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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 10, 2010 — 9 30 A.M
COUNCIL CHAMBERS — CITY HALL
Roll Call
Present
Council Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey,
Council Members Maureen Adkison, Dave Edler, Rick Ensey, Dave
Ettl and Bill Lover
Staff- City Manager Zais, City Attorney Cutter and City Clerk Kloster
2 Formal reading of a Resolution title to memorialize the intent of the Council
to set February 8, 2011 as the date for the City of Yakima to hold a special
election on an incorporated ballot proposition amending the City Charter to
abolish and abandon the current Council- Manager form of government and
to adopt a Mayor - Council form of government
The City Clerk read the resolution by title, EDLER MOVED AND ENSEY
SECONDED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION The motion carried by a 4 -3 roll
call vote, Cawley, Coffey, and Adkison voting no
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RESOLUTION NO R- 2010 -148, A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City
of Yakima, Washington, providing for the submission to the voters of the City of
Yakima, at a special election to be held therein on February 8, 2011, of a
Proposition on whether Articles 1, 11, III, V, VI, and VII of the Charter of the City of
Yakima should be amended to abandon and abolish the Council - Manager form
of government and adopt the Mayor - Council form of government; making
ancillary and corrective amendments throughout the Charter; and requesting the
Yakima County Auditor to call a special election
3 Executive Session to evaluate qualifications for public employment
The executive session was cancelled
4 Adjournment
ENSEY MOVED AND LOVER SECONDED TO ADJOURN TO DECEMBER 13,
2010 AT 4 00 P M IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF
JOINT CITY /COUNTY DELIBERATIONS ON THE WEST VALLEY
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, AREA WIDE RESZONE AND URBAN AREA
STREET STANDARDS, THEN TO DECEMBER 14, 2010 AT 2 00 P M FOR
THE COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING The motion carried by unanimous voice
vote
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SPECIAL MEETING
.DECEMBER 10, 2010
READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY
ATTEST
CITY CLERK
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COUNCIL MEMBER DATE
COUNCIL MEMBER DATE
MICAH CAWLEY, MAYOR
Minute's prepared by Linda Watkins A CD and DVD of this meeting are available in the City Clerk's Office
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