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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2012.04.26 Regular MinutesMINUTES McCall City Council Regular Meeting Legion Hall (McCall City Hall - Lower Level) April 26, 2012 Agenda Call to Order and Roll Call Approve the Agenda Work Session Pledge of Allegiance Public Comment Proclamations Business Agenda Consent Agenda Executive Session Open Session Adjournment CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL' Mayor Bailey called the regular meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 5:30 p.m. Council Member Aymon, Mayor Bailey, Council Member Swanson, and all answered roll call. Council Member Scott and Council Member Witte were absent. City staff present was Lindley Kirkpatrick, City Manager; Bill Nichols, City Attorney; Eric McCormick, Golf Superintendent; Jerry Summers, Chief of Police; Dennis Coyle, Parks and Recreation Director; Peter Borner, Public Works Director; Linda Stokes, City Treasurer; and BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk. Council Member Scott and Witte arrived at 5:35 p.m. APPROVE THE AGENDA Mayor Bailey with the consent of the Council approved the agenda as submitted. WORK SESSION AB 12-76 FY13 Local Option Tax (LOT) Funding Priorities Gene Drabinski, Local Option Tax Commissioner, introduced the LOT Commission to the Council — Bob Thackeray, Bob Hunt, Bob Giles, Helen Eimers, Shane Hinson, and Lisa Wood. Mr. Drabinski requested that the Council give the Commission direction as to how much of the McCall City Council Regular Meeting Page 1 of 6 April 26, 2012 LOT funding the Commission should commit to City infrastructure. It had been determined at an earlier Council meeting that $50,000 of the LOT funds would be used as leverage on the Idaho Community Development Block Grant. Council requested that each of the City department heads who submitted an application to state what the priority would be for that department. The priorities were identified as follows: 1. For the Golf Course was the rotary mower 2. For Parks and Recreation were the attachments for the Tool Cat 3. For Public Works was downtown side walks 4. For Clerk was the direct costs for the administration of the LOT Council Member Scott stated that programs that bring in tourist should be priority, such as the snowmobilers and Nordic grooming. She also stated that funding for MCPAWS should also be considered. Council Member Scott stated that she struggled with funding more City projects. Council Member Aymon stated that the medical costs for MCPAWS should be priority. General consensus from Council to fund some of the operating costs for transit should be considered but not the transit facility. Council Member Witte stated that the LOT funds should be used to offset some of the impact the visitors have on the City and that it would be appropriate for the LOT funds to be used on City infrastructure. Council Member Swanson stated that there should be a mix of City projects and projects that would help to bring visitors back to McCall. He stated that the snowmobilers and Nordic ski club were important projects to receive funding. There was a general discussion as to what had been funded historically and what would benefit the community to continue to fund such as the fireworks for the Chamber. The biggest obstacle the Commission would face was that the requested amount for funding exceeded $700,000 and the amount forecasted was only $225,000. The Boy Scouts led the Pledge of Allegiance at 6:00 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Bailey called for public comment at 6:01 p.m. Peter Borner introduced the Boys Scouts, Troup 247 to the Council. The Troup attended the Council meeting to assist the troup in fulfilling the requirements for their Citizenship Community Merit Badge. Jim Hinson commented on the perspective of snowmobile grooming, and the receipt of Local Option Tax (LOT) funds. Mr. Hinson gave a brief history of the snowmobile grooming in the McCall City Council Regular Meeting April26, 2012 Page 2 of 6 McCall area. The LOT funds have made significant contribution to the Snowmobile Club and he hopes the LOT Commission will continue to assist with funding. Hearing no further comments, Mayor Bailey closed the public comment period. PROCLAMATIONS AB 12-81 Humanitarian Wood Work Day Proclamation David Holland, Heartland Hunger and Resource Center, introduced the Humanitarian Wood Work Day to Council. Mr. Holland thanked the Council for their support of the project. He stated that there were 6 trucks ready to go for this year. Mr. Holland also stated that he was working with the County on a lease to have a permanent location for the Heartland Hunger and Resource Center. Mayor Bailey moved to proclaim July 14, 2012 to be Humanitarian Wood Work Day in the City of McCall, and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation. Council Member Swanson seconded the motion. In a voice vote all voted aye and the motion carried. AB 12-80 National Public Works Week Proclamation Peter Borner, Public Works Director, gave a brief history of National Public Works Week. Mr. Borner stated that there would be a Public Works Expo on May 21, 2012 at the Public Works building. Council Member Scott moved to proclaim May 20 — May 26, 2012 to be National Public Works Week in the City of McCall, and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation. Council Member Aymon seconded the motion. In a voice vote all voted aye and the motion carried. BUSINESS AGENDA AB 12-77 Library Board of Trustees presentation of yearly activities Anne Kantola, Library Director, presented a summation of the activities and programming of the Public Library for 2011. There was a brief discussion as to the possibility of a Library District sometime in the near future. The Council expressed their appreciation of the Library and the services the Library provides to the community. AB 12-84 McCall Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners Appointment Council Member Scott moved to appoint Sequoia Pietri to the McCall Urban Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners, to a term expiring May 2015. Council Member Aymon seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Scott, Council Member Aymon, Mayor Bailey, Council Member Swanson, and Council Member Witte all voted aye and the motion carried. McCall City Council Regular Meeting Page 3 of 6 April 26, 2012 AB 12-75 Ordinance Adoption amending MCC 8.14.4 to Allow Domestic Animals in City Parks Dennis Coyle, Parks and Recreation Director, presented the Ordinance Adoption amending MCC 8.14.4 to Allow Domestic Animals in City Parks to Council. At the November 19, 2009 Council meeting Council voted unanimously that McCall City Code 8.14.4(C) (1) be amended to allow pets in selected City parks with a sunset clause of December 2011. Since the code amendment allowing dogs in some City Parks, Council Member Aymon expressed the concern that there are still dogs on the beach. Mr. Coyle responded stating that an area designated for dogs, has been established. Since having a designated area for dogs the amount of dogs on Legacy Beach has lessened. Mr. Coyle stated that on May 14, 2012 all the debris that had collected in the designated area for dogs would be removed. Council requested that the area be clearly marked for dogs. Mr. Coyle stated that leashes were required in all parks except at Fairway Park and was signed in Legacy and Brown parks that dogs must be on a leash and to clean up after dogs. Comments from Council were that there were many dogs in Legacy Park without leashes and the issue needed to be enforced. Council requested that the area be signed clearly for dogs on leashes and to keep dogs off of the beach. Council Member Witte moved to suspend the rules, read by title only, one time only Ordinance No. 897, amending Title 8. Council Member Scott seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Witte, Council Member Scott, Council Member Aymon, Mayor Bailey, and Council Member Swanson all voted aye and the motion carried. Ordinance No 897 was read by title only one time only by BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk. Council Member Scott moved to adopt Ordinance No. 897, amending Title 8, approve the publication of the summary, and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Swanson seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Scott, Council Member Swanson, Council Member Aymon, Mayor Bailey, and Council Member Witte all voted aye and the motion carried. AB 12-85 LID No. 3 Status Report — Information Only Linda Stokes, City Treasurer, presented the LID No. 3 Status Report to Council. Mrs. Stokes went through her memo that explained to Council that as a condition of the 2008 Bond issue to satisfy the Wausau judgment, Council passed and adopted Resolution 08-9 committing to budget $246,694 of the General Fund dollars to pay the remaining LID No. 3 bonds early. When the bonds were paid off in 2009, the LID No. 3 Fund only needed to borrow $128,902. In 2008 it was calculated that the LID No. 3 fund would only be to able to pay back $34,221. Since then the calculated amount the LID No. 3 fund would be able to repay has increased each year. The final calculated amount the LID No. 3 Fund would pay back to the General Fund is $110,542. AB 12-78 Reallocation of LOT funds for Golf Course Eric McCormick, Golf Course Superintendent, presented the request for Reallocation of LOT funds for Golf Course. The request was to reallocate the $17,000 of FY12 LOT funds that were McCall City Council Regular Meeting Page 4 of 6 April 26, 2012 approved to purchase a wide area spreader and instead let the Golf Course purchase an Aera- vator/Seeder for $10,900. Mr. McCormick explained that the Golf Course demoed this piece of equipment to help break up ice on the greens during the winter. The Golf Course would also be able to aerify and seed with this piece of equipment in one operation. The Golf Course will have a number of areas around the greens and in the fairways that the Aera-vator/Seeder would work better to seed with than the equipment the golf course had currently. The remaining $6,100 of the LOT FY12 funds would be used to finish moving the proshop stairs and expanding the deck at the club house. The McCall Men's Club was originally scheduled to fund the deck project; however it had been determined that the Men's Cub did not have as much money as was originally thought. The Men's Cub spent the bulk of their funds on the cart path sealing last summer. Council Member Aymon moved to reallocate $17,000 of the approved FY12 Local Option Tax funds from the purchase of a wide area spreader to the purchase of an Aera- vator/Seeder and construction of clubhouse deck stairs. Council Member Scott seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Aymon, Council Member Scott, Mayor Bailey, Council Member Swanson, and Council Member Witte all voted aye and the motion carried. AB 12-83 The 2011— 2012 Snow Removal Report Peter Borner, Public Works Director, presented a positive report regarding the snow gate to Council. AB 12-82 Response to the Wastewater Technical Advisory Group's 3rd Revised Report Peter Borner, Public Works Director, presented the Response to the Wastewater Technical Advisory Group's (TAG) 3rd Revised Report to Council. Mr. Borner stated that the TAG met two days prior to make all previously suggested corrections. Since the Council did not have the opportunity to fully review the final document prior to the meeting, the Council asked that the report come back to Council for approval at the May 10, 2012 meeting. MCPAWS Budget Report — Discussion (added 4/24/12) Betty Weida, Executive Director of MCPAWS, presented the MCPAWS Budget Report to Council. Ms Weida explained that MCPAWS is a high "save" shelter and only euthanize when absolutely necessary. She gave a brief update on all the events MCPAWS did throughout the year. The Council expressed concerns that the City of Cascade was not contributing to the revenues for MCPAWS. Council was also concerned that the County's contribution did not match the services they were receiving from MCPAWS. CONSENT AGENDA Staff recommended approval of the following items: 1. City Council Minutes — Regular April 12, 2012 2. Warrant Registers Dated April 20, 2012 3. Payroll Report for Period ending April 13, 2012 4. Alcohol and Catering Licenses Activity Report McCall City Council Regular Meeting April26, 2012 Page 5of6 A brief discussion took place regarding the Warrant Register and corrections to the minutes. Council Member Scott moved to approve the Consent Agenda, with the minutes corrected. Council Member Swanson seconded the motion. In a voice vote all voted aye and the motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 7:42 p.m. Mayor Bailey moved to go into Executive Session for: Personnel — Pursuant to Idaho Code §67-2345(1)(b) To consider the evaluation, dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent, or public school student. Council Member Scott seconded the motion. In a roll call vote, Mayor Bailey, Council Member Scott, Council Member Aymon, Council Member Swanson, and Council Member Witte all voted aye and the motion carried. Council discussed the City Managers Evaluation. OPEN SESSION Mayor Bailey moved to return to open session. Council Member Witte seconded the motion. In a roll call vote, Mayor Bailey, Council Member Witte, Council Member Aymon, Council Member Scott, Council Member Swanson, and Council Member Witte all voted aye and the motion carried. ADJOURNMENT Without further business, the Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:50 p.m. Donald C. Bailey, Mayor ATTEST: BessieJo Wafinr, City Cl6rk McCall City Council Regular Meeting April 26, 2012 Page 6 of 6