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Home My WebLink About04/18/1989 Business Meeting 141 APRIL 18, 1989 • BUSINESS MEETING 1. ROLL CALL The City Council met in session on this date at 2:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Yakima, Washington. Mayor Pat Berndt, presiding, ' Council members Clarence Barnett, 'Henry . Beauchamp, Lynn Buchanan, Lynn Carmichael, Jerry Foy and Bernard Sims present on roll call. City Manager Zais, City Attorney Vanek, City Clerk Roberts and Acting Deputy City Clerk Watkins present. 2. I o ATION _ • The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council member.Buchanan.:._.. 3. OPEN DISCUSSION FOR THE, GOD OF THE ORDER. . Mayor Berndt congratulated Council member Foy on his appointment to the Fair Board. Mayor Berndt noted that she, Council member Buchanan,. and Assistant City Manager Stouder, went to Olympia on Sunday evening and. met with Eastern Washington city representatives. On Monday - morning they met with Eastern Washington Legislators regarding some of the issues that affect Eastern Washington cities. In particular, they discussed the Senate bill regarding property taxes, what has happened to the City with the current way they have done the gas tax, and the gambling tax. Mayor Berndt said they came.away with mixed feelings but did sense,. on the part of some of the Spokane •.Legislators. in .•particular,`. a .real willingness. to•form a bigger coalition of City.; County arid. i$tate representatives;.from, Eastern Washington. They hope 'to meet. in •June.: Council member Foy asked if within two weeks Council could be supplied with information on how many police officers and support staff the budget could handle to get the hiring process. started. He expressed concern about getting close to mid -year and the five to seven .month_ backlog ,in _the Personnel. Department to fill requests.- City Manager Zais said his staff is preparing a report giving information.: needed, to amend. the budget and incorporating the plans for staging the phased in- implementation. He said supplying .the_ information could,be done in one of two ways; either giving Council..an: informal_: report within two weeks and coming back later with the formal documentation, or waiting and submitting the formal material. He expressed the desire to get the formal material to Council as soon as possible in order to pursue the budget amendment and planning for testing and recruitment efforts before July 1st. Police Chief, Pleas Green, commented that the Police Department is geared up for both police officers and department. assistants.. The registers are in place and there is another test for police officer scheduled the first part of June. He stated ' "the major timing concern is. is. for police officers to get into the academy, they can't get.two slots until the first part of August. Council member Foy asked if there were any police officers from other areas wanting to come to Yakima, thereby alleviating the need of attending the academy. Chief Green _responded that information is not available, the upcoming entry. level test will determine which candidates will be hired. 4. CONSENT AGENDA _ . Mayor Berndt referred to the items placed on the Consent Agenda, questioning whether there were any additions or deletions from either - Council members or citizens:. present._ The City Clerk then read the Consent Agenda•:items, including resolutions_ and ordinances by title. It was MOVED BY., CARMICHAEL, __SECONDED `.BY'. FOY.,. THAT .. THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS :READ, 'BE: PASSED. Unanimously carried by roll AAD /1 142 APRIL 18, 1989 call vote. (Subsequent paragraphs preceded by an asterisk ( *) indicate items on the Consent Agenda handled under one motion without further. discussion.) *5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. OF THE COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 11, 1989 The Council minutes . of April: 11., 1989. were approved., having :.been duly certified accurate by two Council members and no one present wishing to 'have said minutes read. publicly. . 6. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ' Ill None 7. REPORT FROM PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION REQUESTING. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CHESTERLEY PARK DEVELOPMENT • • David Flaherty, Parks and Recreation Manager, submitted the report for Chesterley Park. and asked if Council..had .any questions. Council member Barnett asked for clarification. that it was the $19,847 figure that was required.and not. a $14,000 figure for the ash. Mr. Flaherty explained it was the $19,847 figure which covered the .cost of transporting and distributing .the..ash as well as items A:through E in the report. Council member Foy..asked• the consideration of Council to take some :money from the interest earned .portion of the bond issue-to augment Chesterley Park and increase it. by:$7,000 to. have an adequate tree surgeon review and a design plan prepared.to take care of the old and sick trees in the Naches Avenue. corridor. Public Works Director, Jerry Copeland, advised there is . $40.,,000 in the . "other projects" .portion .,of the bond issue .for ;Naches Avenue .parkway tree; •renovation.... He' said what staff, .would like. is to get.. the. entire Naches.:_Avenue design ready. In that way.it would be available in the.event we receive donations from . „a . service .organization as, well ,as. when the-. bond funds are released.. IT'; WAS. MOVED BY;; FOri'I SECONDED,=:BY : BLJCHANAN,, `” TO • ACCEPT THE;:: =' STAFF :REPORT: `. ($19.847') A :; TO : �;IN e4 : o A .;: ° ' De FOR " .::PROPOSAL :'FOR. A'-DESIGN :MAN OFTz:: •0 :AVENUE: Unanimously. carried by voice vote. • .. 8. REPORT FROM PERSONNEL,. DIVISION.:.. REGARDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION • PROGRAM Archie Sutton, Personnel _Officer, submitted the Affirmative Action report for the year 1988 and asked for questions.. Council member Beauchamp asked if the 43.3% figure for .females in. the_ aggregate Metropolitan Area (MSA) included. all females or only white females. Mr. Sutton .clarified that it includes all females and the 21% minority.figure is primarily males, but there could be a cross over with females. .Council member Carmichael asked for verification that .Yakima Metropolitan...Area actually :_refers to . Yakima County. After discussion and reference. an.area map it was determined the County is the MSA...Phil .Pleasant, 1101 E. '"A" St., brought up his concerns with the .report, the -goals_for Black minorities, and the method of. depicting the statistics.. He stated by including women.as.minorities it lowers the Black. opportunities for minority positions..Be expressed concern with .the. method of establishing and interpreting_ minority goals._ He , ,also.. stated his concern that. all.. the. minorities are lumped. together :in the Garbage Department.. when they,..need , to. be. utilized _throughout ,.the .entire organization.. ,Mayor. Berndt advised Mr. Pleasant to be aware that minority does ..not just mean Black but also ,includes Hispanic, Asians,- etc. Mr. Pleasant .responded. that the first :definition under minority is "Black ".. He continued that, • in his,. opinion, it is Council's obligation to enforce the law to see that contractors really do have minorities on their payroll as they say they do when submitting. bids. Council member Foy emphasized that it is every department head's responsibility to ensure .bids .meet Affir ative Action requirements.' City' Manager Zais responded to Mr. Pleasant that the report is representative:of the City's.Affirmative Action in terms of hiring .and contract compliance. He :continued that the City 'is not... practicing 'anything:: that.. would. be .considered exclusionary either for jobs.within the•:City,or,:for,,the hiring of AAD /2 Y j Ll3 APRIL 18;1989 contractors. The hiring of minority contractors is based upon who is available in this area /region and they must meet the criteria to be eligible for City employment. After further discussion Mr. Zais summarized, stating he felt it was a good report representative of a good faith effort on the part of City employment and contracting. Mr. Pleasant summed up his concerns, stating that statistics can tell you anthing you want to hear and emphasized the unemployment rate' among blacks in Yakima is terrible: IT :WAS BY CARMICHAEL ,.` SECONDED . :BY...SIMS,'. `T0_ :. 'GRT..:;;Unanimously carried by voice vote.. - • - - * 9.. REPORT FROM- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REGARDING 1988 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS HISTORY The report from the Public Works Department regarding 1988 Vehicle Accidents History, was accepted. * 10. FIRST QUARTER 1989 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT The First.Quarter 1989 Motor Vehicle Accident Report was accepted. * 11. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS • ORDINANCE_ :NO 3167 ::. AN'ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations, specifically taxicab • regulation; changing qualifications for taxi driver's licenses; and amending section 5.78.190 of the.City of Yakima Municipal Code. 12. OTHER:BUSINESS . Information Items: . Items of information supplied, to,,,TCouncil were: "Memo from Chief of Police regarding_ Narcotics,,, Enforcement Update. '4/13/89; Article from 4/12/89 USA TODAY,, "Pilot Shortage Puts Squeeze'on Airlines "; • Article from 3/27 -4/9 1989 City & State, "Residents Vote for City Status "; Census Notes, Washington State University; "Current and Future Change in Washington's Population "; Number 25, March 25, 1989; Memo from City Attorney regarding Damage Claims Referred to Insurance Company.' 4/5/89; Monthly Yakima Community Television Report for March 1989; Minutes of the March 13, 1989 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting; and Agenda for April 17, 1989 Yakima Center Advisory Commission meeting and minutes of its March 20, 1989 meeting. 13. ADJOURNMENT • There, being no further business to come before the •Council,'it was MOVED BY 'FOY,;,' `BY CARMICHAEL, . MEETING BE -' '. .ADJOURNED THE :=HOUR O F 2s'4 :. P.' -' Urianimoup-1y • carried by voice . READ AND ACCURATE BY" C9UNCIL i'•:E LDA�TE- ' erf C* NCIL M ATTEST: - • , . C /a-;t - CITY CLERK MAYOR` • • Minutes prepared by Linda Watkins. , • AAD /3 • •