|
City of Columbia City 1840 Second Street,
PO Box 189, Columbia City, OR 97018 (503) 397-4010 |
||
City
Council Meeting Minutes
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
THURSDAY, JANAURY 3, 2008
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CITY OF COLUMBIA CITY,
COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
AGENDA
ITEM 1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL
CALL:
CONVENED:
Council
President Schmor called the regular meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Council President Schmor led the flag
salute.
COUNCIL
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mayor Cheryl
A. Young (arrived at 7:37 p.m.)
Council
President Bob Schmor
Councilor
Bill Guy
Councilor
Gary Hudson
Councilor
Sally Ann Marson
COUNCIL
MEMBERS ABSENT:
None
ALSO
PRESENT:
Jeff Anderson, Public Works
Superintendent
Leahnette Rivers, City
Administrator/Recorder
ATTORNEY
PRESENT:
Harold
Olsen, City Attorney (arrived at 7:37 p.m.)
A quorum was
present and due notice had been published.
AGENDA
ITEM 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS:
None.
AGENDA
ITEM 3 CITIZEN INPUT:
None.
AGENDA ITEM 4 COUNCIL
REPORTS:
4.1 Parks Committee: Leahnette Rivers said the Parks Committee
will meet on January 15, 2007, at 5:00 p.m.
4.2 Water Source and Development
Committee: Jeff said
P.C.R. has been on vacation, and they'll be back to resume construction on
Monday. He said they have poured the
floor for the chemical feed room and they've started to dig the transmission
line in for the water to the well and they've gone as far as Third Street. He said at that point they hit the City's
4-inch water main, which we fixed. He said
the City had properly marked the location of the 4-inch line, but rain had washed
away some of the water-based locate marks.
Councilor Schmor said
P.C.R. should be held responsible for the costs associated with repairing the
4-inch main. Leahnette and Jeff agreed,
and said that is in progress.
Jeff said the small well
is off-line because the chemical feed needed to be repaired, and now a valve
needs to be fixed.
Jeff said his crew
recently fixed a water leak on Calvin Street, and a broken service at Third and
"L" Streets.
Mayor Young arrived at
7:37 p.m.
4.3 Streets Committee: Jeff Anderson said the snowplow was recently
used to plow Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Streets and Miloris Way.
4.4 Sewer Committee: No report.
Jeff Anderson said they
recently had a rupture at the "K" Street sewer lift station that
resulted in a spill of approximately 1, 000 gallons of sewage. He said the problem was caused by some
fabric that wedged in the 2" discharge line.
4.5 Library report: Councilors Marson, Schmor and Hudson said
the Library looks fantastic now that it has expanded.
4.6 Other
reports: None.
AGENDA
ITEM 5 CONSENT AGENDA:
5.1 Approval of the Financial Report for the month ending
November 30, 2007.
5.2 Written report from the Public Works Superintendent.
5.3 Written report from the Chief of Police.
5.4 Written report from the City Administrator/Recorder.
5.5 Reappointment of Joshua Fromm and Deborah Jacob to the
Columbia City Planning Commission.
Item 5.3 was not available and was deleted from the
consent agenda.
MOVED (MARSON), SECONDED (SCHMOR) AND CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY BY ROLL CALL VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AGENDA
ITEM 6 UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
6.1 Second
reading of Council Bill No. 07-461; Ordinance No. 08-642-O: An Ordinance adopting an inflation
adjustment factor to calculate changes to the City's Transportation System
Development Charges; amending charges established by Ordinance No. 03-581-O;
repealing Ordinance No. 06-627-O.
The Council completed the second reading of Council
Bill No. 07-461.
MOVED (GUY), SECONDED (HUDSON) AND CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT COUNCIL BILL NO. 07-461.
6.2 Second
reading of Council Bill No. 07-462; Ordinance No. 08-643-O: An Ordinance adopting an inflation
adjustment factor to calculate changes to the City's Parks System Development
Charges; amending charges established by Ordinance No. 02-578-O; repealing
Ordinance No. 06-628-O.
The Council completed the second reading of Council
Bill No. 07-462.
MOVED (HUDSON), SECONDED (GUY) AND CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT COUNCIL BILL NO. 07-462.
6.3 First
reading of Council Bill No. 07-463; Ordinance No. 08-644-0: An Ordinance adopting an inflation
adjustment factor to calculate changes to the City's Water and Sanitary Sewer
System Development Charges; amending charges established by Ordinance No.
05-607-O; repealing Ordinance No. 06-629-O.
The Council completed the second reading of Council
Bill No. 07-463.
MOVED (SCHMOR), SECONDED (HUDSON) AND CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT COUNCIL BILL NO. 07-463.
AGENDA
ITEM 8 OTHER BUSINESS:
Sewer Spill: Jeff
Anderson said they had a small sewer spill in early December at the
"K" Street lift station. He
said the problem stemmed from some fabric being caught in the 2" discharge
line.
Extra Block:
Councilor Schmor asked what we plan to do with the extra block that's
being stored in Third Street. Jeff
Anderson said the block company plans to buy them back from us, and Dean Harper
is supposed to pick them up soon.
Water Rates: The
Council reviewed a memo dated December 28, 2007, from Leahnette Rivers
regarding the City's water rate requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Loan
terms. Leahnette explained that our
next rate increase is scheduled to take effect on March 26, 2008, and she said
she'd like to advertise a public hearing and the proposed rate increase in the
next issue of the City's newsletter. It
was the consensus of the Council that we move forward with a proposed base rate
of $30.00 for the first 500 c.f., an additional charge of $3.60 per 100 c.f. up
to 1,000 c.f., and a charge of $4.50 per 100 c.f. over 1,000 c.f.
Columbia County Emergency Operations Center (EOC): Leahnette Rivers explained that she's billed Columbia County for
the value of Columbia City's staff time assisting the County EOC. She said FEMA will likely reimburse the County
for 75% of that value, and the County will forward those funds to Columbia City
for reimbursement. She recommended
Columbia City write off the un-reimbursed portion and consider it a training
expense. Council Members agreed that
the City should write-off the un-reimbursed costs.
AGENDA
ITEM 7 NEW BUSINESS:
7.1 Executive
Session: The Council met in
Executive Session to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the
governing body to negotiate real property transactions pursuant to ORS
192.660(2)(e).
The Council convened in Executive Session.
The Council reconvened in Open Session.
AGENDA
ITEM 9 ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the
Council, the meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Return to Columbia City Home Page