HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/30/1969 Business Meeting • 586
JUNE 30, 1969
The City Council met in regular session, Mayor Larson presiding, Councilmen Brown, Keith, .
Kurbitz, Lambert,. McNeice and Robinson, City Manager McMicken and City Attorney Andrews .
present on roll call. r
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.hhe Invocation was given by Councilman Kurbitz,
The minutes of the regular meeting of June 23, 1969, having been duly certified. accurate
by two Councilmen, and no one .present wishing to have said minutes read publicly, ;:Mayor'
Larson declared said minutes approved as .
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• City Manager McMicken referred the matter of'granting a permit to Pacific Power & Light
Company to occupy the streets'for business purposes, to City Attorney Andrews. Mr.
Andrews explained that the existing Franchise held by Pacific Power & Light Company will
expire on July 11, 1969. He stated that the matter has been the.subj,ect of discussion
several times and cited that a vote on a new Franchise to allow Pacific Power & Light
• Company to continue their usage will not be held at a Special Election this summer, but
rather that the.Franchise will be submitted to the electorate. this fall. Mr. Andrews
further stated•that in the meantime, it is proposed that the City grant a.temporary
license or permit to Pacific Power & Light Company, to be effective as of date of ex-
piration.of the Franchise and to be effective until the election is held; so that
they can continue operation as in the past and not find themselves in difficulty because
- of lack of permission to continue work. Mr. Andrews indicated that the Franchise can be
• ' submitted to the voters either at the Primary Election on September 16, 1969, or the
General Election held on November 4, 1969. Mr...Ed 'hhoman repreenting'Pacific Power &
Light Company, stated that they had no preference as to election dates. Council members
indicating that they felt the matter should be put on the September 16, 1969, ballot, as
there might be more issues on the November ballot, it was MOVED by Brown, seconded by
Keith that Resolution No. D -1362 granting a Permit to Pacific Power & Light Company to
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occupy the streets for business purposes, and that the matter of the Franchise will be .
• submitted to the electorate on September 16, 1969, be passed as read: carried, Brown,
Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice and Robinson voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D -1362, A RESOLUTION granting a permit to Pacific Power & Light Company to
occupy city streets and other public places in the City of Yakima .for business.purposes.
. City Manager McMicken referring to the City Engineer's report on the completion of L.I.D.
No.'s 970 & 971, Richey. Road and Others Paving District, recommending that the work be
accepted and final .payment made, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Lambert that'the
. report of -the City Engineer dated June 27, 1969, with respect to the completion of the •
work on said project, be approved, the work be and payment of the final estimate
in the amount of $26,337.96, is hereby authorized: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert
Larson, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
Councilman Keith asking to be excused from the next meeting of. July 7, 1969, it was MOVED •
by Robinson, seconded by McNeice that he be excused from said meeting: carried, Brown,
Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. .
• There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Kurbitz,
seconded by Keith that we do now adjourn at the hour of 3:30 P.M.: carried, Brown, Keith, •
Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
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