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Home My WebLink About01/04/1971 Business Meeting x:46 . JANUARY 4, 1971 The City .Council met in regular. session, Mayor.Larson presiding .,...Councilmen.Browin,,Lust and McNeice,.,City Manager McMicken and.,City: Attorney Andrews.present._on,roll.call. Councilmen Keith, Lambert.and Robinson absent.on roll call, having been excused at the previous meet- ing. The Invocation Councilman Lust.. The minutes of. the regular meeting of December 28,'. 1970 - ,.having -been certified.accurate by two Councilmen, and no one.present wishing to have :said minutes Mayor Larson declared said minutes.. approved. as. recorded. This being the time,fixed for the continuation. of. the Hearing on Resolution of Intention No. D- 1541; to improve property. located .on.the.southwest corner of.Lincoln and 17th Ave- nues, by the construction of curbs,.gutters,:sidewalk and surfacing of streets, in accord - ance`with Petition No. 661., having been continued from 16, 1970, and the City Clerk .reporting that Don Bond..and Elery VanDiest have requested that.the Hearing. be continued to January 25, 1971, it was MOVED by Lust, seconded by Brown..that this.Hearing be continued until.January 25,..1971: carried', Larson, Lust and McNeice voting aye by voicevote. Keith, Lambert and. Robinson. absent. . An.Ordinance appropriating $10,000 within.the Firemen -'s Relief and Pension Fund, having been read.in its entirety on December 28, 1970, and being read by Title only at this•meet- ing, it was MOVED by Lust.; seconded by McNeice that Ordinance No.•1279 providing for said appropriation, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Larson, Lust and McNeice voting aye on • roll call. Keith, Lambert and Robinson absent. ORDINANCE NO. 1279, AN ORDINANCE.appropriating the amount of $10,000 from unappropriated money in 610 - Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund to Account 160, Pensions, of the 1970 approp- riation for that fund. City Manager McMicken reporting that in accordance with City Council action on December - 28, 1970, a resolution implementing. a housing authority'in Yakima, has been prepared, it was MOVED Brown, : •seconded by Lust.that Resolution No. D -1575, finding and declaring the need for a Housing- :Authority to:function in the City of'Yakima and authorizing the implementa- tion of said Housing Authority, be ,passed as read: carried; Brown, Larson, Lust and McNeice voting aye on roll:call. Keith,. Lambert and Robinson RESOLUTION NO. D -1575, A RESOLUTION finding.and declaring the.need for a.Housing Authority .to function in the City of Yakima and authorizing the implementation of such a Housing Authority. City Manager :McMicken reviewed the City's present insurance program and explained the . coverage of the.various policies.. He reported that the City does not.have a °general lia -' bility'policy.which would cover incidents on sidewalks and. streets and a -study is being made to see if it would be feasible to have.such a policy. Mr. Ken Colvin, Mr..Neil Dick - insen and Mr, Hal-Phillips,.Insurance Agents, were present at this meeting to discuss in- surance coveraga.and.answer questions. Mr. .Colvin explained that the general liability proposal would.be.added into the general property liability coverage. He stated that in- quiries had gone out to fifteen insurance companies'and.four.quotations have been received with Hartford submitting the.lowest quotation of $17,.763 premium.for this.extra coverage. Discussion brought out that in studying the situation over the past.five•years, that approximately $77,000 had been paid out in this of claims in 1966 and 1967 and in the past three years about $900 each year in minor damage claims.. Council members indicating that they feel the..matter should..be- studied further before making a decision, it was MOVED by Lust,.seconded by McNeice that. action on this - matter be deferred for thirty days': car- ried:, }Brown, Larson L ust and McNeice.vothg aye by voice vote. Keith, Lambert and Robin - son.abs'ent.: City:Manager McMicken explained that.in connection with the City's insurance program,'that the.police officers of the City are protected by a false arrest insurance policy which expired on December 31, 1970, and it is necessary that similar insurance be immediately procured. He reported that the premium on this insurance has more than doub- t led. Mr. McMicken stated that this insurance covers 90 commissioned police officers and 16 commissioned !auxiliary policemen. Mr. Hal Phillips of Ackley- Phillips.Insurance, Inc., reviewed the coverage of the false arrest insurance. .Mr. McMicken.recommending that authorizationrbe given to obtain said false arrest insurance without calling for formal bids,.1t was MOVED by Lust, seconded by McNeice that Resolution No. D -1576 authorizing the procurement of said, false arrest insurance without calling for formal bids, be passed as • read:'carried, Brown, Larson, Lust and McNeice voting aye on roll call. Keith, Lambert and Robinson absent. RESOLUTION NO. D -1576, A RESOLUTION authorizing the procurement of false arrest insurance without calling for formal bids. City Manager McMicken reported on an. off-the-agenda item,•that of the purchase.of new Police vehicles, stating that it had been planned to replace- 13.vehicles, and when the .bids were opened.- recently, .it.was.discovered.that the price had gone $1400 per vehicle and the money budgeted for 1971 will cover the replacement of only 10 vehicles. He read a memo from Police Chief Madden which indicated that.it is planned to purchase six new pursuit • vehicles -and four different colored automobiles for use in the Youth Bureau, and that three to five vehicles will have to.be retained beyond the usual two -year, 50,000 mile time. Mr. McMicken, Police Chief Madden and Purchasing Agent Kermit Smith reviewed.briefly • matters pertaining to the Police.Department, the purchase.of Police vehicles and the bid procedures, for the information of the City Council. City Manager McMicken.referred to his .Report #104, Joint Computer Center Agreement, which reviewed the matter and explained that accordance action taken by the City . Council - in approving.the recommendations.contained in City Manager Report #96, which direc- ted that a Joint Computer Center be'established with Yakima County, that the purpose of this report is.to follow through with the presentation.of the - appropriate agreement, and recommended that the Council authorize the execution of said agreement with Yakima County. After due discussion, it was MOVED by Brown, seconded by Lust that Resolution No. D -1577 authorizing the execution of said Joint Computer Center Agreement with Yakima County, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Larson, Lust and McNeice voting aye on roll call. Keith, Lambert and Robinson absent. 'Mr.. McMicken stated that with the signing of this Joint Agreement, that.it will be the first Joint City- County Computer Center in the State. 14 • • JANUARY 4, 1971 • RESOLUTION.NO. D -1577, A ._RESOLUTION.,au.thorizing::and directing.the City._Manager and City Clerk of the .City..,of_.Yakinia ..to. execute- .a:'Joint ComputerCenter Agreement with .Yakima County, • City Manager.McMicken. referred ...to._a.:.report_on'the National,-Flood..Insurance Program and read portions a. bulletin, "HUD_..News., .. U.. S. - :Department of - Housing and. Urban. Development, " which explained _ the _program _ in':.detail .. . Public. .Works �- Dir-ector..,. John. Mayo.,... present an aerial photo of the Yakima area . showing . the _ intermediate - and°°standard. flood . areas .... Discussion . brought _out .the fact that it - would ..seem = _ the County would :need .such a program more than the City.: _ No' action was _.taken....on...this .matter . . • City Manager.. McMicken ..r.equesting....authorization for Fire_.Chief.Jules.Shockley to attend a. . Symposium in South .Bend.,.. Indiana,.at...no._.cost`.to - .the City., . -it was:_MOVED by McNeice, seconded by Lust that said.. out -of -State travel,.be -allowed: carried, Brown, Larson, .Lust and McNeice voting aye=by voice vote...._ Keith, Lambert and Robinson.absent. City McMicken..reported_ that. -in.accordance.with action.by the.City..Council on Decem- ber 14, 1970, when they directed the.Ci.ty Manager _ to_officials �f K -Mart indicat- ing their disappro'val..of the .project_ being built - in - the'.proposed.-location, and their.concern as to the general ..appearance - andsuggesting - some landscaping,-that a reply • has been:received..to. the letter sent to_ them.. .He :read-.the :.letter.which indicated that the K-Mart is being built.and..managed by.local_ people - and - .it is•.hoped•that this proposed pro- ject will provide .the .people .of Yakima with a There being no further.business to.come bef.ore:the Council,..it was_MOVED._by.Lust, seconded by McNeicethat.we..do.now.adjourn.at the:.hour of 4:40:P.M Brown, Larson, Lust and McNeice voting aye by voice.vote. Lambert and Robinson absent. READ AND. CERTIF IED.. 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