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PASCO CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBER 22, 1980
CALL TO ORDER.
Meeting called to order at 8 00 P.M by the Honorable Chet Bailie, Mayor.
ROLL CALL.
By City Clerk. Councilmen present were S K. Adams, J.C. Bailie, Charles
Grigg, Ira Schmidt, Beverly Green and E.A. Snider. Also present were
Dennis De Felice, City Attorney; Lee Kraft, City Manager; Tom Cnscola,
Finance Director; James Ajax, City Engineer, John Hastig, Assistant City
Engineer, Richard Erickson, Director of Parks 6, Recreation; Webster Jackson,
Administrative Assistant; and Gary Crutchfield, Director of Community
Development.
ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 2210. (Supplemental Budget Ordinance)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1980 ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF
PASCO BY PROVIDING -A SUPPLEMENT THERETO; BY APPROPRIATING AND
REAPPROPRIATING REVENUE; BY PROVIDING TRANSFER AND EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY; BY ADJUSTING THE EXPENDITURE PROGRAM OF VARIOUS FUNDS
AND BUDGETS WITHIN FUNDS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Ordinance No. 2210 was read by title only (second reading). Mr. Grigg moved
that Ordinance No 2210, which is a supplemental appropriation ordinance,to the 1980
budget,be -adopted. Seconded by ,Mr. Snider. Motion carried by roll call vote of
six (6).
ORDINANCE NO. 2216- (Vagrancy)
2] caA .NORDINANCE.a RELATIING -TO THECRIME/10FNAGRANCY,,,,,BY, A-MENaDIN.,Gce
P-AS -efleMUNICIPALoCODE-SE-CTIONE9:087 -.10;20;' 13.o _ _ _
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Ordinancet-No,:i 2]r6).wa st3readtbwitit1ek047,. lViraSieuder ithoved ifiet Ordinance
No. 2216 amending Pasco Municipal Code SeCtion -9 -.0-8.-020-tann_iii,
fortunetellers, clairvoyance, etc., be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Grigg.
Motion carried by roll call vote of five (5). Mr. Adams voting no.
ORDINANCE NO. 2218 (Animal Control)
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL, DOGS, LICENSING OF
DOGS, LICENSING FEES, VOLUNTARY LICENSING OF CATS, ANIMALS
DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER
P M.C. 8 04 BY AMENDING P.M.C. 8.04.060,8.04.080, 8.04.190,
8.04.340, AND 8.04.360 AND BY ENACTING P.M C. 8.04.195.
Ordinance No. 2218 was read by title only. Mr. Grigg moved that Ordinance
No. 2218 relating to Animal Control be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Adams.
Motion carried by roll call vote of four (4). Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Snider
voting no.
ORDINANCE NO. 2220. (City Water and Sewer Rates)
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY WATER AND SEWER RATES, FEES AND
CHARGES, AND PROVIDING FOR SYSTEM CAPITAL EXPANSION REPLACEMENT
CHARGES BY AMENDING SECTION 13.20.020, 13.20.030, 13.20.050,
13.40 020, 13.40 030 and 13.40.040 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE AND
BY ENACTING SECTIONS 13.20.055, 13.22.010, 13.22.020, 13.22.030,
13.40.045, 13.42.010, 13.42.020 AND 13.42.030 TO THE PASCO
MUNICIPAL CODE
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Ordinance No. 2220 was read by title only.
Mr. Ajax handed out copies of the City of Pasco 1980 Combined Water Sewer Utility
Rate Study, dated December 3, 1980, to various interested people attending the
Special Meeting. For the benefit of everyone attending, Mr. Ajax explained the
contents of the Water Sewer Utility Rate Study.
Mr. Snider stated that in this rate increase that is proposed, the area that has been
excluded is primarily that east of the Burlington Northern tracks. He asked Mr. Ajax
if he felt that the new addition by the water reservoir, on which the City has previous
agreements on pertaining to water and sewer should be included, as with the
remaining newer areas in town, for additional charges.
Mr. Ajax replied that he was very appreciative of what these developers had done for
the City of Pasco in general The City of Pasco, through present ratepayers, has
spent some $200,000 on a water booster station and the City will have to build a
standpipe for this area. Through the system fees, if one were to take what amounts
to probably on the order of 900 lots out of the 1,050 that are preliminary or totally
platted in that area and are unbuilt on, the developers would not begin to fully pay
the expenses in terms of booster station and, primdrily,' the standpipe that will be
required to serve that area.
Mr. Paul Lawson, who resides at 319 S. 26th Avenue, said it is not so much the
amount of the water rate and, also, he referred to the automatic increases based on
the cost of living index He said that whatever increase we have on a yearly basis
should be-placed °rya budget at that time; the City should not assume that things are
going to go up every year. Mr. Lawson thinks the City should look at the water
rates yearly and the Council should vote on them yearly, instead of having a cost of
living increase automatically.
Mr. Howard McGhee said he was for a rate increase and he believed the Council
would be well advised to raise the rates at this time in order to have money to put into
future improvements:
Mr. Leonard Dietrich stated that he did not have a problem with the rate increase.
The problem he had was possibly on the $200 service charge. He thought it foolish
to water a lawn with treated water. He suggested that if the City has a new
development going in, it would be encouraging for the Council to at least look at the
possibility of that development 'putting in an irrigation system and give some
consideration to this $200 fee, because it costs a lot of money to process the water
through a treatment plant.
Mr. Jim Remson, representing Sunland Heights owned by Sunland Investments, of
Section 14, stated that', to his knowledge, a standpipe is not needed to serve
Section 14 with water. It had always been his understanding from Mr. Buckberry
and Mr Bosch, and the other people who are developing Section 14, that the
booster station coming out of the reservoir, and the sewer trunk line which the
developers paid for themselves, adequately serves both the sewer and water needs
of Section 14, and that anything over and above that, serves some other area What
he needed to know from Mr. Ajax tonight was, what area is the City serving. He
mentioned the problem with the fire flow protection requirements.
Mr. Ajax replied that if all the area in the city limits was ,developed, the City would
not have enough water to meet peak day demands. Right now, the City's peak day is
approximately 15 million gallons on the hottest day of the Summer With the City's
filter plant runmngiflat out perfectly, it would produce 18 million gallons. In
Section 14 alone, there is about 900 to 950 vacant lots that are preliminary or final
platted; -1-n ---Edst Pasco, just in this year's L I.D. , there are about 280. Therefore,
without annexing any additional territory, if the City were simply to fill in, we would
have to upgrade the water plant.
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, 7 Tim Remson stated that it seemed to him that the developers are not going to have to
pay much, as opposed to the Section 14 people. All of the Section 14 developers
have signed a number of agreements during the last two years with the City
concerning water, sewer, etc. He thought Section 14 ought to be excluded from
the $200 per unit capital recovery fee. The water lines have all been put in
by the developers. The City hasn't paid anything, except a booster station.
Mr. Harry Moore, representing the Apartment Association, stated that at this
particular time, the apartment owners had a 35 percent vacancy factor, which
means that the owners of the apartments are paying for vacant apartments to the
City, the ambulance service, the sewer charge, the water charge, and they had
no way of recovering for these vacant apartments.
Mr. Wayne Wilson said "there is no free ride",. His personal opinion was, that
if one is going to have a city or a county that is to grow, we are going to have to
go along with some kind of a proposal to take care of inflation. He recommended
that the Council accept the recommendation of Jim Ajax and the city staff.
Mr. Gary Bosch commended the Council and the City for the future ideas in the
expansion program. He does not disagree with what the City is proposing at all.
However, he felt concerned about Section 14. He said that, in the past, the
City had made commitments to the developers of Section 14 The only thing
the developers are asking now, is let them be competitive and the City honor its
past agreements.
Mr. Adams said he couldn't find any fault as far as raising the water rates to pay
for the increased costs of maintenance and operation was concerned. He does
have some concerns about an automatic CPI index rate increase for the next
number of years. He did not like the idea of imposing an automatic increase.
Mr. Adams could not vote for this present ordinance the way it is.
Mr. Schmidt pointed out that we are all against inflation and, if we
automatically say we are going to vote for an inflation increase each and every
year, then we are saying we agree with inflation. He felt that he could take
the time to discuss the increase each and every year it comes up.
Mr. Snider stated that there are a lot of people already digging out their lawns
and putting in gravel because they can't afford to use city water. If the City
increases the rates to this magnitude, we are going to see more of this There
are a lot of people who are retired and on a fixed income and can barely afford to
meet the water bill the way it is now and also buy groceries. A Summer time
rate increase of this size is going to create a lot of hardship for a great many
people I can't support taking this big of a bite all at once and also tieing it
to the CPI to get an automatic increase every year, and think it should be
addressed year by year.
Mr. Grigg said if the Council address the rate increase every year, it is going to
be the same question We really don't need to do that. We are just postponing
the ultimate. If we do it now, we have it accomplished.
At this point, the City Clerk read a letter received from Mr. Wilbur M Miller,
1516W. Irving, Pasco, dated December 19, 1980, which is hereby recorded in
the minutes, as follows
"I am opposed to the principle of automatic annual increases in water,
sewer, etc , as presently being proposed by certain individuals.
Naturally, I am opposed to increases in general
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It appears that all too many people, on the one hand, greatly lament the
inflation plaguing us, and on the other hand, center their attention, and
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thinking on some one pet project, and in order to further that, push for the
very things that only serve to "feed" inflation!
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' So, in reality, they must LOVE inflation!
When are we all going to start "putting first things first?" That is,
_ stopping inflation -- before America goes under! 1-
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In one other area, I respectfully criticize the government of Pasco is
In certain benefits to senior citizens you already have benefits "indexed"
-,at an income level that excludes those of us who worked and were able to
arrange for our retirement years at a, hopefully, respectable level.
In other words we are being penalized for our efforts! Business firms who
_ grant 'senior citizen discounts don't ask about income level
Sincerely,
Wilbur M. Miller."
Mr. Adams moved to delete Section 4, page 2, relating to ANNUAL COST OF
LIVING INCREASE, and Section 11, page 3, which ,also relates to the Annual
Cost of Living Increase, of Ordinance No. 2220. Seconded by ,Mr. Schmidt.
Motion failed by roll call vote of three (3). Mr. Bailie, Mr. Grigg, and
, Mr 4 Snider, voting no. -
Mr.,Bailie moved that Ordinance No. 2220, setting fees and charges to the City
Water and Sewer Rates, be adopted. Motion failed by roll call vote of four (4).
Mr. Adams, Mrs Green, Mr Schmidt, and Mr Snider voting no.
Mr. Snider requested that Ordinance No 2220 , be placed back on Workshop
for the Meeting of January 12, 1981 , Council, agreed to this. 1
ORDINANCE NO 2222- (Ambulance Service Excise Tax)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING'SECTION 3.05.020 OF THE 'PASCO MUNICIPAL
, CODE RELATING TO AMBULANCE SERVICE EXCISE TAX
Ordinance No. 2222 was read by title only Mr. Snider moved that
Ordinance No 2222 increasing the Rousehold Tax from $1.20 per month to $1.40
be adopted Seconded by Mr. Grigg Motion carried by roll call 'vote of six (6)
ORDINANCE NO 2223 (Business Licenses)
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 5.04 120,
5.04 140, 5 04 160, 5.04.190, 5.08 050, 5 12.060, 5 16.040, 5 20.100,
5 20 120, 5 24 020, 5 28.050, 5 44.020, 5 48 060, 5 60 120 AND
5.64.010 AND REPEALING PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5 04 150 ALL
IN,RELATION TO BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS ,
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Ordinance No. 2223 was read by title only.
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Dorothy Schoeppach, President of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce, presented a
'letter from the,Pasco Chamber of Commerce, dated December 22, 1980, and
which is hereby recorded in the niinutes, as follows
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, "Dear Mayor Bailie and Members of the Pasco City Councils
The Board of Directors of the Greater Pasco Chamber of Commerce agree
that possibly some increase of the business license fee may be
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, justifiable at this time.
However, the lack of communication and/or conflicting information
between the business community and the Council regarding this issue
causes great concern.
The consensus is, that other means of balancing the budget might be more
equitable, and a close review of increased expenditures should be made.
In, the future the Board would urge the Council to seek other solutions, and
encourage the formation of a citizens advisory group to pursue alternate
financial resources. , - , , _
PASCOordially, ,
Dorothy Schoeppach, President."
Mr. Adams stated that he thought it was kind of late in the day to bring this in
front of the Council and present it to the business community of Pasco without
having adequate time to address fit and comment
Mr. Kraft explained that there isn't a lot one can do about it. The budget starts
to get prepared fundamentally in July and then is presented to the douncil the first
Council ,Meeting in November and, by state law, he has to present a balanced
budget. When the Council met recently, they agreed that $48,000 of additional
money would be added back to the budget by increasing some fees; including the
business license fees. What bothers the business community is that consideration
of the business license fees,-is being given at this date , date,and they have so little
time to react. ,
Mr Grigg said the Council has an obvious choice. Mr. Kraft gave the city a
balanced budget, without any increases. It was a good budget except it left
out some critical items. Council said they did not want to cut ,any labor, so if
you don't cut, then you have to add. "I am not opposed to the business license
being raised by 50% because we are still within the ballpark, and I don't really
think the business community is going to become unglued. I agree one hundred
percent that we have got to get the business community more actively involved.
I would hope that at the first of the year we could set up something to start
working on that budget very early. "
Mr Snider moved that Ordinance No. 2223, which increases business licenses,
be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Schmidt. Motion carried by roll call vote of
four (4). Mr. Adams and Mrs. Green voting no
ORDINANCE NO 2221 (City of Pasco 1981 Budget)
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF PASCO BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1981.
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Ordinance No. 2221 was , read by !title only. Mr. Snider moved that Ordinance
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No. 2221, which will implement the 1981 budget at a level of $11,407,300, be
adopted. Seconded by Mr. Schmidt. Motion carried by roll call vote of six (6).
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND BENTON-FRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE
SOCIETY, INC Mr. Grigg moved to authorize the City Manager to sign
the agreement between the City of Pasco and the Benton-Franklin County
Humane Society, Inc., covering Humane Society services for the year 1981.
Seconded by Mr. Adams. Motion carried by roll call vote of four (4).
, Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Snider voting no.
Patricia Trudeau, Deputy City Clerk
T PASSED and APPROVED this L.) day of , 1980.
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NEW BUSINESS
CALL FOR BIDS - GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE FACILITY Mr. Adams
moved to authorize staff to call for bids for the new maintenance facility
at the golf course. Seconded by Mr. Snider. Motion carried by roll call
vote of six (6).
MISCELLANEOUS -- INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL-
Mr. Snider raised the question of the upcoming vacancy on the Council,
due to Mr. Bailie's resignation. Council directed staff to advertise
this vacancy. It was agreed that the cut-off date for this advertising
and receiving applications was to be the end of January, 1981.
Mr Bailie stated that he had enjoyed working with the Council. He
said he thought the Council had accomplished a lot during the last four
years. He looked forward to a continuing good relationship with the
Pasco City Council, in his position as Franklin County Commissioner.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 10 30 P.M
Chet Bailie, Mayor
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