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HomeMy Public PortalAboutCouncil Minutes 2001 01/11MINUTES McCall City Council Regular Meeting Thursday, January 11, 2001 Table of Contents Call To Order and Roll Call Public Hearing Public Comment Consent Agenda Business Reports Adjournment Page 1 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Muller called the regular meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 7:00pm. Mr. Muller, Mr. Colton, Mr. Eimers, and Mr. Venable answered roll call. A quorum was present. City staff members present were Attorney Dave Bieter, City Planner Lindley Kirkpatrick and Finance Director/City Clerk Cathleen Koch. PUBLIC HEARING AB 01-01 Resolution 01-1 Public Records Fee Schedule & Ordinance No. 752 to Authorize the Charging of Fees Ms. Koch presented Ordinance No. 752 to authorize the charging of fees for the services of the City Clerk for public records requests. She explained that in drafting the ordinance, several items needed to be updated such as removing the Fire Department and Fire Chief from the city code. The code also needed to reflect the fact that the Golf Department maintains the parks. Resolution 01-1 outlines the fees to be charged for public records requests. Mr. Bieter pointed out the fact that Idaho Code designates what fees the City can recoup. Mr. Muller pointed out that McCall City Code 1-9-4 confirms how to appoint or remove committees. It needs to be rewritten. Mr. Muller moved to suspend the rules, read by title only, one time only Ordinance No. 752. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. At a roll call vote, Mr. Muller, Mr. Eimers, Mr. Venable and Mr. Colton voted aye. The motion carried. Mr. Muller moved to adopt Ordinance No. 752 and authorize the Mayor to sign. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. At a roll call vote, Mr. Muller, Mr. Eimers, Mr. Venable and Mr. Colton voted aye. The motion carried. Mr. Muller moved to adopt Resolution 01-1 and authorize the Mayor to sign. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. At a roll call vote Mr. Muller, Mr. Eimers, Mr. Venable and Mr. Colton voted aye. The motion carried. PUBLIC COMMENT The Mayor called for public comment. There were no comments. Page 2 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes CONSENT AGENDA The following items were listed on the consent agenda: • Minutes of December 14, 2000 Meeting • Invoice Approval List Dated January 8, 2001 • Addition to Invoice Approval List • Payroll Report for Pay Period Ending December 8, 2000 • Payroll Report for Pay Period Ending December 22, 2000 • Hawkers License Fee Waiver for McCall Lions Club • Street Closure for Winter Carnival • Liquor License Transfer for Romano's Yacht Club Restaurant Mr. Muller asked about the advertisement for a Police Department Position. Steve Wolf stated that Regina Fredricks had resigned. Mr. Eimers moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Mr. Colton seconded the motion. All Council Members voted aye. The motion carried. BUSINESS AB 01-06 Team Building Mr. Wolf explained that the Police Department has gone through ROPES Training recently to work on team building within the department. He would like to continue working on building morale and cohesiveness within the department by using a Myers - Briggs Indicator, which is a personality inventory test. Mr. Colton was concerned whether or not the test was reliable. He was also worried about the fact that Mr. Edison does not have a Psychology degree to be giving the test. He voiced his concern about Mr. Wolf not discussing the test with him. Mr. Colton asked if less costly alternatives were researched. Mr. Wolf said they had not been researched extensively. Mr. Wolf spoke to a few outside sources about the assessment. Mr. Colton feels the MMPI is the most reliable test. Mr. Eimers moved to table the proposal on team building and allow time for Dr. Colton to become involved with the City Manager and Police Chief to help achieve the Police Chief's objectives. Mr. Venable seconded the motion, All Council Members voted aye. The motion carried. Page 3 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes AB 01-07 Lease Transfer of Lot 203 from Anderson to Bredin Mr. Rowe explained that Mike Anderson wanted to transfer his lease to Clare Bredin. Ms. Bredin plans to move to McCall and begin construction in the spring. The Airport Advisory Committee has recommended approving the transfer. Mr. Eimers moved to approve the lease transfer. Mr. Colton seconded the motion. At a roll call vote, Mr. Eimers, Mr. Colton, Mr. Muller and Mr. Venable voted aye. The motion carried. AB 01-08 Airport Lease for Mr. Howell — Lot 7 Mr. Rowe stated that Mr. Howell would like to lease Lot 7, which sits next to the future road entrance in the Airport Master Plan. Mr. Howell would like to reduce the lot size. The size reduction would give the City a larger right-of-way next to the hangar. The Airport Advisory Committee has recommended a lot size of 85X150 and a requirement of Mr. Howell to pay half of the surveying costs. Mr. Muller moved to approve the lease on Lot 7 at 85X150 and require Mr. Howell to split the cost of the survey. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. All Council Members voted aye. The motion carried. AB 01-09 CUP-00-4 for Camp Pittenger Mr. Kirkpatrick pointed out that the Impact Area Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing to consider a conditional use permit allowing the construction of an additional cabin at Camp Pittenger. The new cabin will be designed to accommodate handicapped campers. Mr. Colton moved to adopt the Impact Area Planning and Zoning Commission's Findings and Conclusions as the Council's own and approve conditional use permit application CUP-00-4. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. All Council Members voted aye. The motion carried. AB 01-10 VAR-00-6 for Jim & Gerri Wilson Mr. Kirkpatrick explained that the Impact Area Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing to consider a variance application seeking permission to build an addition to an existing cabin at 965 Sylvan Creek Road within the required setback area. The Commission found that the proposal did not satisfy the requirements of McCall City Code 3-30-010. The Wilson's have submitted a revised plan to Mr. Kirkpatrick since the compilation of the packets. The revised plan meets the code requirements. Page 4 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes Mr, Muller moved to adopt the Impact Area Planning and Zoning Commission's Findings and Conclusions as the Council's own and deny variance application VAR-00-6. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. All Council Members voted aye. The motion carried. AB 01-05 Amendment to Agreement with Keller Associates Mr. Kirkpatrick presented an amendment to the agreement with Keller Associates for the water quality project. The EPA 319 Grant included $3500 for water quality monitoring. All costs will be covered by the grant. Mr. Eimers moved to approve the Amendment to the Agreement with Keller Associates, in the amount of $3500, and authorize the Mayor to sign. Mr. Colton seconded the motion. At a roll call vote, Mr. Eimers, Mr. Colton, Mr. Venable and Mr. Muller voted aye. The motion carried. AB 01-02 Ordinance No. 751 Fee Waivers Ms. Koch presented an ordinance for fee waivers, which Council had directed staff to prepare. The ordinance gives the City Manager the authority to waive fees when it is in the public interest, if the requester demonstrates an inability to pay or when the waiver conforms to an approved departmental policy. Council asked that an appeal policy be added to the ordinance prior to the next reading. Mr. Colton moved to suspend the rules, read by title only the 1st reading only of Ordinance No. 751. Mr. Muller seconded the motion. At a roll call vote, Mr. Colton, Mr. Muller, Mr. Venable and Mr. Eimers voted aye. The motion carried. AB 01-11 Resolution No. 01-2 Appointment of Judges & Clerks for Election 2/6/01 Ms. Koch explained that the resolution was similar to the one passed for the last election. The only difference was that Julie Eddins, Election Judge, had recommended an additional clerk to keep the wait time to a minimum. The compensation is identical to the previous City Election. A sample ballot was included in the packet showing an example of what would be printed in the newspaper. Mr. Colton moved to adopt Resolution 01-2. Mr. Eimers seconded the motion. At a roll call vote, Mr. Colton, Mr. Eimers, Mr. Muller and Mr. Venable voted aye. The motion carried. Page 5 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes REPORTS City Planner — Lindley Kirkpatrick The City Manager included a written report in his absence. There were three responses to the RFP for a grant writer. Mr. Kirkpatrick wants to wait to address the RFP until all of the Council Members are present. The responses are available for Council's review. Council directed staff to place the RFP on the next agenda. There will be two grant applications coming to Council in the new few weeks. They include an Enhancement Program and a Scenic Byways Program. The Park Street Turnbay bid opening will be next week. Mr. Colton asked if Mr. Kirkpatrick received anything from Mike Mitchell. Mr. Kirkpatrick explained that the City does not qualify for funds without an air quality study unless it can submit anecdotal evidence as an air quality study. The City must make an argument that what it is doing will improve the air quality. City Attorney — Dave Bieter Confirmed the mediation with St. Clair as set for January 24, 2001. City Clerk — Cathleen Koch The audit report will probably be addressed at the first Council meeting in February. The City has started collecting all recreation fees at City Hall instead of at the Recreation Department. Police Chief — Steve Wolf Has a concern about overtime issues along with the City Manager and Council Members. A report for scheduled and non-scheduled overtime will be included with future Council packets. The department currently has three officers out, which presents overtime problems. Policies are being designed to address the overtime issues. Interviews and testing will be held next week for Ms. Fredricks replacement. City Councilor — Ray Venable None. Page 6 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes City Councilor — Kirk Eimers Expected to see the RFP for legal services on the agenda this week. Directed staff to put it on the next Council agenda. The McCall Improvement Committee would like a statement from Council about how the City will separate funds and make sure they are not co -mingled. The auditors have said a special revenue fund can be set up. The Council Members made a point of saying a LOT Commission will be set up to make recommendations to Council. City Councilor — Ralph Colton Has asked for a list of projects the City plans to spend UFR money on. Mr. Strope will be presenting the list at the next Council meeting. Wanted to support the Ice Rink by helping defer the cost of the water bill by $500 even if Council's contingency money has to be used. All Council Members agreed. Mr. Points wants a letter of intent that says the City will buy or sell the current Fire Department Building. Mr. Kirkpatrick explained that the funds for the purchase of the building are on the Unfinanced Requirements List. Mr. Colton stated that the City might want to look at other options for the location of the Police Department. City Councilor — Mayor Muller Mr. Muller received a letter about an issue with a property owner's fence. ADJOURNMENT Without further business, Mr. Eimers moved to adjourn. Mr. Muller seconded the motion. All Council Members voted aye. The motion carried. The Council adjourned at 8:35pm. Allan Muller, Allan Muller, Mayor ATTEST: Cathleen A. Koch, Finance Director/City Clerk (2 Page 7 of 7 January 11, 2001 City Council Minutes