Loading...
HomeMy Public PortalAboutCouncil Minutes 1998 04/09City of McCall 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 2 " Payroll Report Dated April 10, 1998 " Payroll Report Dated March 27, 1998 After discussion, Mr. Colton moved to approve the consent agenda. Mr. Muller seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Unfinished Business Agenda Bill 98-14 Value Engineering Rick Harbert, RH2 Engineering gave a final report on Value Engineering for the J-Ditch Project. The VE Team made the following recommendations: 1. Reduce Inflow and Infiltration to reduce the storage requirementsAnalyze Schedule 2. Negotiate Property Acquisition Based on Altemate Sites 3. Pursue Land Application Permit in order to reduce total flows in wet years 4. Pursue Design/Construction or Privatization 5. Pursue Additional Work and Negotiate Contract Modifications for Such 6. Pursue Public Education Processes 7. Emphasis on Long Term Management 8. Support State Program for Monitoring, Improving Knowledge of ReservoirNVatershed 9. Utilize Valley Resources, Volunteers and local, Highly Trained Individuals Mr. Harbert then presented some preliminary financial analysis based on assumptions that additional borrowing would be necessary if further Bureau of Reclamation funds were not forthcoming and ignoring the force majeure clause of the Voluntary Consent order. The council recessed and 9:50 PM and reconvened at 10:05 PM. The council then took up the following policy questions: 1. Negotiate on two or more sites: After discussion, Mr. Eimers moved to negotiation on two or more sites without jeopardizing the schedule. Mr. Venable seconded and the motion carried unanimously. 2. Pursue Land Application Permit: The council by consensus agreed to move forward with this but that it did not require immediate action. 3. Design/Construct Approach: The council asked staff to bring this back in more detail at the first meeting in May. 3 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. 4 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. ATTEST: CZ 6n— Clerk CAERR ooD$U12y 5 i� Kirk L. Balers, Mayor