[3:23] I'm ready. Is everything running?
>> Is everything running?
[3:28] » Yeah.
>> Oh, it just turned.
[3:31] » Yeah, everything's good. All right.
Good evening, everyone. Thank you all so
[3:36] much for being here. It is 700 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026,
[3:43] and I now call to order the 2075th
regular meeting of the city of College
[3:49] Place City Council. Madame Clerk, will
you please take roll call?
[3:56] » Yes.
Council member Peterson.
[4:01] Council member Sherman,
[4:05] » Council Member Cleveland,
>> present.
[4:09] » Council member Williams,
>> present.
[4:13] » Council member Bole,
>> present.
[4:16] » Council member Sling,
>> present.
[4:20] And council member Green,
>> present.
[4:24] » We have a quorum.
>> All right. Thank you so much. Will you
[4:28] all please join me in the pledge of
allegiance?
[4:52] It's now time for public comment. Madam
clerk, did anyone submit a written
[4:56] comment in advance or request to speak
via telephone or virtually?
[5:02] » There were no comments.
>> All right. Thank you. If anyone in
[5:06] person in council chambers would like to
speak, please raise your hand.
[5:12] » All right. Seeing none, we're going to
move on to our consent agenda. Then the
[5:17] consent agenda consists of the agenda
for tonight, January 27th, 2026.
[5:24] Approving the council regular meeting
minutes from January 13, 2026.
[5:31] Approving the April 2025 financials,
approving the 26-001
[5:38] salary ordinance and employee contract
updates.
[5:42] Accept resolution 26-003,
David Evans and Associates.
[5:48] Accept resolution 26-004
for the Washington State Department of
[5:52] Health drinking water state revolving
fund loan for planning and design.
[5:59] And that's all for consent agenda. Is
there any item any member of the council
[6:03] would like to have removed from consent
agenda at this time?
[6:07] » I'll make a motion to approve the
consent agenda.
[6:09] » We have a motion to approve. We have
first and a second to approve the
[6:12] consent agenda as presented.
All in favor say I.
[6:16] » I.
>> I.
[6:19] » All opposed?
Any abstensions.
[6:24] » All right. The eyes have it and the
motion is passed.
[6:28] Tonight, Heather Lee, EMS director, will
present information about the 2026 EMS
[6:35] uh EMS levy and fire chief David Winter
may be joining her.
[6:46] Well, it's only if Miss Lee needs your
support, but I somehow I think she's got
[6:50] it on her own. And if you can just press
the button on the microphone to There
[6:55] you go. Welcome.
>> Thank you. Thank you for giving me a few
[6:59] minutes of your time to talk about the
uh EMS levy for Walawala County. Um we
[7:04] have just a brief slideshow for you.
Next slide.
[7:09] So the RCW that is listed there
establishes the requirements um for the
[7:14] EMS levy both what the funds can be used
for and how long a levy can be whether
[7:20] it be a six-year a 10year or a permanent
levy. So in 1990 um the EMS levy was
[7:27] established here in Walawala County and
every six years we put it back before
[7:31] the voters to see if they would like to
continue funding EMS in this manner. So
[7:37] the RCW is very specific about what
those funds can be used for can be used
[7:42] for the personnel the equipment any
training that they may need. um also can
[7:48] be used for the structures that house
the EMS personnel. So, it does a really
[7:54] good job of establishing how those
dollars are used. We're going to we're
[7:59] requesting that the voters continue the
current EMS levy at the existing rate of
[8:04] 50 cents per,000 of assessed value. And
if they approve it, this next levy will
[8:10] run for six years. So, it'll be January
1st, 2027 through December 31st, 2032.
[8:18] Next, please.
So, just a little bit of background. EMS
[8:22] was actually started in the valley in
1969 by Walaw Wala Fire Department. Uh,
[8:28] since then, it has grown to include six
of our rural fire districts plus the
[8:33] city of College Place. So, those eight
agencies cover over 12,000 square miles.
[8:38] They also serve over 60,000 residents
and visitors um to the valley. So it's a
[8:46] lot of work done by very few entities um
with Walaw Wala Fire Department starting
[8:52] in 1969. They actually started their
transport of uh advanced life support
[8:57] system in 1973.
That actually makes them the third
[9:02] oldest ALS agency in Washington state.
So they've established EMS uh for a long
[9:09] time in this valley. Next slide, please.
Some specific facts for College Place.
[9:17] When the levy was originally formed,
there were 135 emergency medical calls.
[9:23] Um, in 2025, there were over 1500. So,
it just shows the growth that we have
[9:30] every year that this levy has occurred.
um for your specific fire department.
[9:37] College Place started their basic life
support transport in November of 2018,
[9:43] making them one of only four
transporting agencies that we have in
[9:46] this county. So, the majority of our
agencies actually do not transport. Um
[9:51] it is just the city of College Place
Fire Department, City of Walaw Wala Fire
[9:56] Department, and then fire districts four
and five. So if you think about those
[10:02] being the only transport agencies, they
cover a very large area.
[10:08] College Place specifically has 37 state
certified EMS providers. Um with that
[10:16] they have the majority of those are
EMTs. So at our basic level, so they're
[10:22] emergency medical technicians. They can
provide the basic life support. Um
[10:27] that's kind of the foundation of EMS. It
all starts there with our basic life
[10:32] support providers that are basic life
support agencies.
[10:36] In 2025, they received over $500,000
from the EMS levy. I got updated figures
[10:43] today and it was actually $52,690
is what what they received from the 2025
[10:52] levy. So, next slide, please.
[10:58] And really the purpose of this is
crossraining our providers. Um this levy
[11:03] enables agencies to crossrain their
providers as most of them are fire and
[11:10] EMS. It enables them to train together.
Gives them a funding mechanism that can
[11:16] bridge the gaps between what your
Medicare, Medicaid, your private
[11:20] insurance does not cover for a
transport. uh that fund can help with
[11:26] that. For fire districts specifically,
um it really allows them to save their
[11:34] fire dollars for that purpose. Fire
districts are a little unique in that
[11:39] they only have two funding sources,
whether it be their fire levy that they
[11:45] have or the EMS levy. So they don't have
some of the other options uh that cities
[11:50] do as far as supporting those business
uh those two different services. So
[11:57] those dollars are vital for them.
And all of this enables us to build a
[12:02] prehosp system that allows for a tiered
response. And what that means is that
[12:07] when you call 911, the dispatcher is
going to take your call. They're going
[12:12] to dispatch the closest uh fire
district personnel along with the
[12:19] closest and most appropriate
transporting ambulance.
[12:23] So that enables us to use our limited
resources very efficiently throughout
[12:27] the county.
That is all I have for you. Do you have
[12:33] any questions for me? All right, we
going to go through council members for
[12:38] questions, but real quick, u madam cler,
can you please verify that our YouTube
[12:42] um live stream is is working? Got some
feedback that it's not working. It's not
[12:47] showing.
[12:52] » Potentially not working. We're trying to
still see here, but Council Member
[12:56] Green, questions or comments for Miss
Lee?
[12:59] » Nothing for me. Council member
Cleveland,
[13:02] » no questions, but thank you for coming
down and talking to us about it.
[13:07] » Council member Stline,
>> I just had one quick question. You had
[13:10] said um
>> 12,000 square miles did or and then in
[13:14] the presentation had 1,200. I was trying
to figure
[13:16] » I'm sorry, 1200 miles. Not quite that
big.
[13:20] » I was trying to do the math and was
like, is that wrong? I know
[13:23] » it did get a lot bigger.
>> Okay, that so the 1200's correct.
[13:26] » Sorry, it is 1200 square miles.
>> Thank you. No other questions?
[13:31] It's not.
>> Okay. Thank you. I'll tell them to
[13:36] verify. Council member Peterson.
>> No, thank you. Very nice presentation.
[13:40] Appreciate your work on this.
>> Council member Williams.
[13:44] » No questions. Thank you for all your
hard work.
[13:48] » Council member Sherman,
>> no questions. Thank you.
[13:50] » And council member Boy,
>> you said that the main purpose of this
[13:53] is for cross trainining and things. So
if this does not pass,
[13:59] » giving us some examples of what we're
going what we will lose.
[14:05] » So specifically to College Place, um it
would be that approximately $500,000
[14:12] uh that they would lose from their EMS
budget. Um what that does is the chief
[14:19] would have to to figure out with the
council members how to continue funding
[14:24] the service. Um for all of the agencies
it would mean the same thing is they
[14:30] would have to look at their existing
dollars and figure out if they could or
[14:35] how they would continue to provide the
service to their their respective
[14:40] jurisdictions
uh with a lack of funding. So overall,
[14:45] the EMS levy brings in about $3.9
million that is distributed to all of
[14:51] the agencies. So if it were not to pass,
they would have to look at how do we
[14:57] make up those dollars.
>> Thank you.
[15:02] » Thank you so much for that information.
You know, 500,000 is a huge hit for a
[15:06] city our size and especially for our,
you know, mostly volunteer firefighter
[15:13] program. it's even a more significant
hit considering that we keep cost as low
[15:17] as we possibly can with all those
volunteers and still would lose that
[15:21] much money and that would be very
difficult. So, thank you so much for the
[15:25] efforts you put into this. Thank you for
coming and taking the time to um let us
[15:30] um know more about what's going on and
the need for the to continue the EMS. We
[15:35] really appreciate your time.
>> Absolutely. Thank you.
[15:39] » You have a good evening.
[15:45] I Yeah,
David said his job is done.
[15:52] » Good job, David.
>> Thank you, everyone. Have a good night.
[15:56] » Thanks for being here, David.
[16:01] » All right, so we have um some action
items on our agenda. We have first M.
[16:06] McAndrews with us is going to present on
the loan agreement for construction
[16:10] funding of the storm water decant
facility.
[16:15] Uh yeah, thank you mayor. Good evening
council. Um this is a grant agreement,
[16:21] not a loan. Um
I believe I'm second guessing myself
[16:26] now. Um
>> did did I say it's a grant, not a loan?
[16:30] » Yes.
>> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. Let me correct a
[16:32] grant agreement.
>> Thank you. Um regardless you guys, you
[16:37] all may recall we've talked about our
decamp facility several times before um
[16:41] JB engineers was hired um a few years
ago to start on design. We've completed
[16:49] design uh submitted that back to
department of ecology and they have
[16:54] funded us to con for construction of the
decant facility. Uh this is a storm
[16:59] water decant facility that allows us to
um when we pick up sweep beans and
[17:06] vector up catch basins and things like
that allows us to dump that material,
[17:10] let the liquids sort out um and then
make their way to the treatment plant
[17:16] and the solids to dry and typically with
proper testing those solids can then be
[17:21] used to fill dirt somewhere um and
doesn't become a hazardous material. So,
[17:28] um they're popular on the west side in
particular and and more and more cities
[17:33] on the east side have them. The city of
Walaw wall has one that that's kind of
[17:36] makeshift. Um but this will be pretty
state-of-the-art decant facility being
[17:41] built out near the wastewater treatment
plant. Um adjacent to there's a site if
[17:48] you want to pull up a site if you don't
mind. Um
[17:54] uh well that's kind of just the site
layout of it itself and then the larger
[17:59] site plan kind of shows on the map
general location of it um as you come in
[18:05] on Owens Road into the wastewater
treatment plant. It'll be kind of right
[18:08] there
[18:13] first thing as you enter a property. So
there's the big silver barn. It'll be
[18:17] right next to that if you're familiar
with that area. So anyway, uh it is 95%
[18:23] grant with 5% local match. So um for the
total 2,
[18:30] uh $50,000
of that 1,947,500
[18:36] are grant funds and 102,500 are local
match. So it's a pretty good deal for us
[18:41] to build this facility and it's uh it's
going to be really useful for us now and
[18:46] into the future. Any questions?
All right, I'm going to start with
[18:53] Council Member Green, but I'm going to
give Council Member Bole a heads up. The
[18:56] next question is starting on her side.
>> Okay,
[18:59] » Council Member Green, questions or
comments?
[19:02] » Uh, just curious about the 102,000. I
assume that's something built into the
[19:06] existing budget and was anticipated for
the year, but obviously not having been
[19:10] here, I still have to ask.
>> Yeah. No, absolutely. Good question. Um,
[19:14] it is budgeted. It will come out of our
storm water utility funds.
[19:20] » That's all I've got. Thanks, Council
Member Cleveland.
[19:24] » No questions, but thank you to all our
staff for the hard work in securing
[19:28] these funds that our local residents
don't have to fork for fork out for our
[19:33] facilities. So, thank you very much,
>> Council Member Cleveland. I'm sorry,
[19:38] Council Member Stline.
Uh,
[19:41] » no questions.
>> Council member Peterson.
[19:44] » No questions. Thank you. Council member
Williams.
[19:48] » No questions. I've been looking forwards
to this, so glad it's here.
[19:55] » Council member Sherman.
>> Ditto. This is exciting.
[19:59] » And Council Member Bole,
>> no questions. Great job. Thanks.
[20:03] » Mr. Mcanders, can you tell us how this
um decamp facility differs from what
[20:08] we're already we're currently doing?
Yeah. So, currently, um, when we collect
[20:15] leaves and things like that, there's a
muddy spot in our yard that they get
[20:20] dumped and liquids sort out. It really
is a mess. Um, certain things will get
[20:25] hauled out, you know, in this vicinity
out near the gun range and dumped. Um,
[20:30] but
we really don't have a facility that can
[20:34] handle this type of waste. And so this
will be really nice to have, you know,
[20:39] state-of-the-art facility that's set up
to handle this type of material.
[20:44] » Probably makes us better stewards of our
land.
[20:47] » Absolutely.
>> Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate it.
[20:50] Council member Peterson,
>> I guess I do have a question. So ecology
[20:54] got involved with this and so the
potential for an adverse impact on the
[20:59] environment that's obviously why they're
giving us the funds and that is the
[21:03] containment of the of the fluids more
and or just the whole ball of wax.
[21:09] » The the whole ball of wax they
as it stands a lot of the liquids get
[21:15] sorted out. If you dump a pile of wet
leaves, the liquids eventually sort out
[21:20] and they find their way sometimes across
the pavement. They might make their way
[21:23] into a catch basin into the storm
system, which isn't good. So, this
[21:26] ensures that that's going to the
treatment plant instead of the storm
[21:30] system and the creeks. And then it also
um with proper sorting and and and
[21:37] rotating the solids, it allows them to
dry so that they can be put back to the
[21:44] earth in a safe manner without
contaminants. So
[21:48] » great. Thank you so much. Y
>> I'm just going to make a quick comment
[21:51] is I once asked Robert what we do with
our leaves because I'm a gardener,
[21:56] right? So, I like to throw leaves into
my garden.
[21:58] » And I was answer asked him what we do
with her leaves. And his he didn't even
[22:02] answer my question. He just says, "You
don't want to put what's in these leaves
[22:05] in your yard or in your garden." So,
>> well, and that's true. I mean, the
[22:09] leaves we pick up are coming off of the
street, the Department of Ecology would
[22:13] consider them contaminated. um any
sweepings or anything like that that
[22:17] comes off the street have road grime and
oils and things in them and generally
[22:24] aren't going to be something you would
want to put in your garden. So,
[22:27] » sure,
>> this process helps change some of that.
[22:30] » And that's great because even though
we're dumping them still somewhere off
[22:32] by the gun range, it doesn't matter.
It's still going into land that's
[22:35] affected in within college place. So, I
think it's um so important that we take
[22:40] this next step. So, thank you for that.
All right. If there's no other questions
[22:44] or comments, do we have a motion on
resolution number 26-002?
[22:50] » Motion to adopt resolution number 26-002
to authorize public works director or
[22:55] designate to sign agreement with
Washington State Department of Ecology
[22:58] accepting $1,947,500
in grant funding with the required local
[23:03] match of $102,500
for the construction of new storm water
[23:07] decant facility.
>> All right. Thank you. We have a we have
[23:12] a first. Is there a second?
>> I'll second.
[23:16] » Council member Green. Second. Any
additional discussion?
[23:22] Hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[23:27] » All opposed.
Any abstensions?
[23:32] All right. The eyes have it. And the
motion to adopt resolution number 26-002
[23:37] has passed.
[23:40] Next on our agenda, um, sorry, is Mr.
McAndrews will present an agreement to
[23:47] accept a grant for the 2025 2027 bianial
storm water capacity for council
[23:55] approval.
>> Yes, thank you, mayor. Um, again, some
[23:59] of you that've been here for a while may
recall this. This comes up about every
[24:02] two years. Department of Ecology offers
uh what they call a storm water capacity
[24:07] grant. um which is 100% grant funding to
help cities like us um
[24:16] enforce and operate um under the NPDS
permit, the National Pollutant Discharge
[24:23] Elimination System permit that we're
bound to by Department of Ecology. So it
[24:27] covers things like public education and
involvement, elicit discharge detection,
[24:32] activities supporting programs that
control runoff from new development,
[24:36] redevelopment, construction sites,
pollution prevention, establishing and
[24:41] refining storm water utilities and rate
structures, water quality monitoring,
[24:46] source control for existing development
and equipment purchases that result
[24:51] directly in improved compliance. So, um
the city can put can and does
[24:57] historically put in for reimbursement
from ecology for certain activities like
[25:02] that fall in under those parameters
essentially. Um again, they're offering
[25:08] us the $120,000 for the next two years.
This is essentially retroactive from
[25:16] July 1st of 25 and will uh be in place
till March 31st of 2027 should we accept
[25:24] it.
Uh I guess I'll open up for questions.
[25:29] » Council member Boy.
>> No questions. Thank you.
[25:34] » Council member Sherman.
No questions. Council member Williams.
[25:40] » No questions. Thank you. Council member
Peterson. No question. Second.
[25:44] » Council member Stline.
>> Um, I just wanted to say thank you and I
[25:47] appreciate the part uh about the
education piece because I think it's
[25:51] really important to educate people about
storm water and what happened. So, I'm
[25:54] excited to hear about that. That's all.
>> Council member Cleveland.
[26:00] » No questions.
>> And Council Member Green,
[26:03] » no questions.
>> All right. So, we have no questions or
[26:08] comments or further comments. Do we have
a motion on uh resolution number 26-001?
[26:18] » I'll make a motion to adopt resolution
number 26-001
[26:21] to authorize the public works director
or designate to sign an agreement
[26:25] accepting $120,000
for the 2025 to 2027 bianial storm water
[26:31] capacity grant.
>> Second, Peterson.
[26:34] » Thank you. We have a first and a second.
Any additional discussion?
[26:40] hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[26:45] » All opposed.
Any abstensions.
[26:50] All right. The eyes have it. And the
motion to adopt resolution number 26-001
[26:56] has been approved or passed.
Um, next on our agenda, Mr. first is
[27:02] going to present the ordinance um
present ordinance 26-002
[27:07] for the transfer of the franchise
agreement from Ziply Fiber to BCE
[27:12] Holdings Corporation.
>> Great. Thank you, mayor. So, yeah, it's
[27:17] it's kind of tough to follow somebody
gives you all this money and now here I
[27:20] come along with nothing. So, um but uh
put me at the front of the the line next
[27:25] time. Um anyway, no, just uh long and
short of this is a situation that's been
[27:30] going on for quite some time. The coun
some of the council may recall uh that
[27:34] we initially started talking about this
back in March of 2025 and it was based
[27:38] on a letter from Zipley who is uh who
has a current franchise with the city
[27:44] college place uh for wireless services
uh that was adopted in 2022. And so this
[27:50] letter basically came along in the end
of December of 24 and was asking uh
[27:56] because they were currently in
negotiations and had signed a merger
[27:59] agreement. Their parent company uh
called Northwest Fiber uh had signed a
[28:06] uh a merger agreement with uh BCE
Holding. And I am not going to put us
[28:11] all to sleep with describing the the the
food chain of how that works. But
[28:15] essentially what it comes down to is BCE
Holding is a uh US uh corporation,
[28:20] United States subsidiary of Bell Canada.
Bell Canada then is uh is also uh owned
[28:25] by a publicly traded company out of
Canada called BCE Inc. Uh and so uh long
[28:31] and short of it is their parent company,
Ziply, who is who has your franchise in
[28:36] the city of College Place and lots of
other places around here, uh is uh
[28:40] requesting consent based on the
franchise they signed with the city back
[28:44] in 2022 and your ordinance. It refers to
your ordinance. It basically says that
[28:49] the city uh the part that's I'll try to
get through this real quick just so it's
[28:54] in the record but uh uh it basically
says the the assignment or transfer of
[28:58] any business registration franchise or
lease subject to this title meaning your
[29:02] title uh 20110
may not directly or indirectly be
[29:07] transferred assigned or disposed of by
sale lease merger consolidation or other
[29:12] act of the grantee franchisee or lei by
operational law of otherwise without
[29:16] prior written consent of the city which
consent shall not be unreasonably
[29:20] withheld or delayed except as as
expressed by ordinance and then only on
[29:24] such reasonable conditions as may be
prescribed therein. So, a lot of fancy
[29:28] words just to say they need your
permission to uh because this is a
[29:33] merger uh they do need uh the city's
consent uh because now their ownership
[29:37] has changed and so they have this letter
that that's in your packets there that
[29:41] they're asking for uh the mayor to be
able to sign. uh the uh the reason for
[29:46] the delay may be saying, you know, why
did it take almost over over a year to
[29:49] uh to get this done. Uh and again, uh
there was uh some issues, let's say,
[29:54] with the current franchise and some of
the subcontracted work that was going on
[29:58] in the city. Uh and one of the things
that Mr. McAndrews wanted to make sure
[30:02] of is that uh we didn't consent to this
uh with uh the uh current status of some
[30:09] of the outstanding permits. So, it was
uh quite the ordeal, but we got there.
[30:13] It only uh it only took a year, but uh
it sounds like we're good to go and and
[30:18] everything is in good shape. Uh much
better than than when we started. So,
[30:22] it's kind of an opportunity, a
fortuitous uh scenario. So, long and
[30:26] short of it is we're here just to get
permission uh to uh authorize the mayor
[30:30] to sign uh the letter uh which is ironic
because norm well in my world it is
[30:36] because normally you don't pass an
ordinance to sign uh a letter. Uh it's
[30:40] like you know kind of sawing a toothpick
with a chainsaw. It's a little much, but
[30:44] uh in this particular case uh you have
to do it that way or our our opinion is
[30:48] that we should do it this way because uh
the original franchise was passed by
[30:53] ordinance and as I'm sure you all are
very well aware, you can't amend an
[30:57] ordinance with a resolution. You have to
have another ordinance. So, long and
[31:00] short of it is uh it it got kind of
stuck in the hard to do box for a little
[31:04] while there. So, anyway, that's what
we're here tonight to do is to get this
[31:07] finally off everybody's plate. Uh, and
nobody is gonna be more happy uh than
[31:12] Jessica Epley, the vice president with
Zipley, who uh is is is now mine and Mr.
[31:18] McAndrew's best friend. So, anyway,
[31:24] » happy to answer any questions.
>> Council member Green,
[31:30] » I got nothing.
>> Council member Cleveland, Council Member
[31:36] Stline,
>> no question. Council member Peterson,
[31:39] you
>> know, Ziffy, it's interesting there. Um,
[31:41] the service they offer our city is an
alternative to, you know, what else is
[31:45] out there and I I hear, you know, good
things and whatnot. Um, it is
[31:50] interesting that there are whole swaths
of our city that aren't that simply
[31:54] cannot go through. I think that's
underground cable areas. They go off of
[32:01] telephone. In other words, it's it's um
it's a service that is could really
[32:06] benefit many of the people of the city
of College Place with lower rates
[32:09] compared to some of the other services
that are out there, but yet there are
[32:14] large swaths that will never I guess see
Ziplo's
[32:19] business. Any thoughts on that, Robert,
or
[32:22] um I think that is somewhat by their own
choice. I don't believe the city's doing
[32:26] anything to hold them back from that,
but they
[32:31] pick and choose where it makes the most
sense for them. And I don't think the
[32:35] city has any say in how that goes. Um,
the only thing that I can think of from
[32:41] the city standpoint that could
potentially hold them back is
[32:45] moratoriums on new overhead lines in the
downtown corridor, but they could
[32:50] certainly go underground. Um,
>> and I think this is too a case of people
[32:55] getting along and saying, "Can I use
your underground?" And the other party
[32:59] can say no.
>> Um,
[33:01] » sure. And it does I mean it does become
expensive to go underground to put new
[33:06] trenches in and new conduit and things.
It's costly and so
[33:10] » um that's unfortunately a challenge
anywhere there's already existing
[33:14] development is adding new underground
infrastructure.
[33:17] » Yeah. Yeah. Something we'll have to deal
with. Yeah. Great. Thanks, Council
[33:23] member Williams,
>> no questions. Thank you.
[33:26] » Council Council Member Sherman,
>> no question.
[33:28] » And Council Member Boy,
>> no questions. Okay.
[33:31] » Um, Mr. Fergus, I I have a quick
question. Just this is just a procedural
[33:36] question. Did we make um error is not
the right word, but I'm going to use the
[33:41] word error in approving this contract by
ordinance in the first place?
[33:46] » No. That's that's a fantastic question
because uh that is something that is one
[33:50] of the few uh rare things where uh our
our wonderful revised code of Washington
[33:56] uh will oftent times not say anything
about how legislative bodies at the
[34:02] local level need to uh uh process
process certain things. Franchises
[34:06] ironically are really uh unique in the
sense that they are a contract that is
[34:13] also an ordinance. So, your uh
ordinance, I got to visual aid here, but
[34:18] ordinance 2022-023
starts out just like a regular ordinance
[34:23] and then literally moves the second page
moves into a contract. So, it's one of
[34:28] those rare situations where the statute
requires it to be done by ordinance. Uh,
[34:32] and for some odd reason, you can't do it
uh within 5 days after it's first been
[34:38] presented to council. You must wait five
days. That's got to be something to do
[34:41] with the railroad there because you know
how that always you know it's got to be
[34:44] there's there's got to be a story there.
>> Yeah. Interesting.
[34:47] » Yeah. So, uh but no, it's it's an odd
thing, but no, absolutely. We have to do
[34:51] it by ordinance. So, okay.
>> Yeah. Great question.
[34:54] » Listen. All right. Thank you. Any other
questions or comments?
[34:59] Um hearing none. Do we have a motion on
ordinance number 26-002?
[35:07] I'll make a motion to approve ordinance
26-002
[35:11] authorizing the transfer of franchise
agreement from Ziply Fiber to BEC
[35:16] Holding Corporation.
>> Thank you. We do have a motion from
[35:19] Council Member Green. Is there a second?
>> A second.
[35:22] » Council member Sherman. Second. We have
a first and a second. Any additional
[35:26] discussion?
Hearing none, let's vote. All in favor
[35:32] say I. I.
>> Any opposed? Any
[35:37] abstensions?
All right, the eyes have it and the
[35:41] motion is passed for ordinance number
26-002.
[35:47] Oh, wow. We kind of went right through
those. Um, so there's twoformational
[35:53] packets in your review. I mean, in your
Let me try this again. There's
[35:58] twoformational reports in your packets
for to review. If you haven't already
[36:02] done so, please make sure to do that.
um and reach out to any um departments
[36:09] if you have any questions on them. Is
there any other business for good of the
[36:13] order?
We are already down to um closing items.
[36:21] All right, seeing none, do we have a
motion to conclude the meeting?
[36:27] » So moved.
>> Thank you. That was for council member
[36:29] Bole. We have a motion to conclude the
meeting. Is there a second?
[36:32] » Second. Council member Peterson second.
If there's no objection, the meeting is
[36:37] concluded at 7:33 p.m.
Thank you all very much. Appreciate it.
[36:52] » Okay, we're