TOWN OF NACHES COUNCIL MINUTES September 10, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Eric Wolfe.

ROLL CALL

Present: Mayor Eric Wolfe, Council members Janet Anderson, Gayle Lloyd, Rick Carney and Chuck Harris. Absent: Councilwoman Rhonda Schab with an Excused Absence. Also Present: Administrator Jeff Ranger, Attorney Sara Watkins and Clerk Tanya J. Gomez

Mayor Eric Wolfe led the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed the audience.

HONORS AND RECOGNITION Mayor Wolfe read the alcohol and drug abuse proclamation declaring September 2007 as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. APPROVE AGENDA Councilwoman Anderson moved, seconded by Councilman Carney to approve the Agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Harris moved, seconded by Councilwoman Lloyd to approve the Consent Agenda as presented: a. Approve minutes of 8/13/07 Council Study Session. b. Approve minutes of 8/13/07 Regular Council Meeting. c. Approve Claim Warrants #11003 through #11039 in the total amount of $26,669.69 dated through September 10, 2007. d. Approve Payroll Warrants #4006 through #4023 in the total amount of $25,511.73, dated through August 31, 2007.

REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS There was no Planning Commission meeting held for the month of September, therefore no report was presented to Council.

Lt. Winter reported that 100 more incidents have been reported since this same time last year. The numbers have come way back down once again this month. An e-mail complaint came in this morning about obnoxious behavior when people are leaving the bars. The Sheriff's office will be contacting the complainant in regards to his concerns.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

9/10/07 Council Minutes Page 1 Naches Depot Trail Project Adm. Ranger informed Council that construction began Tuesday, September 4, 2007. Construction should be complete within 120 days. The first action was demolition and they are now in the process of re-roofing before the weather gets too bad. Public Works has been in and taken care of the water and sewer lines. They unexpectedly hit an irrigation pipe and have since repaired the line. Irrigation is now back up and running.

Allan Rd. Interchange Adm. Ranger informed Council that Mayor Wolfe has signed the contract between the Town and Huibregtse Louman and Associates, and we are now waiting for an engineer to be assigned to the project.

NEW BUSINESS

Cable Franchise Authority Consent to Assignment Adm. Ranger informed Council that Rapid Communications LLC is once again changing to PC One Cable LLC. Since Adm. Ranger has been employed by the Town of Naches this has happened about three different times.

Adm. Ranger met with Mr. George Helton, Director of Yakima County Technology Services last week. Mr. Helton proposed offering the Town of Naches high speed internet access through their Wi-Fi access. Commissioners make no money on this project, but they do require the Town to pay for the supplies and equipment in order to get us up and going. The Fire Department and maybe the Library is also interested in obtaining wireless access for their computer’s and would be willing to share in some of the costs associated with hook-up. Adm. Ranger is certain we can use the 3% money that comes from the State for Criminal Justice as the funding source for the hook-up costs, as we would be allowing the Sheriff’s office access to our network. If the Town accepts the proposal we would be up and running by the end of November. Adm. Ranger feels we owe the citizens a rapid response. Adm. Ranger feels that having the Sheriff’s Office back in Town would be a better presence and a great fit for our Town.

RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

Resolution 2007-7 Councilman Carney moved to approve Resolution 2007-7 A Resolution of the Town of Naches, Washington approving the transfer of the cable franchise, Councilman Harris seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Ms. Donna Kime of 103 W. Third asked what the initial cost was for internet services through Yakima County. Adm. Ranger informed her that it was a one time fee of about $7,500 plus the yearly costs for mailboxes per PC and internet service per PC.

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Mayor Wolfe informed the Audience that Council would adjourn for Executive Session for approximately 10 minutes. Council adjourned at 7:21 PM.

Mayor Wolfe reconvened from the Executive Session at 7:30 PM.

Adjournment There being no further business coming before council, Councilwoman Anderson motioned to adjourn the meeting, followed by a second from Councilwoman Lloyd. The motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 7:33 p.m.

Eric Wolfe, Mayor Tanya J. Gomez, Clerk

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