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date: "2014-06-11"
title: "Council Meeting Minutes 2014-06-11"
source: "2014-06-11-minutes-council-monthly.pdf"
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                                                City of Prairie City
                                    City Council Meeting
                                                       June 11, 2014

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  Attended: Gary Waterhouse, Mayor
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                   Carole Garrison, Councilor
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                   Kevin Dahlen, Councilor
                   Les Church, Councilor
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10.                   Butch Goslin, Councilor
11.                   Viola Rose, Councilor
12.                   Taci Philbrook, City Recorder
13.                    Chris Camarena, acting Public Works Director
14.                    Lyn McDonald, City Clerk
15.                   Ray Wenger II
16.                   Mary Brown
17.                   Kathy Smith, Museum Director
18.                   Marla Armstrong
19.                   Greg Armstrong
20.                   Melanie DeJong
21.                   Police Chief Richard Gray
22.                   Eva Harris
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26. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and
27. roll call taken. All present.  The minutes of the May 14th and May 28th  were considered.  MSP:
28. to approve the minutes of May 14 as written. Carol Garrison / Henry Goslin. All
29. members in favor. Two errors on the May 28th minutes were discussed. The words “youth
30. programs” was omitted from line 27. And “families” was omitted from line 89. MSP:  To
31. approve the minutes with the corrections, Councilor Garrison/Councilor Goslin. All
32.  members voted in favor.
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35. The Council recognized Marla Armstrong. Requests to move the Visitor Center sign to the

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36. fencing on steps in front of store so visitors can see it better. Marla believes the sign should be
37. highlighted. She stated the trees and shrubs were interfering with being able to see it. Councilor
38.  Garrison stated she thought it was a State sign. Marla verified she wants to move it to the city
39.  fence. Councilman Goslin asked if we can just cut the tree. The Mayor explained the trees were
40.  put there by members of the community and they are very adamant about them being there.
41.  Marla impressed upon the council that it is in the wrong place and the council agreed.

42.  Councilor Garrison suggested speaking to the Murray's as she would know where the
43.  sign came from. Marla then impressed upon the council she was just looking for permission to
44.  move the sign before seeking permission from other entities. Council approved moving the
45.  sign as long as it is visible and that she should still check with the proper entities.
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47. The Council recognized Mary Brown, William and Kim Carter (not in attendance). The Mayor
48. explained Mary requested to be on the agenda to speak about the “Pot Stores”. He then stated
49. “We will let you speak for a brief minute about the Moratorium on the Marijuana Stores or what
50.  ever you call them.” Councilor Garrison corrected him and called it a Dispensary.  The Mayor
51.  went on to explain the time to discuss this had come to pass and all discussion we are going to
52.  have has been had. And any changes would have to be by petition and he wasn't sure how
53.  effective a petition would be. Councilor Church verified the council voted to not adopt the
54.  ordinance to adopt the moratorium. The Mayor confirmed it as so. The Mayor said he would
55.  allow Mary Brown to speak briefly although it wont change anything. Mary Brown said due to
56. her inability to know what is going on with our city council she was shocked to find that the
57. people she trusted to make the right decisions about the city had failed to do so. She feels
58. that the city should have done more research or had more input from the citizens. Anyone
59. she had spoken to did not know it was going to be voted on, and was not in favor of having “it”
60. here. Mary said “if “they” have a need there is already somewhere they can get it. She feels that
61.  we do not need to open up our town to more problems and give the perception we are in favor
62.  of a drug culture here in Prairie City when you can't get it anywhere else in Grant county. She
63. feels “there are families and children who at least need a message that though some foolish
64. adults have voted to make something legal, it isn't necessarily wise. Like alcohol even though
65. it is here we don't enjoy witnessing the damage that abuse and overuse does to anyone. We don't
66. live in Portland for a reason though we often have to live with the choices they make there. We
67.  do have a choice in this matter or we did, at least to the extent we don't have to endorse
68.  something harmful to our children, and to the perception of being a beautiful rural family
69.  oriented place to live. We hope the city council are here because they love where they live and
70.  is wondering what it would take to reverse this erroneous decision.” The Mayor stated a
71.  petition might or may not work. He stated “we cant ask the folks why they voted against it.”
72.  And to answer your question (he said), the information and the cities meetings are historically
73.  posted in front of the City Hall and at the Post Office. Mary stated she was expressing her
74.  disappointment because she felt the folks on the city council did not represent the kind of place
75.  we live in. Councilor Rose explained we did not vote to have a marijuana dispensary here, we
76.  voted not to have a moratorium on it. It would have cost the city money to have the attorney
77. put the moratorium in writing so we just voted there would be no moratorium and that if
78.  someone wanted to put a dispensary in, then that would be another piece of business. The
79.  Mayor then stated “this discussion is over, this is done and pass. I apologize but we cant extend
80.  this meeting any further.” Councilor Dahlen thanked Mary Brown for her input. The Mayor
81.  then recognized Eva Harris who wanted to speak briefly about the dispensary and the card
82. holders, in the hopes that people could learn something from her and feel more comfortable
83.  about what the council had done. Councilors gave her permission to speak. She stated “a
84.  dispensary is licensed by the state, it is not allowed to be any closer to a school or another
85.  dispensary by 1000 feet. It is inspected, and the product it sells is tested and inspected by the
86.  state. The dispensary has to have a strong security system. It can only sell to card holders with
87.  photo ID that has to match. The dispensary has to keep a log of the product sold, the name of
88.  the card holder to whom it was sold to and the quantity sold. To get a card you have to submit
89.  your medical records to the state that shows you have a disability to which you would benefit
90.  from the medicine. If your records are accepted then they make your doctors appointment to

The Mayor called for reports:
Economic Development – nothing, as still no volunteers to head this

91.  review your records. It costs $200.00. In that process you your records are reviewed, there is
92.  detailed conversation about your situation and what the herb medical marijuana can do for you.
93. There is a counseling session and then there is the paperwork to the state at a cost of $200.00.
94.  Every year you have to renew your card, and it costs $200.00.  Over a period of 10 months
95.  recently 1700 applications were rejected, not everyone gets a card. How does this
96.  relate to Grant County? In Grant Co we have 90 registered cards in Harney County there are
97.  88. Who are these people? They are our veterans with PTSD, these are some families with
98.  cancer, some with Alzheimer’s, some with epilepsy, some with multiple sclerosis. We have to
99.  drive 300 miles round trip to get our medication, it cannot be mailed to us, our friends can not
pick it up for us. You have to be there ourselves with our card and photo ID. You cannot
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 call a pharmacy. There are a lot of children on the site Charlotte's Web. There are some
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 that have maybe up to 300 seizures a day, they cannot handle the toxic medications that
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 we handle. She herself has been poisoned by the toxins. There is a place in Colorado
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 that has developed a strain that eliminates the THC, the screwy stuff you get high on
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 and they can produce the CBD, the medicinal part of it and these children benefit
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tremendously from this.” The Mayor stated we have to end this we have to proceed with
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our meeting. Eva stated this is her presentation and it was for the purpose of telling
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what a dispensary does and who it was for. The Council thanked her for her comments.
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Museum – Kathy read her report (see attached). Howard Geiger donated a “Museum
open” sign. Councilor Dahlen asked Councilor Garrison if the budget committee
approved a recommendation to the council for a rate hike to $18.00. Councilor
Garrison verified this to be true. Councilor Dahlen then asked  “if we raise the fees
from $18.00 to $20.00 are we still covering the cost of the WIFI? Kathy Smith verified
it would only take 2 or 3 people staying 2 or 3 nights and it is covered. The
expense of getting the WIFI is still unknown but the advertising and the promotion of
this is going to be huge. Having the service availability on the brochures or rack cards
would be great or on 8x10 UV protected posters to go in the businesses. Also the
people who own the Masonic Temple where the Dewitt museum sign has given
permission to move the existing sign or to put up any other signs as long as it doesn't
cover any windows. Councilor Dahlen then asked if the WIFI service will be seasonal
with the same hours as the park? Kathy Smith explained we have not crossed that
bridge yet. Councilor Dahlen started the discussion about the security so that no kids are
hanging around the park and using the WIFI. Taci let the council know the security of
the line was discussed today and an idea that came up would be to put the WIFI code on
the slip in the payment envelopes (that is used to put in campers windows showing they
have paid) and any and all suggestions would be taken under advisement. Councilor
Garrison suggested keeping the WIFI for the winter but change the code for the winter.
Chris Camarena said we can turn locks on at the router. The Mayor stated it sounded
good. Kathy Smith reiterated this is what campers are talking about as campers.
Councilor Rose motioned for us to raise the fee to $20.00 per night. Before we put that
WIFI in so we don’t blow the budget. Councilor Goslin said we should wait to make that
motion until we know how much the costs will be. It was recognized no one had
seconded the motion so she didn't have to withdraw it. The subject is tabled until further
information is available. Councilor Dahlen asked if we can put this on July's agenda.

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Public Safety – The Mayor asked for an announcements from Chief Gray. Councilors
asked if the report came and Taci explained the report did not come til that morning and
it will be available at our next meeting the 25th of June. The Mayor verified they did
upgrade the report with Taci. Yes it had been upgraded Taci stated.

Abatement – nothing

Landfill – Chris turned in a report to all council members. (see attached)

Public Works – Chris stated we are still dealing with broken pumps. The pump
company is still looking for parts, the parts might be coming out of Germany so we are
on hold.  He notified DEQ most of our overflow is groundwater from our system and it
results from I&I from Johnson st. Councilor Goslin asked what kind of pump
system can we revert to other than the one we have? Chris explained some of the
monies from the new loan we are trying to get will be used to change some of the
pumps out. Councilor Goslin stated they were 30 years old. Chris then stated they were
installed in 2002 and have been a problem since they were installed. They've been in and
out constantly. The pump manufacturer blamed the engineers, the engineers said it was
the pumps, no one would take responsibility. The city tried to go back on them but
because of the records kept here that weren't right, and some of the warranty issues, the
city council was going to take legal action but we couldn't. Chris kept records for
months on it and it was probably 3 or 4 years that not all the pumps were in the ground
at the same time cause they were constantly going out. We had a good spell for a little
while, but like now we have one out now.  One went out, and one we had to pull and
 send off at the same time cause one of the impellers fell off, they put it back on and
 when we got it back one of the seals failed. We are actually still running that pump
 because we have to and because it has two seals. Chris stated he thought they were
 getting closer to a fix as they are following up with some smaller details they need to
 finish up fixing it. Chris discussed the different kind of pumps with Councilor Goslin
 stating if we go to a Blythe they are better design and that even ABS the pump we have
 now has changed their design by a lot, but they still wont admit its a design problem.
 Even our pump guy says its the clearance in the impellers that they were designed
 wrong. And that when they do put the new pumps in they are going to have to rebuild
 the mounts as they will be different. Council Goslin said because there is water leaking
 into Ricco's so it should be a top priority. The mayor confirmed that it is.
The Mayor brought up the next public works dept issue the hiring of a part time
 employee that was discussed at the work shop. MSP: that we hire the part
 time employee at the budgeted $12.00 an hour for the times allotted of 600 hours.
 Councilor Dahlen / Councilor Rose. All Councilors in favor. The council members
 reviewed the ad. Councilor Garrison stated we needed to add we are an equal
opportunity employer. The council discussed the ad should also state this is a part time
position up to 30 hours a week up to 6 months. The Mayor stated this employee would
 work directly under the public Works Director.

Accounts Payable: MSP: to approve the payables. Councilor Garrison/ Councilor
 Church. No discussion. All in favor.

The Mayor then asked for the adoption of the 2014-2015 budget by way of
Resolution 2014-03. Motion to approve the budget in the amount of $1,810,133.00

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and taxes for the 2014-15 fiscal year at the rate of $4.0826 per $1000.00 of
assessed value for operating purposes. Councilor Garrison/Councilor Rose.
Councilor Dahlen asked since the money was being saved on the insurance ($17,520.00)
then we shouldn't have to raise the sewer and water by $1.00 and $2.00 as it is less than
 that. It was explained it is two different funds and the savings on the general fund
 (insurance) does not affect the water and sewer. Sewer and Water has to support itself.
 So the savings in the general fund does not affect the Sewer and Water the Mayor
 stated. The Mayor then asked if there were anymore questions. Councilor Dahlen no,
 Councilor Goslin no. Councilor Rose no. It was pointed out she seconded the motion
 and she stated she thought she had time for discussion. Making it a None vote. The
 Mayor asked “whats the problem because legally we have to pass
 the budget.” Councilor Dahlen stated his objection with the budget is that we have
 added a dollar to the sewer and $2.00 to the water, and we have asked for a lot of
 projects, parks and other things extra including training and equipment. We haven't
 shown where we are making any cuts. So we are burdening the tax payers, but we aren't
 demonstrating prudence in showing where we are actually trying to save them money
 other than what Taci has done, so we really haven't gotten anything out of the budget
 process as far as compromise. Councilor Church explained to Councilor Dahlen we
 really can't attack the budget from the standpoint of sewer and water having to sustain
 itself out of a certain fund. It has to have enough money to sustain itself or it keeps
 going down hill and the coffer gets lower and lower. It really doesn't have anything to
do with approving the budget Councilor Dahlen, he stated. We need to make the sewer
and water fund self sustaining. A separate reality is that we have to approve the budget.
So that's really not a place that you can attack the budget. Councilor Dahlen then asked
“according to the reports the Sewer is in the black?” Councilor Church explained it does
not sustain itself. The Mayor then explained that the sewer is not staying in the black
 that in the last 6 or 7 months we have had 6 or 7 breaks and the pumps are going to hell
(excuse my language). You don't think we need to increase the sewer budget in order to
 repair this. We have to find matching funds to get the grant we are applying
for it is not a freebee so therefore we need to increase the charges on the sewer and stop
the money going out in repairs. The Sewer is not in the black, if it was its not anymore I
 betcha, if I am not mistaken it is in the red now. Taci stated “it is close and by the end of
 the fiscal year it will be”. Taci then stated she needed to speak about procedure to the
 council “at our last workshop it was agreed that we would approve the budget so all the
 work has been done it needs to be adopted so that the end of the year resolutions will be
 done by our next session the 23rd of June. We have actually gone beyond this, the time
 to discuss the budget was in the last two meetings.” Councilor Rose stated she thought
 the 15 or 17 thousand discussed would offset the sewer but now understands it will not.
 Councilor Rose thought she was told the Water and Sewer monies, plus the taxes
 coming in supported everything, and that any monies left over would go back in the
 general fund.  And then Councilor Dahlen said he thought that
 also. The Mayor then explained the general fund is in the black, not the red, but we
 cannot use those monies from the general fund for sewer and water or roads. Councilor
 Garrison stated the sewer and water doesn't even pay their share of the employees
 wages that's supposed to come out of it. Councilor Rose then asked how are we
 operating? The Mayor stated “very thinly that's why we need the budget passed then we
 will have to work on not spending. The budget is an estimate we have to remember that.
 But sewer and water have to raise fees in order for them to stay in the black. Lets go
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 happened, they wouldn't raise it a dollar or two every other year, and they just put it off
 then all of a sudden there wasn't enough money and the state was going to close the city
 down because we needed water, we needed better quality water and therefore there was
 a big jump. We don't want that to happen again. And like Les has said, if you leave the
 sewer and water to keep tapering down hill like its doing it will come to that point they
 will come in and shut things down. “They” will come in and fix it and you'll start
 getting billed way more than you are being billed now.” Councilor Dahlen then stated
 he wanted to reconsider his vote on the last motion, and I will change my vote to yes.
 The Mayor thanked him.
Councilor Rose then said “Same, and I propose we then have a workshop and go over all
 the budgeting and show where we can save money because we are going the wrong
 direction. The mayor stated its a tough one isn't it. The Mayor then stated its his
 understanding that the last motion to show as yes, unanimous. HE then corrected
 himself and said “not unanimous.” Councilor Dahlen then
 asked if it will show the rate increase to $20.00 and the Mayor reminded him that was
 tabled. The Mayor confirmed with the councilors that the vote was 5 to 1. and
 Councilor Goslin stated “I ain't changing my vote.” The Mayor stated “that passes the
 budget”. Councilor Dahlen thanked Taci for all her work.

MSP: to approve Resolution 2014-04 extending the City of Prairie City Workers
Compensation Coverage to volunteers of the City. Councilor Garrison/Councilor
 Dahlen. All in favor.

MSP: to approve Resolution 2014-05 declaring the City's election to receive State
Revenues. Councilor Garrison / Councilor Dahlen.  All in Favor.

The Mayor explained the Rural Fire Dept Agreement as the agreement to house the fire
 trucks that Dean Hicks as fire chief works with. MSP: to enter into an agreement
 with the Prairie Rural Fire District. Councilor Dahlen / Councilor Church. All in
 favor.
  The Mayor explained the Oster contract as the annual auditors. Councilor Rose stated
 because of the time we need to approve this but for next year we do need to have some
 bids from more than one firm. Mayor asked her if she would be the chairman for this
 and Councilor Rose said “No”. Eva Harris asked where we would find a CPA firm to do
 this. Councilor Rose and the Mayor explained to her we would need to call other firms
 in Baker or John Day. Councilor Garrison said we would do a request for a proposal.
MSP: To approve the audit contract with Oster. Councilor Garrison / Councilor
 Rose. Councilor Dahlen asked who would be doing the research for a new auditor.
 The Mayor stated usually we get a volunteer from Council. Councilor Rose asked
 when would be a timely time to put out the request, January? The Mayor stated
 anytime. The Mayor then stated we will address this in another meeting. All in favor.

Public Works Director review: The Mayor presented his report for council members to
read. Councilor Rose asked about a report about the wells being researched. The Mayor
 explained this had to do with researching files about the wells and missing reports and
 an engineer was going to charge $3500.00 to bring those up to date, but Chris found
them, he saved us some money. Chris Camarena then explained when Dennis was here,
 Dennis and Chris was going to get together and re-establish contacts again regarding
 the wells up on the hills. He needs a volunteer from the council to proceed with that so

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 its still in the process. The Mayor explained a surveyor has stepped in to verify if the
 wells are qualified to meet state requirements. The Mayor asked Chris if Springer has
 checked in with him. Chris said he had spoke to him yesterday and Springer is waiting
 for some of the water rights stuff from the state. Councilor Rose said she noticed out at
 the cemetery she noticed a request for donations for a well. Chris and the Mayor told
 her its two different things doesn't have to do with the city. The Mayor asked for a
motion to continue Chris's employment.
Councilor Church motioned to continue Mr. Camarena's city employment /
Councilor Garrison seconded.
Councilor Rose then asked if it is customary to keep sewer hookups open for 4 months,
or water hookups, whatever. The Mayor stated we are not going to discuss someone
 secular in this meeting. She asked it again The Mayor said the sewer or water hookup
 has not been left open. He then stated “there is an illegal ditch dug is what you're
 making reference to and we are not going to discuss that here in this meeting.”
 Councilor Rose stated “its been 4 months in the works.”  The Mayor stated we re not
 going to discuss that here. Councilor Rose then said she doesn't think she can vote yes.
 The Mayor stated “if you don’t there is going to be a real problem over this based on
 what I know. Councilor Rose said “no I have one vote that's not going to be a problem.
 The Mayor stated “based on what I know you have to be careful. I am not threatening
 you I am just warning you.” Councilor Garrison asked if that was something our staff
 did. The Mayor responded with “No our staff did not leave a trench open, we did not
 dig a trench.”  The Mayor then stated a motion has been made and seconded are there
 any other questions? Councilor Dahlen then asked “Why does it take two people to read
 the meters? The Mayor stated its faster. Councilor Garrison stated it takes half the time.
 Councilor Dahlen then referenced the mailman parking his truck at the end of the street
 then walking down one side of the street then the other and get back and move to the
 next street. We are paying one person $20.00 an hour to sit in the truck and another
 person $15.00+ to walk over and read the meter. The Mayor asked if he has read
meters? Councilor Dahlen stated “I've read my meter”. The Mayor asked if Councilor
 Dahlen has gone out and read meters, crawled around and read them, and had he timed
 them? Councilor Dahlen said “No”. Chris Camarena told the council he read the meters
 by himself this year, with the help of  community service which did not cost us
 anything, it was free help. Ray was on vacation he stated. Councilor Rose asked if there
 was some reason they were read twice, one day and then the next? Chris Camarena then
 explained if Lyn suspects a leak or overages she gives him a list of rereads, they go out
and reread them. Councilor Church then stated “so by reading two consecutive days you
are able to determine readily if there is a leak.” Chris responded “Yah, we try to catch
to catch and see by going through the past history if we have had over use. This time we
were trying out some new forms that Lyn did, that worked really good. But, we double
check so someone doesn't get a shock when they get their bill. We go back and do
rereads some of them have to be pumped out so if we come along and are reading them
 if they have to be pumped out we put them on a re-read list and when we have the pump
 we go back and pump all of them out.” Councilor Rose asked if that that is when you
read them with the truck? Chris said “yes”. Councilor Goslin asked if Chris is currently
 helping any other cities out with their water and sewer problems? He stated like at one
 time you were helping Unity out. Chris explained “yep for a short time awhile back
 through the city they had to have water samples, so we went up there and trained their
 new hire to run their system and get sterile samples and help them get back on track
 with their system.” Councilor Goslin repeated and that was Unity? Chris responded

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 “yes the city of Unity.” Chris also stated at this time “No, we try to help if the smaller
 cities have questions. Like Rusty Wright of Greenhorn will pull a sample and he will
 use our courier, he will pay for his samples, but If they have questions on that stuff I
 don't mind helping any of them just with information, but no we are not under contract
 with anyone for a while” The Mayor then stated “in the same notion the City of John
 Day helps Chris and his crew quite often its all a trade off.” Councilor Dahlen asked the
 Mayor if he would disclose the nature of the controversy if we don't approve this. The
 mayor responded “I would rather not at this meeting” Councilor Dahlen then asked
“well then how can we make an informed decision if we don't have full disclosure?
Councilor Garrison stated that has nothing to do with this, the Mayor reiterated “it has
 nothing to do with the rest of this. She brought up the ditch and that is nothing that
 Public works did.” Councilor Rose stated “not that the trench was open but that the job
 has been sitting there for 4 months undone” and she repeated it again. The Mayor then
 stated “the trench has not been sitting there for 4 months.” Councilor Rose then
 repeated it again “the job has been sitting there with the ditch open in his yard
 for 4 months.”  The Mayor then asked her to “discuss this another time there's a reason
 for that, and I cant make a comment right now”. Councilor Rose asked “is it
 customary that other jobs go like that, that it takes 4 months.” The Mayor then
 explained “emergencies are done first, priorities are done first, and those that are not a
 priority or emergency are done last. Any job is that way. The Mayor then reiterated “we
 have a motion made and a second, any other questions?” Councilor Dahlen then asked
“Again, what will happen if we don't approve him as a superintendent? The mayor
 answered you will have to make a motion and we would discuss that. Councilor Church
 asked Councilor Dahlen “have you thought it through, I mean you think about it?” The
 mayor then stated “If you think you want to go through the hiring process of hiring
 someone else and training them, first off if you don't find someone with his
 qualifications we have to hire someone from out of town to do our sewer and water
 tests, all of them. Councilor Dahlen asked “this is just to approve him to be the
 supervisor, he would still be an employee of the city is he not?” The mayor explained
 “you are either keeping him on, or firing him he has one job. He is not just a random
 employee, he is the Director of Public Works.”  Councilor Garrison stated she
 personally sees the Public Works Dept. is seen in a better light since Chris has been
 here. The Mayor stated “cause they are doing a better job since Chris has been
 Director.” Councilor Garrison stated “absolutely with a third less people”.
The Mayor reiterated “there's a motion on the floor”. Councilor Dahlen asked if there
 were any more questions. Councilor Garrison “Yes”, Councilor Dahlen stated I cant ask
 anymore questions can I?” We can't table this and let me think about it? because I just
 received this paper for this review tonight, it wasn't on the agenda Friday when I picked
 up my paperwork”. Councilor Church stated “this is his 6 months review Kevin, his 6
 months review”. Taci stated “it was on the agenda, that paper wasn't included, but it was
 on the agenda”. And we have to do it because it is in the personnel policy regarding his
months review.” Councilor Dahlen said he would like to open it up to more
 discussion so he will have to say “No”. Councilor Church stated “Yes”. Councilor
 Goslin stated “No”. Councilor Rose stated “No” because it will open it up for more
 discussion. The Mayor said “Yes” and its going to open up more than a discussion.
 Than its a Non-vote. we will bring this up at the meeting on
 the 25th , Unless Chris wants to call for a meeting sooner. Chris then asked what his
status was as of now, is he till employed or what? The Mayor stated nothing has changed
 a NONE vote is just like there was no vote. speaking over the mayor Councilor Dahlen

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 stated “no nothing has changed”. They Mayor explained its a non-vote and it will come
 up again at the next meeting, when we discuss it again, we are not going to discuss it
 any further at this meeting.

The Mayor then asked for the permit for Maria's gaming license. MSP: Councilor
 Goslin / Councilor Dahlen. All in favor.
The Mayor then asked for the 4th of July update from council member Rose who stated
 she really had no update. She stated she had spoke to several people and they are
 putting more publicity out. They have put me on a committee to work on the 4th of July.
 They are very happy with their progress. Taci then stated she had an update and asked
 Council Rose to tell her when she is available as they had moved along quite a ways
 already. Taci stated “We already have a list of events done up” and then she showed the
 4th of July logo to council members, we have our “volunteer list” out at the local
 businesses asking for volunteers and those will be picked up by the end of next week.
 Taci spoke of the Sponsorship program (see attached) and that $1525.00 in
 commitments had been raised already to reimburse the fireworks fund. She stated “we
 are trading advertising for sponsorships, the higher the sponsorships the more
 advertising they get like on the radio.” She gave a copy to the Councilor Rose. The
 council members thanked her.

At 7:25pm the Mayor adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by:

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Taci Philbrook, City Recorder

                                                                       Approved by the City Council this ______
                                                                       day of ____________, 2014 and signed by
                                                                       by the Mayor:
                                                                        ___________________________________
                                                                         Gary Waterhouse, Mayor