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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989.10.30 Council MinutesMINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 30, 1989 CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Ed Hendler, Mayor. ROLL CALL: By City Manager. Councilmen present were: Michael Garrison, Joyce DeFelice, Ed Hendler, Lee Kraft, E.A. Snider and Luisa Torres. Councilman Joe Jackson was absent (excused). Also present were: Gary Crutchfield, City Manager; and Greg Rubstello, City Attorney. BUSINESS LICENSE REVOCATION HEARING FOR AMBASSADOR VILLAGE, 1107 WEST LEWIS, ISSUED TO JOHN THOM, 199 EAST 23RD, KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON: The City Attorney opened Hearing by stating nature of revocation hearing and referred to binder of information previously provided the City Council. The history of Mr. Thom's misconduct in the second hand and pawn business is documented thoroughly in the reference material referred to. Whether or not such conduct in the City of Kennewick should be cause for the Pasco City Council to revoke the business license issued for the Ambassador Village, a second-hand store operated by Mr. Thom, is of course, a decision for the City Council to make following the procedure set forth in PMC 5.04.110. Mr. Thom is entitled to a hearing before the City Council. Mr. Stan Taylor, Attorney for John Thom, explained he had received the binder at 2:00 P.M., Monday, October 30, 1989 and had not had sufficient time to prepare for this matter. In order to allow Mr. Taylor sufficient time to prepare his defense, Mr. Snider moved to delay hearing to a special meeting of the City Council on Monday, November 13, 1989, at 7:30 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Kraft. Motion carried. BASIN DISPOSAL CONTRACT: The City Manager explained that the current Solid Waste Collection Contract was executed in July, 1985 and represented implementation of the new automated collection system in the residential areas. The automated system was intended to control costs, particularly in the area of labor (the automated system requires only one operator, where the old system required two). The rates were fixed in July, 1985 to permit amortization of the debt incurred by the cost fraction in starting the system (trucks and containers); the rates have not been adjusted since then and the contract would expire in July, 1990. Environmental regulations imposed on landfills over the past few years have led to significant increases in the cost to dispose of solid waste at the Pasco Landfill. The 1990 cost of disposal will be more than double the 1985 figure and will likely rise again. The contractor has thus requested rate adjustments. Staff has worked with the contractor to identify what is felt to be an appropriate rate schedule, but also to recommend a new five-year contract be executed now rather than wait until spring to go through the same process again. Mr. Leonard Dietrich, President of Basin Disposal, explained that -1- I ADJOURNMENT No further business, the special meeting adjourned at 8 15 P.M. AT Eve yn Wel s, City Clerk MINUTES PASCO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 30, 1989 landfill costs increases by ton rather than yard. It was the concensus of City Council members that the changes be put in contract form for the November 6, 1939 meeting. Ed H ndler, Mayor PASSED and APPROVED this7 day of November, 1989.