HomeMy WebLinkAboutSigned Minutes 2-11-19Minutes of the Arlington
City Council Workshop
Council Chambers
110 East Third Street
February 11, 2019
Councilmembers Present: Mike Hopson, Debora Nelson, Marilyn Oertle, Joshua Roundy,
Jesica Stickles, Sue Weiss, and Jan Schuette.
Council Members Absent: None.
Staff Present: Mayor Barb Tolbert, Paul Ellis, City Attorney Steve Peiffle, Jonathan Ventura,
Jim Kelly, Marty Wray, Dave Ryan, Kristin Garcia, Dave Kraski, and Kristin Banfield.
Also Known to be Present: None.
Mayor Barb Tolbert called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Mayor Pro Tern Marilyn Oertle moved to approve the agenda as presented. Councilmember
Debora Nelson seconded the motion, which passed with a unanimous vote.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS
None.
MRKSHOP ITEMS - NO ACTION WAS TAKEN
Selection of Pacific Groundwater Group (PGG) for Consulting Services to Obtain a New
Water Source
Public Works Director Jim Kelly recommended that the City contract with PGG to provide
Water Resources Consulting Services and to continue Hydrogeological service for well
installation. Discussion followed with Mr. Kelly answering questions.
Snohomish Conservation District Interlocal Agreement (ILA)
Public Works Director Jim Kelly explained the ILA with Snohomish Conservation District to
continue providing various stormwater conservation and youth education programs to
support the city's NPDES stormwater permit requirements. Discussion followed with
Mr. Kelly answering questions.
Construction Contract for Standby Generator for Arlington Airport Administration
Building.
Airport Operations Manager Marty Wray explained the proposal to fund the construction
and installation of a backup generator system for the administration building located at the
airport. This proposal originally was approved for the 2017 budget but wasn't utilized at
that time. This system will power the entre administration building in the event of power
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outages or natural disasters creating a secondary command station for emergency service
providers and city administration. Discussion followed with Mr. Wray answering questions.
Resolution to Reject all Bids for Innovation Center and Pocket Park Renovation
Project
City Administrator Paul Ellis explained this is the second bidding attempt for this project.
Staff recommends rejecting the bids, since the low bid is over budget that was estimated for
this project. Two bids were received and opened on January 8, 2019. The project was
advertised for bidding December 6, 2018 - January 8, 2019. The bids received were: Tower
Pacific $498-688 and BCN Construction $498,800. The previous bidding cycle was August 9
- August 28, 2018. The bid received was from Bouwer Construction for $583,750 and was
rejected. Discussion followed with Mr. Ellis answering questions.
Ground Emergency Medical Transport (GEMT) Reimbursement to Central Pierce Fire
& Rescue (CPF&R)
Fire Chief Dave Kraski explained GEMT as being defined as the supplemental payments
covering the funding gap between a provider's actual costs per GEMT transport and the
allowable amount received from Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) and any other sources
of reimbursement. CPF&R was the lead agency in this effort with seven other departments.
Collectively they incurred costs in the amount of $560,000.00. The reimbursement request
from Arlington of $7,277.68 is based on an equitable and proportionate formula. To date we
have received approximately $180,000.00 in GEMT funds. Reimbursement to Central Pierce
Fire & Rescue for costs incurred establishing the GEMT program in Washington State.
Discussion followed with Chief Kraski answering questions.
Acceptance of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) grant for Wildland Equipment
Fire Chief Dave Kraski explained that the department was recently awarded a small grant
from the WA. State Department on Natural Resources. This is a dollar for dollar matching
grant for equipment purchases relating to Wildland Firefighting. Discussion followed with
Chief Kraski answering questions.
December 2018 Financial Report
Finance Director Kristin Garcia provided an overview of the 2018 Financial Report.
Discussion followed with Ms. Garcia answering questions.
Miscellaneous Council Items
None.
ADMINISTRATOR & STAFF REPORTS
None.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
Councilmember Jan Schuette provided a brief update, while Councilmembers Roundy,
Nelson, Oertle, Hopson, Stickles, and Weiss had nothing to report.
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Mayor Tolbert announced that the updated Legislative Agenda would be distributed to the
City Council for their use on February 12, 2019.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
None.
REVIEW OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
Council discussed and agreed to place the Interlocal Agreement with the Snohomish
Conservation District, the construction contract for the standby generator for Arlington
Airport Administration Building, and the acceptance of the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) grant for wildland firefighting equipment on the February 19, 2019
Consent Agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
Barbara Tolbert, Mayor
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