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NOVEMBER 30, 1960
The City Council met in regular session, Mayor Bostic, Councilmen Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson,
Oliver and Robinson, City Manager Smith and City Attorney Arntson present on roll call.
Invocation was given by Councilman Larson.
A vacancy having been created in the position of City Manager by`the death of Mr. E. J. Allison,
and the City Council having duly appointed Mr. George D. Smith of Tacoma, Washington to fill
said 'position, and Mr. Smith having taken his oath of office on the 28th day of November, 1
Mayor Bostic introduced and welcomed Mr. Smith to his first Council meeting in the City of Yakim
The minutes of the regular meeting of November 23, 1960 were approved as read.
Moved by Robinson, seconded by Oliver that Ordinance No. 190 transferring specific funds witin
the ,1960 Budget for the Water Department, be passed as read: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns,
Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll _call.
ORDINANCE NO 190, AN ORDINANCE transferring funds within the 1960 appropriation for 52 - Water
Department, and declaring an emergency.
In accordance with the request made by Acting City Manager Arntson at the regular meeting of the
City Councilmon November 23, 1960 with regard to a written report on the City Irrigation system
and it's problems, a resolution-re-establishing the annual irrigation maintenance rates and
charges for 1961 was read by the Clerk of the Council. City Manager Smith recommending the
passage of said resolution since there is not enough time to explore the possibility of changing
from the local improvement district procedure to a utility basis, and Finance Director McGraw
explaining that said resolution will eliminate certain Capital Betterments planned for the
Irrigation System in the 1961 Budget, it was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by Burns that Resolution
No. D -197 fixing the annual irrigation maintenance rates and charges for 1961, be passed as read;
carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. .
RESOLUTION NO. D -197, A RESOLUTION re- establishing the annual irrigation maintenance rates and
charges in the City of Yakima.
WHEREAS, because of increased costs in the maintenance of the irrigation
system of the City of Yakima, it is necessary to increase the annual irrigation maintenance
rates and charges, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That from and after January 1, 1961, the annual irrigation
maintenance rates and charges to be assessed by the Irrigation Department of the City of Yakima
shall be as follows:
Area served by Gravity System $.00080 per sq ft of land
Area served by Lenox Pump System .00100 per sq ft of land
Area served by other pump systems .00110 per sq ft of land
Section 2. That Section 2 of Resolution No. D -65, as amended by
Resolution No. D -71, is hereby continued in 'full force and effect.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 30th day of November, 1960.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) THOMAS C. BOSTIC
City Clerk Mayor
Moved by Barber, seconded by Larson that Resolution No. D -198 authorizing Mr. George D. Smith
to become a member of the Statewide City Employees Retirement System commencing as of December 1,
1960, be passed -as read: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson
voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D -1981 WHEREAS, GEORGE D. SMITH was appointed City Manager of the City of Yakima
on December 1, 1960, and earning more than $50.00 per month as a full time employee of the City
of Yakima, and
WHEREAS,.the said George'D. Smith has elected in writing to become a
member of the Statewide City Employees Retirement System commencing as of the date of his employ -
ment,.and the City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the. City of Yakima to ap-
prove the same, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That the City of Yakima hereby consents and agrees that George D. Smith,
City Manager of said city, shall be covered under the Statewide City Employees Retirement System
commencing as of December 1, 1960, the date of his employment by said city, pursuant to the ex-
isting agreement between said City and the Statewide City Employees Retirement System.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 30th day of November, 1960.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L)
City Clerk
Moved by Coombs, seconded by Barber that Resolution No. D -199 rel
from any liability because of an extension of water main from the
Shops to the new National Guard Vehicle Storage and Shop Area, be
Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting
THOMAS C. BOSTIC
Mayor
ieving the County of Yakima
vicinity of Yakima County
passed as read: carried,
aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D -1990 A RESOLUTION relieving the County of Yakima from any liability because
of an extension of water main from vicinity of Yakima County shops to the new National Guard
Vehicle Storage and Shop Area.
WHEREAS, in Resolution No. C- 1469,. adopted by the City Commission of the
City of Yakima on May 6, 1957, an agreement between the City of Yakima and Yakima County for
the extension of a water main outside the city limits of the City of Yakima, on Fairview Avenue
north to the County Shops, was approved, and
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'�H REAS, said agreement provided that Yakima County would not allow any
other services to be connected to said line until said area was annexed to the City of Yakima
and the line included within a local improvement district, and
WHEREAS, in Resolution No. D -183 the City of Yakima wa-s authorized to ex-
ecute an agreement with the Military Department of the State of Washington for the extension of
said water main constructed under the hereinbefore- mentioned agreement with Yakima County, and
WHEREAS, Yakima County desires to be relieved of any liability under the
agreement dated May 6, 1957 because of said extension, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That Yakima. County, Washington,,is hereby relieved of any liability under
that certain agreement between the City of Yakima and Yakima County, dated May 6, 1957, approved
by Resolution No. C -1469, that might be occasioned because of the extension of the water main
therein authorized to serve the National Guard Vehicle Storage and Shop Area of the Military
Department of the State of Washington.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 30th day of November, 1960.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) THOMAS C. BOSTIC
City Clerk Mayor
The Chairman of the Yakima County Civil Defense Council having advised Mayor Bostic by letter
that there is an opportunity to obtain federal matching funds for the operation of the Yakima
County Civil Defense and requesting the submission of any objections to the participation in
this federal matching fund program, it was agreed by all members of the City Council that the
local Civil Defence organization should go along with the program. No formal action was taken
on this matter.
Other matters discussed by the Council were the Fireworks program'for the State Legislature in
1961 and the operations of the Northwest Airlines at the Yakima Municipal Airport. Council
members requested that these matters be referred to the City Manager and further requested that
he report on said matters.
Manager Smith discussed with the City Council the manner in which he intends to handle the
agenda for future Council meetings.
There being no further 'business to come before the Council, it-was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by
Barber that we do now adjourn at the hour of 4 :10 P.M.: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs,
Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
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