr. Olson reported that he and the Airport Advisory Committee would be approaching the
County Commissioners about in increase in the county airport levy to be earmarked for
economic development and job creation at the airport.
Mr. Olson reported on the status of hiring a golf superintendent. He reported that the
candidates would be brought to McCall for reception on Sunday, April 19th and that
interviews would be conducted on Monday, April 20th and expected that a name would be
presented for confirmation on the April 23ra agenda.
Mr. Olson further reported that he had been approached from accommodators who
wanted to explore the possibility of purchasing discounted coupons to offer as
accommodation/golf packages. The council agreed to pursue the possibility.
Mr. Henderson gave some final comments and advised the council respecting the budget
process to start early, allow plenty of time after the public hearing and to give the staff
clear direction.
Mr. Muller stated that the Value Engineering process was valuable and that he
appreciated the work of all of the participants.
Mr. Colton stated that he had received a lot of good information from the process. He was
concemed that the time schedule was very optimistic has history had shown him that time
times lines were long. He also stated that he was not convinced that High Rate Land
Application wouldn't work.
Ms. Arp stated that two rumors were circulation one to the effect that the City of McCall
was selling water to the City of New Meadows at a very low price and that Lary Bames
was collecting wastewater from Payette River Subdivision and dispersing it in the forest
and that the city had better look into it. She asked if anyone knew of any facts that could
be construed as either. Mr. Burton stated that Lary Bames had some sort of Lagoon
system but was not aware of the details. Ms. Arp further reported that she would be
absent from the city April 13-19 and again April 23-26.
Mr. Venable moved to direct staff to prepare Requests for Proposals for Legal and
Engineering services at the next meeting or the 1st meeting in May. Mr. Muller seconded.
Mr. Colton stated that the city had just done that for the city attomey ten months ago and
had concluded that the costs would be considerable higher with a contract attorney. Ms.
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Arp stated that continually doing RFP's was detrimental to employee morale. The voice
vote was inconclusive. At a roll call vote Messrs. Venable, Muller and Eimers voted "aye"
on
Mr. Eimers asked which members of the council would be p t resent for the joint meetingthe
County Commissioners on April 14t. Since it was determined that three or more
members may be present, he directed staff to notice a special meeting for that date. Mr.
Eimers then reminded council that the Charrette would take place at the shore lodge on
April 17th.
Adjournment
Without further business, Mr. Colton moved to adjoum. Mr. Muller seconded and the
motion carried unanimously. The council adjourned at 11:37 PM.
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Kirk L. Balers, Mayor