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McCall City Council
Special Meeting
Legion Hall - McCall City Hall (Lower Level)
June 27, 2014
Agenda
Call to Order and Roll Call
Work Session
Adjournment
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ROLL CALL
Mayor Aymon called the Special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 3:00 p.m.
Mayor Aymon, Councilor Giles, Councilor Swanson, and Councilor Witte answered roll
call. Councilor Scott arrived at 3:05 p.m.
City staff members present were Gene Drabinski, City Manager; Michelle Groenevelt,
Community Development Director; Linda Stokes, City Treasurer; Dennis Coyle, Parks and
Recreation Director; and BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk.
CIP Advisory Group
Gene Drabinski, City Manager, introduced the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Advisory Group
to the Council. He gave a brief introduction as to how the group was developed. He also gave a
brief summary of how staff and the advisory group worked to develop a 10 year Capital
Improvement Plan for the City of McCall and prioritizing identified projects for the CIP.
Members of the CIP Advisory Group present were Rick Fereday, Rod Nielson, Mike Anderson,
Colby Nielson, Steve Harkrader, Steve Millemann, Sherry Maupin, Dan Krahn, and Dean
Martins
The CIP Advisory Group shared with the Council the process they used to determine that the
best course of action for the City to pursue to fund vital infrastructure projects was a 1% Local
Option Sales Tax. The group expressed concern that the City's Budget has not been as tight as it
may need to be and the City needs to really look hard at non -essential services. The group also
stated that there needed to be a bigger picture as to what projects are happening city wide and
what capital improvement projects that are not getting done due to funding issues. The group
stated that they want to see how the City will tighten down the budget in order to assist with
other needed capital improvements that would not be included in the funding of a 1 % Local
Option Sales Tax.
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LOT Sales Tax Ordinance Discussion
The Council briefly discussed some of the items a 1 % Local Option Sales Tax would be included
to be funded. The Council requested that staff work with the City Attorney to write a draft
ordinance for consideration.
City Attorney RFP Discussion and Direction
The Council discussed their options as it related to the City Attorney. In preparing the budget for
FY15 for the Council's consideration it was mentioned that the City may want to do a Request
for Proposal for the Civil City Attorney. In addition to the discussion there was an idea that the
City may want to consider an in house attorney.
The Council consensus was that they wanted to continue with the current City Attorney. The
Council discussed that with the current contracted Attorney staff felt that there should be some
kind of mechanism to evaluate the City Attorney and give him feedback as to how the City feels
they are performing. Staff explained that since the Attorney was a direct report of the Council the
feedback would need to be given to the Council and then administered to the City Attorney. This
would give an opportunity for staff to be heard with their concerns and or accolades and will
give the attorney a chance to respond or improve any deficiencies. Council also considered
adding some kind of provision to the contract that specifies expectations for responses to request
made of the attorney. The Council asked that the City Clerk work with the City Attorney to
incorporate these ideas into the renewal contract.
Without further business, Mayor Aymon adjourned the meeting at 4:58 p.m.
/Jackie J. Aymon, ayor
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