ESTACADA CITY HALL,
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
475 SE MAIN STREET,
ESTACADA, OREGON
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2001
- 7:00 PM
A. CALL TO ORDER
BY PRESIDING OFFICER
The meeting was
called to order at 7:00 pm. Mayor Austin
led in the pledge of allegiance.
Present: Cr. Butcher, Cr. Akins, Cr. Troeh, Cr.
Atkinson, Cr. Gavic, Mayor Austin, CM Ealy, CA Cole, CM Carey.
Absent: Cr. Hartwig.
B. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR
AGENDA AND NON- AGENDA ITEMS
None.
C. CONSENT
AGENDA
1. Approve
April 19, 2001 Council minutes
2. Accounts
payable
Cr. Akins moved to approve the consent agenda. Cr. Atkinson seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: Cr. Butcher-abstain, Cr. Akins-yes, Cr.
Troeh-yes, Cr. Atkinson-yes, Cr. Gavic-yes, Mayor Austin-yes. The motion passed with 5 yes and 1
abstention.
D. CITY MANAGER
REPORT
CM reviewed his
written manager’s report.
Local Franchise
Revenue Audit Group (LFRAG) would like the City to reconsider their decision to
not join the group. The cost to the City
would be $215 and this would be our portion of the cost to hire consultants to audit
PGE records and determine if PGE has been paying the correct franchise fees to
the City. This decision will have to be
made at the May 17th meeting.
E. COUNCIL
BUSINESS
Resolution 2001, No. 3 – A Resolution
levying special benefit assessments in the amount of $2,177,524 for water,
sewer, storm drain, curbs, sidewalks, and paving improvements in the 1998 Hwy
224 Industrial Park LID.
CR Carey
reviewed the resolution and explained the payment breakdown. CR stated that this LID was funded completely
by a loan that will be paid by the property owners. There were no City funds used for this
project.
Cr. Butcher moved to adopt Resolution 2001, No. 3 –
A Resolution levying special benefit assessments in the amount of $2,177,524
for water, sewer, storm drain, curbs, sidewalks, and paving improvements in the
1998 Hwy 224 Industrial Park LID. Cr.
Troeh seconded the motion. Roll Call
Vote: Cr. Butcher-yes, Cr. Akins-yes,
Cr. Troeh-yes, Cr. Atkinson-yes, Cr. Gavic-yes, Mayor Austin-yes. The motion passed with 6 yes and 0 no.
Resolution
2001, No. 7 – A Resolution electing application for entry to the Oregon
Public Employees Retirement System Local Government Rate Pool
CM Ealy
explained information regarding the PERS pool.
Cr. Butcher moved to adopt Resolution 2001, No. 7 –
A Resolution electing application for entry to the Oregon Public Employees
Retirement System Local Government Rate Pool.
Cr. Gavic seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: Cr. Butcher-yes, Cr. Akins-yes, Cr.
Troeh-yes, Cr. Atkinson-yes, Cr. Gavic-yes, Mayor Austin-yes. The motion passed with 6 yes and 0 no.
Ken Oliver, President of the Volunteer Association – The Association is a non-profit organization and their funds are limited for the event and would appreciate the waiver.
Cr. Gavic moved to waive the stage fee and park
fee. Cr. Troeh seconded the motion. Roll
Call Vote: Cr. Butcher-abstain, Cr.
Akins-yes, Cr. Troeh-yes, Cr. Atkinson-yes, Cr. Gavic-yes, Mayor
Austin-yes. The motion passed with 5 yes
and 1 abstention.
F. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR
AGENDA AND NON- AGENDA ITEMS
None.
G. COUNCIL
REPORTS & COMMENTS
Cr. Gavic reminded
everyone today was national prayer day.
Also, he attended the ODDA conference in Ashland and it was very
informative. He reminded the City that
Aztec, Inc. is looking to have a Mexican consulate at the school in July.
Cr. Atkinson
would like to see the library survey their constituents regarding the library
growth issue. He would like the City do
a survey too regarding what they want to see happening in Estacada. He would like to look at moving the Council
meetings to earlier in the week – maybe a Tuesday.
Cr. Butcher
would also like to see the meeting changed to Tuesday or Wednesday
evening. She feels it would be more
beneficial to meet earlier in the week.
Mayor Austin
agrees it would be nice to meet earlier in the week. We will discuss this and see what can be
worked out. Mayor Austin stated that the
Governor’s Community Solutions Team meeting was very worthwhile.
H. EXECUTIVE
SESSION – O.R.S. 192.660 (1)(i) - City Manager review and evaluation
Mayor Austin
read a statement stating the executive session authority. He asked that all members of the audience
leave except any newspaper representatives.
Laurie Merritt,
representative for Clackamas County News, attended the executive session. Also present were CA Cole, CR Carey, CM Ealy
and the Council.
Mayor Austin
closed the meeting and opened the executive session at 8:00 pm.
The regular
meeting was reopened at 9:00 pm.
I. ADJOURNMENT
OF MEETING
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00
pm.