[0:00] it is seven o'clock if all of you is
done with me for the Pledge of
[0:04] Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America and
[0:10] to the Republic for which it stands one
nation under God indivisible with
[0:16] liberty and justice
I did not indicate to the record but I
[0:20] will that we are calling I am calling
the Montesano city council for December
[0:25] 13th to order uh with a clerk please
call roll call councilwoman Thomas here
[0:31] councilman Carl here councilman Bryson
here councilman triple here councilman
[0:36] cope councilman Jester here and
councilman scaramucca here
[0:42] foreign
[0:48] there is a motion in second to approve
the bills as audited with the finance
[0:53] committee you'd like to give a report
yes uh so two sets of bills the 11 9
[0:58] through 11 22 which was two hundred
thirty seven thousand seventy two
[1:02] dollars and twenty seven cents
the largest out of that was a hundred
[1:06] thousand dollars back to Sierra Pacific
for their bid Bond reimbursements and
[1:11] then the second batch was 136
980.51 and there was no major bills is
[1:17] there any discussion or questions of the
finance committee
[1:21] hearing none all those in favor please
say aye aye any opposed
[1:26] the bills are approved as audited now we
are at approval of minutes
[1:33] there is a motion and a second to
approve the minutes as written is there
[1:37] any discussion or questions
um I would like to point out under the
[1:41] adjournment part it reads councilwoman
hope sorry
[1:52] assuming that's a mistake yeah
councilman cope
[1:57] I don't think I made that motion
[2:04] um with that correction is there any
other Corrections
[2:09] thank you councilwoman
um
[2:14] at the corrector
um for finding that
[2:18] um with that all those in favor please
say aye aye any opposed uh motion
[2:23] carries and the minutes are approved as
written we are at the time of the agenda
[2:28] for public comment uh there are two
points that you can make public comment
[2:31] is there anyone in the public that would
like to make comment in this time okay I
[2:35] see two so we'll start for the front
um and I at least no path so if you'll
[2:40] identify yourself for the record and
Patrick Wadsworth 1404 was Simpson
[2:44] Avenue
thank you
[2:48] um I just wanted to come to the council
and say I'm going to miss
[2:53] Lauren and it's nice to meet you John
and I actually came here about the
[3:00] forest I I kind of want to get the
feeling of what the council and the city
[3:06] wants to do for the future of the forest
for the bike riding and the trails and
[3:12] the and that whole
um
[3:15] everything that's out there because
it seems to me like the city and the
[3:20] council doesn't kind of has a little
interest in it but doesn't have a lot of
[3:24] interest in it and and I've been
traveling around recently and I see a
[3:29] lot of cities a lot of counties that are
building a lot of stuff for the for the
[3:35] people that are uh they're putting their
funds into it and they're building fun
[3:40] stuff too like stuff that
the city doesn't seem to want you know
[3:46] jumps or this kind of stuff if you go
around some of the the different
[3:50] counties and different cities throughout
the country
[3:53] they're building stuff that is just
amazing smaller where luckily we have
[3:59] you know 5 500 Acres most of these
places are a lot smaller but they're
[4:05] kind of compacting and making these
beautiful uh things so I just started to
[4:09] come to the council and see if maybe in
the future we can maybe communicate with
[4:15] me and we can get maybe we can get
something for the future going for that
[4:20] because it's getting to be a big thing
all all of the you know the United
[4:24] States the world wherever and it's it
brings in a lot of people it's uh
[4:30] I think you you know you may be bringing
people that may move here just because
[4:35] of that quality so I thought well maybe
it's time we start communicating on on a
[4:43] different level like moving forward on
doing stuff because it's a beautiful I
[4:49] mean how many people have how many
cities or whatever have 5 500 acres to
[4:54] me
playing
[4:56] and I'm seeing a lot of people out there
am I over you know my time no you're
[5:01] good okay and so I just thought
um I'll reach out to some of you guys
[5:05] and and uh maybe we can get some kind of
a
[5:10] communication go on so that we can kind
of work together with because we do a
[5:14] lot of work out there as bikers we're
out there constantly even in the last
[5:20] month I mean I don't know how many trees
I've removed out of the trails
[5:25] just removed a couple just on the trail
that we built uh with Lauren when we got
[5:32] the uh the budget for that and we built
that so-called Ada trail that goes from
[5:37] the side of the um the dam and goes out
that trail had uh some big trees over it
[5:43] so I went out and did it myself you know
I removed I told Lauren about it and I
[5:47] said I was going to go out there and do
it and so anyway
[5:51] I'm just just opening up a conversation
about the City Board appreciate that
[5:57] um so uh hopefully over the next 30 to
60 days uh somebody will contact you and
[6:04] we can go from there yeah yeah that'd be
great all right
[6:08] um you sir sorry I don't know you yeah
I'm actually
[6:11] my name is Sean schlenker and I'm
currently staying down in the will you
[6:14] give me it what was your last name
schlager
[6:17] s-c-h-l-e-n-k-e-r thank you and I'm
currently staying down in the Monte
[6:20] Square RV park and it was brought to my
attention that
[6:24] um there's a city ordinance 17.39 that
maybe needs to be renegotiated or
[6:29] brought up for a conversation to help
the mini retail workers that work for
[6:35] minimum wage with minimal hours that
live and work in the city of Montesano
[6:41] and there's a possible addiction process
coming down the pipeline from the mayor
[6:45] is what's been informed and people don't
really have a place to go right now
[6:51] and so they're
the owners here tonight and his son and
[6:56] the manager to talk about what the
police has dropped off and the 180 days
[7:02] in the 17.39.050
[7:06] uh that is being requested for
many families now we're not just talking
[7:12] five or six but many families that are
going to be moved or forced to move in a
[7:18] homeless crisis in the United States at
this time as well so myself being a
[7:23] homeless individual is being housed by
somebody else down there
[7:27] this is an important issue for not just
me but everybody that lives in an RV
[7:32] Across America with some of these rules
and there's not many places that people
[7:37] can go when they've been reduced from
you know a wood structure or a home or
[7:44] an apartment and they get reduced down
to an RV and then get shuffled around
[7:48] I've been in contact with the Northwest
Justice project and some local attorneys
[7:53] in this area as well to see if there's
something that we can get started to get
[7:56] the ball rolling to
renegotiate for the business and the
[8:01] lower income wage
employees and people that live down
[8:05] there to make it sustainable
a living scenario and working within the
[8:11] community for everybody thank you
[8:16] hello everybody my name is Roger Singh
and you know I'm new to this area I'm
[8:23] going on handling the duties of monthly
Square business hotel and Harvey parkos
[8:29] I was living in California my brother
Paul used to take care of all the duties
[8:34] and the due to illnesses no more
in there so I was my managers told me
[8:40] that he was handled a violation notice
regarding Army particles I crossed that
[8:47] 180 days ordinance
and you know my question is uh um I
[8:52] talked to my managers Mike and a lot of
funny a few people over there you know
[8:56] they were serve 30 days notice but they
was kind of saying like they have
[9:01] nowhere to go
it's it's most of the thing is RV parks
[9:06] are full close by and you know so people
were having issues and you have to go
[9:11] through all the eviction notices and all
that long process you know so I was
[9:16] maybe I want to request a few maybe we
can change our discus or you know at
[9:21] least review that 180 days hardiness so
we can you know at least have some more
[9:27] time or we can at least discuss so
people can stay over there so we won't
[9:32] kick him out to have a you know we
already have a homeless issues in
[9:36] California Washington State so he won't
just make the people you know living on
[9:40] the streets at least they have somewhere
to stay and my manager so we talked to
[9:46] them yesterday and talked to Mr Chief
yesterday and we want to work with the
[9:51] city with the police to make sure you
know everything is we are in working
[9:55] with you guys so we won't have any
issues regarding criminal or any other
[10:00] police cars or anything so I want to
make sure like you were going to be in a
[10:05] good you know that business is going to
be in good hands
[10:09] go ahead
[10:14] my name is Mike Wilson
Square RV Park
[10:19] the last week or so I've been talking
with a lot of the the guests are just
[10:26] staying there
um
[10:29] a lot of them as Sean's day they work in
the area that they shop a lot of them
[10:36] have been have grown up in the area as
well and with the last couple years you
[10:43] know kovic and people who jobs
they go back to work but there's a lot
[10:49] of minimum wage jobs and they can't with
the inflation they can't afford you know
[10:56] one person it's hard to afford rents
weighing one or two bedroom apartment
[11:02] theater building for 12 or 15 years a
month and
[11:09] down there
I don't have all the people I have down
[11:13] there running out
are good people most of them were
[11:18] working I've got handicapped guests and
the able-bodied guests you know
[11:25] everybody helps each other down there
I have been working to
[11:32] make sure it gets cleaned up everything
becomes organized and more than willing
[11:40] to work with and you wanted to trying to
do anything needed to help the guests
[11:49] and help the city keep it you know
positive
[11:54] living space
um as I say there's many people down
[12:00] there that
you know just they have no place to go
[12:04] because other parts are full
and with ranks and mortgages being so
[12:12] high if they have to believe there isn't
very many places for them to go I've
[12:20] talked with
Brett here
[12:24] um
and I've been working the last week or
[12:28] so trying to get the part organized and
taken care of
[12:34] I don't have any
criminal activity going on there's been
[12:39] a couple police calls for
some minor issues not even nothing
[12:46] Criminal
evening
[12:49] um on that note I'd like you guys to
reconsider you know reviewing the
[12:57] ordinance and trying to work with us to
keep people off the streets and
[13:04] you know having a roof over their head
thank you thank you
[13:09] is there anyone else that would like to
do public comment at this time
[13:13] so just uh so that you all understand
public comment is an opportunity for the
[13:18] public to comment on anything they want
to comment on but this is our business
[13:22] meeting and so there's not a large
discussion that occurs today
[13:26] but
there is an opportunity both at Council
[13:31] common and mayor comments to respond if
you so wish or if the council has any
[13:36] other desires we can address it at this
point or deal with it at that point I
[13:41] would suggest that referring this to
staff for review would be helpful so we
[13:45] could get a report back from Public
Works police Etc I think that's a
[13:50] reasonable
it will take uh no less Mr Olden is gone
[13:57] for two weeks and so we're not going to
have any form of report until probably
[14:02] mid-January so I'm going to Target the
first meeting of January
[14:07] and if we have but that's a soft date
because obviously it's gone and so he's
[14:14] going to come back and he had projects
that we have to get done within that
[14:18] first week so it is probably likely the
second about at least give you a status
[14:23] update on the first meeting to say where
we're at go ahead
[14:26] so with what you're saying is it
possible for us to
[14:31] I think have a phrase this
maybe pause some of the potential
[14:36] evictions that are coming down until we
can have a review with you guys and well
[14:41] through the holidays so we we don't
we're not responsible
[14:46] for
your guests and so what you do with your
[14:51] guests is is up to you what we're
responsible for is a violation of the
[14:56] code and so that is different uh it's
two different universes on if if you
[15:04] violate the code then and and there is a
process for that and if that code is
[15:10] violated and there are steps that happen
and
[15:14] um I'm sure that the chief has explained
that but we're not going to explain it
[15:18] here so
um with that I'm going to go ahead and
[15:22] move on with the agenda
so we have no oh committee reports is
[15:29] there anybody that met in the interim
that needs to make a report
[15:37] over three items as fast as I possibly
can
[15:41] but first is good news we received all
our
[15:46] all 1.5 million dollars in tib grants
this year so we have six projects seven
[15:50] projects ready for next year
um
[15:54] we were asked by council person Bryson
to review
[16:00] uh an ordinance we have for tonight
and we'll discuss it later but I think
[16:06] he was concerned about paragraph three
under architectural features
[16:11] and we decided at this point we would
just leave it as it is because we felt
[16:16] that we really have the variance the
variance process
[16:21] so streamline that if anybody wants to
to
[16:26] apply for a variance that could we'll
discuss it later
[16:32] um thirdly we have two actually have two
variance requests coming up in the next
[16:37] meeting in the next year the first one
is an individual that wants to build a
[16:41] detached garage and I know I've
mentioned it and this would be
[16:46] considered on auxiliary building he
wants to move it closer to his side
[16:50] property so he's asking for five feet
because that's for a 10 foot variance he
[16:54] wants to go five feet and at this point
it's it's not that unusual in the area
[16:59] it's we're kind of giving it the green
light at this point we'll review it one
[17:03] more time but the second one is a
person that wants to place a temporary
[17:09] and I guess you call it a carport
a steel carport alongside their property
[17:15] on their side yard and this one they
want to move it right out to the
[17:20] property line and the Committees come
sent it back and said we weren't really
[17:24] excited about it but they have their
right you know to apply for the variants
[17:28] so in the next meeting we're going to
try to Define what these are what these
[17:33] carports are and I see it as like maybe
like patio cover or something they're
[17:37] not permanent
um and maybe we could have a better idea
[17:43] of what that is at the next meeting but
we're going to have to discuss it and
[17:46] vote on it sadly but that's all I have
right here thank you I just want to add
[17:52] in as part of the seven projects
um probably before our next meeting I'll
[17:56] put in a budget request
for the
[18:00] um with the legislature as to
the
[18:06] Economic Development site I'll be
requesting some more from 1.6 million
[18:12] dollars so just FYI obviously in the big
Quest I don't need to have your
[18:17] permission but I assume that I can
accept that money if it magically makes
[18:20] its way over here
um and if anybody wants more details
[18:24] about the budget request please let me
know
[18:27] Mike and I will be working on it well
he's already given me his piece I'll be
[18:32] working on it over the next two to three
weeks
[18:35] 1.69 well he would like 1.8 million
typically representative Derringer
[18:41] suggested 1.5 million I'm hoping to meet
them both in the middle
[18:49] there any questions
of Public Works or of me
[18:54] okay moving forward we are going to
start with the end of the O2 we don't
[18:59] have anything in Old business uh we're
moving on to new business uh and the
[19:04] first item on the agenda is the
introduction of a new firefighter
[19:07] paramedic officer here
mayor council I wanted to take the
[19:11] opportunity to introduce uh our newest
full-time uh firefighter Adam Collins
[19:17] um and I saved full time our newest
full-time because Adam came to us about
[19:21] six months ago he was a captain with
hope and fire department he came to us
[19:25] when chip Ferrar retired during the
pandemic and we were short-handed and he
[19:30] um it was Flawless he stepped in and he
was able to take a captain 24-hour
[19:35] position
um from from day one so I just wanted
[19:40] you guys to be able to put a face to a
name I want to thank Adam very much he's
[19:44] done everything we've asked him to do in
the last six months and we he recently
[19:48] went through our testing process and in
the past couple weeks we hired him
[19:53] full-time and I want to welcome Adam to
the Montana fire department the city of
[19:57] Montana
[Applause]
[20:02] just want to say thank you to Brett and
all the guys and you guys for the
[20:07] opportunity I grew up here my whole life
so it's an honor to serve the citizens
[20:13] it's really a lot of fun to you know go
go see somebody and they say oh yeah you
[20:19] know I know your parents or I remember
you when you were little and so it's
[20:23] really good for the community I I feel
good about what I'm doing I really like
[20:28] helping our citizens so it's a good
change for me so I'm happy and yeah
[20:37] so thank you guys thank you
[20:41] uh next we are going to
um deal with our Forester himself uh
[20:50] Lauren
um
[20:51] is this is Lauren's uh Heiner's last
meeting uh we bought gluten-free snacks
[20:57] he uh will officially I guess not
officially he's officially not our
[21:03] Forester as of the end of this year as
you all know the retirement party's on
[21:09] the 6th of January but
um
[21:12] I I just wanted to give you all an
opportunity outside of the end of
[21:17] comments if anybody if Lauren wanted to
make any comments at this time knowing
[21:21] Lauren then maybe
[21:26] let's give you an opportunity
it's been a pleasure
[21:32] um no it really has been very very
rewarding for me
[21:36] and enjoyable to have such a supportive
managing body we're what we do and
[21:44] understanding to be easy to teach for
the most part and
[21:48] so anyway thank you very much for
supporting me and being such a big part
[21:53] of my life
I think Lauren's been here for 15 years
[21:58] so he's our third Forester and he leaves
us with a Grant application with the
[22:04] community for us we are rated number one
so if it is funded I believe we asked
[22:10] for 1.5
1.5 million so if the legislature choose
[22:16] to fund that that's another 180 or 200
and
[22:20] 240 240 acres if all the stars align and
in that 5500 Acres will go up to 5700
[22:28] and plus
so thank you Lauren uh I don't know if
[22:33] you guys want to speak now or if you
want to speak later it's up to you
[22:36] okay later is good definitely
so now I'm going to move on to the
[22:42] confirmation part of this with I would
like to introduce you all to John bull
[22:47] who is a force a lifelong Forester he is
right now down a little south of us and
[22:54] we'll be moving into Monticello over the
next six-ish months and has been vetted
[23:01] both by a variety of Foresters and I've
had the great opportunity to talk with
[23:06] him as well
and I'm going to let you do an
[23:10] introduction of yourself if you would
like I know you guys have they've all
[23:12] seen your resume and everything of that
but I don't know if you want to do that
[23:16] or sure okay
so uh my name is John bull I have uh
[23:24] I've been in the Northwest born and
raised in Northwest my whole life so
[23:28] probably live 100 miles 150 miles from
where I was born in the Portland area I
[23:33] went to school down in the Willamette
Valley at Linfield and then uh graduated
[23:37] and moved it in the Shameless area and
worked for a timber company and in uh
[23:41] for 30 years 30 plus years and uh
have really uh enjoyed uh forestry of
[23:48] course she's my life I love trees
I love cutting trees I love uh the whole
[23:55] the full cycle of Forestry and uh I want
to thank you all for this opportunity to
[24:02] take such a great uh young orange band
for the last 15 years and grown the
[24:07] forest and taking great care of it I
hear nothing but incredible things about
[24:11] the money forest and uh me being the
next Steward of the land and taking it
[24:17] over and managing to its false potential
so I just want to thank you Premier CML
[24:23] and the council and electorally working
with you in the future thank you so I am
[24:28] looking for a motion for confirmation I
would move that the
[24:32] Council a lot of America
confirmation of John bull as a city
[24:39] Forester second there's a motion and a
second
[24:43] to uh to confirm the Mayor's Choice of
City Forester effective January 1st of
[24:51] 2023 as being miserable
does anybody have any discussion or
[24:57] questions
hearing none all those in favor please
[25:01] say aye aye any opposed
motion carries welcome on board
[25:09] um so we are now moving on to the next
part of the meeting which is
[25:13] cancellation of the December 24th
meeting I would really entertain that
[25:17] motion
is there a second there is a motion and
[25:21] a second to cancel the second meeting of
December uh and is there any discussion
[25:28] what am I gonna do
I don't know but I don't think any of us
[25:33] are going to be joining you any further
discussion
[25:37] hearing then all those in favor please
say aye aye any opposed motion carries
[25:42] we are now moving on to the 2023
Transportation Improvement board
[25:45] contracts
I would entertain a motion
[25:51] is there a second
okay uh there is a motion and a second
[25:57] to approve the contracts for the 2023
tib projects which are as identified the
[26:05] East Pioneer Avenue overlay Glen Street
to city limits for a 216 000 Grant total
[26:13] project cost of 244 800 the West Pioneer
second the West Pioneer improvements 4th
[26:19] Street to 6th Street 770 442 dollar
Grant total project cost of eight
[26:25] hundred and forty seven thousand the
third project is the McBride Avenue
[26:28] sidewalk Calder right away to satsa
Street The Tib Grant is 188 000 total
[26:34] project cost is 208 000 the 2023 chip
sale multiple locations North 3rd North
[26:40] Main North Church at East camilleci tib
Grant of 99 500 total project cost of
[26:47] 105
000 and 100 excuse me and the
[26:50] maintenance pre-level multiple locations
priority for the this is South 6th which
[26:55] is a tib Grant of 61 750 total project
cost of sixty five thousand the West
[27:01] Pioneer reconstruction Main Street to
4th Street
[27:06] um this is the the funding for the
Council of government's monies that we
[27:09] received the total project is uh
1.897 excuse me one million 897 100 and
[27:18] we had to come up with the matching
funds if you all remember but it was an
[27:22] unexpected award through Council of
governments and we had not budgeted the
[27:27] 189 000 and so tib was a very uh
generous and is matching those funds for
[27:36] the city so we can qualify for the
federal funding
[27:40] um and so the total project costs are of
the grant is 101 million five hundred
[27:46] twenty four thousand six hundred ninety
two dollars the total project costs uh
[27:51] that we will have to come up with either
ourselves or through the Federal grant
[27:54] is three million three hundred sixty
seven thousand dollars
[28:00] um does anybody have any questions about
this or discussion
[28:07] okay all those in favor please say aye
all right any opposed ocean carries that
[28:13] was good work by public works and by
Public Works director Mike Olden
[28:18] thank you for the efforts to get us
streamlined
[28:22] we are now authorizing oh to purchase a
de-icer for Road uh this is it before
[28:29] you guys bring a motion This was
um
[28:31] uh our
compromise between the
[28:37] um
with the snow blower the plow and we
[28:44] have discussed this at length in 2022
about all the negatives that the plow
[28:48] creates within the city so what we
decided a little cheaper version of this
[28:52] we can't we can't get the um
the flat truck uh flat bed truck that
[29:01] was budgeted because of the fact that we
are allocated a certain amount of
[29:07] vehicles at this point because of the
shortage that's been going on Monticello
[29:10] was not allowed an allocation because we
had a police car allocation so we
[29:15] couldn't get a public works allocation
and so we decided with your permission
[29:21] to do a de-icer which we think might be
just as useful actually more useful
[29:26] because after the snow has gone the Ice
Still Remains so that is our proposal to
[29:32] you we don't expect to purchase it in
the next
[29:38] two weeks because Mr Oldham is gone but
we do hope to purchase it before the
[29:43] next meeting which is why we're asking
for a motion and I believe it was over
[29:48] his budget I think it was ten thousand
dollars and so um don't hold me to that
[29:53] I think it's between 10 15 000 with
taxes shipping and everything else
[29:58] so any that's the introduction does
anybody have emotion I'd like the motion
[30:03] to authorize the purchase
is there a second there is a motion in a
[30:09] second to allow authorization to
purchase the de-icer for somewhere
[30:13] between ten and fifteen thousand dollars
is there uh any discussion or questions
[30:19] I have a question what is are we
providing some sort of vehicle no it's
[30:24] an attachment what attachment
[30:32] well I think we just came up with it
last week so we were yeah
[30:40] [Music]
[30:45] we talked about the different types of
chemicals yeah that's gonna be my
[30:49] question we talked about the different
types of chemicals there's a higher
[30:52] priced chemical that will create the
least amount of damage on the roads and
[30:56] to the environment with the offspill we
talked about the gravel the gravel is
[31:01] not so useful on the ice short term and
then at the end of it what happens is
[31:06] obviously as all of you know the gravel
sits around for a long time and so this
[31:11] is our our solution to deal with there's
some all the the Third Street problem
[31:17] the McBride problem the dips Talbot all
those various places where we have seen
[31:23] continuous problems with uh people
driving
[31:27] anything further so we're going for the
more expensive yes
[31:31] yes we are so that is an outlay that
we're going to see as uh we kind of
[31:38] figure out what we're looking at we
don't know what the cost will be because
[31:42] we're not exactly how much we're going
to use uh but
[31:46] um but that's the marching orders is not
to pick the
[31:54] problems
I'm gonna say that's all we've had this
[31:58] year
um any other questions
[32:01] hearing none all those in favor please
say aye aye any opposed motion carries
[32:06] thank you for approving that we are now
at ordinances and resolutions this is
[32:11] the second reading
um of the
[32:15] had me call it the Fitz uh the fence
piece of it it's the amending the
[32:19] Monticello Municipal Code chapter
17.44 this is ordinance number 16.
[32:26] 52. is there a motion I know is there a
second
[32:32] a second there is a motion and a second
uh to approve ordinance number 1652
[32:42] which is
an ordinance of the city council
[32:45] relating to Municipal Code chapter 17.44
specifically section
[32:52] 17.44.026 of the monosena municipal code
I'm providing for severability and
[32:58] effective date
section
[33:06] section A architectural features uh
paragraph two did you want a paragraph
[33:11] three excuse me did you want to change
some wording in there because there's
[33:15] something that well my my concern and I
shared with all of you I went around and
[33:19] took some pictures of various homes that
have metal shops I don't think they
[33:23] would meet this that long my concern is
if we have a variance process that might
[33:28] work well in 2022 with the current
Administration and the current local
[33:31] sports director of the current committee
however
[33:38] that doesn't mean that they'd be
approved doesn't mean they be approved
[33:42] now and it doesn't need to be approved
in the future so
[33:45] um I'm not going to vote for it with
that language in place I think it's too
[33:48] restrictive your home has a metal shop
here's one of the pictures I took so but
[33:53] it's not that it's a metal shop it's a
post-frame building and you can build
[33:56] them with wood sides it's an option it's
it's an upgrade I understand that
[34:01] um and I think that the properties I I
stamped are pretty nice looking
[34:05] properties
I don't think that that restriction is
[34:09] necessary so that's my opinion I respect
others
[34:13] you know if they have differing views of
my own but I just I think we're a
[34:18] solution looking for a problem that
doesn't exist
[34:21] it didn't come for me it came out of out
of out of building in the building in
[34:27] the last couple years they've been
directing people and there's some of the
[34:29] buildings that have been built in the
last couple of years that are post-frame
[34:32] buildings and they they really look a
lot better when you
[34:37] when you end up with the same trim and
you think the same color and the same
[34:41] product on both buildings and I think
for a lot of people they this color
[34:46] palette for these metal buildings is
only so many and you find that these you
[34:51] know and I'm not against these buildings
I built them they're they're the most
[34:55] logical way to build a tall building
because a lot of our buildings are
[34:58] taller and you can build a whole
building without the real expensive
[35:02] concrete I mean they're they're great
but they really are an upgrade when you
[35:06] put wood sides on them for various
reasons I won't get into that but I I
[35:10] don't disagree so um before you two go
back and forth is there anybody else
[35:15] that would like to uh comment on this
well I think it's a real concern too
[35:20] that's all I don't have a definite
opinion about it but I appreciate Point
[35:24] sending us that information and I I tend
to side on that side okay okay Dave I
[35:31] don't I don't disagree that there are
probably a nicer looking building I hope
[35:35] if I was going to build a shop I'd be
able to go that route myself
[35:39] um it does signal it does single out
those buildings I know that
[35:44] you're saying
but I just I just think it goes a little
[35:48] bit too far
so if something I want I want this to
[35:52] pass so if we could eliminate that
paragraph and we don't have to we can
[35:56] eliminate that paragraph I don't want to
I don't want that I don't want this to
[36:00] fail well I think there's also other
things in here like the driveways must
[36:04] be paved with concrete asphalt or brick
pavers and we're just going down a path
[36:08] of
but also that that's a problem we've had
[36:12] with with with gravel being tracked out
onto the sidewalk you could walk down
[36:16] the sidewalk at night and trip on grout
and because somebody has gravel you know
[36:21] out on the street and you know it's time
and saying oh yeah Hedges they can't go
[36:25] higher so you tell them but
so
[36:29] what I would suggest is these these uh
pieces came from the public works
[36:35] committee because uh there had been
repeated problems within the city so it
[36:41] isn't it isn't uh it's not that that I
think Mr Olden was taking some kind of
[36:47] um
it wasn't just created based on
[36:52] anything it was based on a series of
problems that they had experienced in
[36:56] 2021 and 2022 one of them was the fence
sizes and uh a gentleman who had built
[37:03] it to
pretty high legs despite the fact that
[37:07] he had been repeatedly told this is the
this is where you should have it so
[37:11] people can see inside so it's not a
danger there is another situation where
[37:17] uh we had I think six foot Hedges so
that it would block uh it was almost
[37:23] blocking traffic visibility and there
wasn't like any specific code that
[37:29] identified so these are
um there was another instance where we
[37:34] have a a gravel roadway which created it
ended up being somewhat dangerous and so
[37:41] there and so what I would suggest is
obviously Mr Olden isn't here but he can
[37:46] answer specifically why each one of
these Provisions was chosen I suppose to
[37:52] be highlighted would and would you guys
feel comfortable if we table it to the
[37:57] meeting or do you want to vote on it
immediately or not vote on it
[38:01] immediately or take it out take sections
out what is your I have a couple of
[38:06] questions on it as well I'd like to put
to Mike I haven't moved that we as a
[38:10] table of the ordinance
until the
[38:14] first meeting of uh January
we'll might be back that's the first
[38:22] meeting right
[38:24] he's back the first week okay
there is a motion in the second to table
[38:30] the uh motion uh pending uh I guess a
few more questions
[38:36] it was ordinance number I'm sorry you're
right it was ordered in 1652 so we're
[38:42] we're tabling ordinance 1652 until the
first meeting if
[38:47] um uh councilman Bryson did a pretty
good job with the email if there's
[38:52] anybody else that has concerns uh then
and perhaps and I believe you forwarded
[38:57] that to uh Mr Olden as well I'm not sure
if I did yeah we talked about it I
[39:04] wanted to make sure it got to the
committee
[39:07] and I want to I want to be clear about
something I know that I respect the work
[39:11] that your committee does I know it's not
easy to come up with these
[39:15] changes it has changed that's part of
the problem with singing and I gave it a
[39:19] lot of thought I just didn't land in a
spot where I could score a little bit so
[39:24] we're just gonna there is a there is a
motion currently on the floor to table
[39:28] ordinance number 1652 through the first
meeting of January any further
[39:33] discussion on that motion
hearing none all those in favor please
[39:38] say aye
[39:41] motion carries a table ordinance 1652 we
are now at ordinance 1653 which is the
[39:47] second reading of the 2022 supplemental
budget is there in motion is there a
[39:53] second second there is a motion in a
second to adopt uh ordinance number 1652
[39:59] which is the 2022 supplemental budget
that item is listed the items that you
[40:08] guys have authorized throughout the year
which was not previously budgeted is in
[40:13] your packet the revenue is identified as
three million
[40:18] special
three million
[40:24] eighty seven thousand fifty eight
dollars and five cents the expenditures
[40:28] are identified as one million nine
hundred forty thousand four hundred
[40:32] fifty two dollars and five cents is
there any discussion
[40:38] hearing none this is a roll call vote
will the clerk please do hero call
[40:42] councilwoman Thomas
councilman Carl
[40:46] aye councilman Bryson aye councilman
Trimble all right councilman cope aye
[40:50] councilwoman Jester um councilman
scaramucca hi
[40:54] uh that has passed Ordnance 1652 which
is the 2022 supplemental budget and that
[41:02] deals with all budgetary issues for this
year and the beginning of next thank you
[41:07] all for your hard work thank you for
your patience
[41:10] we are now back at public comment is
there anyone that would like to make
[41:14] public comment at this time
okay go ahead
[41:18] um being the very observant citizen that
I am the other day I was at the post
[41:24] office and on this this first street
that comes down
[41:29] right by the um the beautiful bathroom
that we have there was water running
[41:34] down the road and it wasn't raining and
I went
[41:38] what the heck and I was part almost at
the Pioneer and I looked back
[41:43] oh so I call up Mike I said hey Mike
do you know you gotta come legally down
[41:49] here and he goes yeah I think we have a
leak and we've kind of known about it
[41:53] and evidently it was bigger than he
thought it was it must have gotten worse
[41:57] or something next day they're out in
there they fixed it
[42:03] [Laughter]
it was pretty much a quick running down
[42:09] appreciate your call that works
anything further
[42:16] all right we are uh um hearing no
further public comment we are moving to
[42:22] Executive session for
[42:28] is there action on that
[42:35] for her perhaps no
[42:40] I don't believe so
how long is it I think it'll take uh
[42:45] five minutes it was gonna be more than
five minutes I'd say we should move it
[42:49] to the end but if it's five minutes yeah
[42:56] yeah
this one's a little more comfortable
[43:13] thank you
[43:21] we said five minutes
[43:40] okay we are back on the record as we
have been by the way for a couple
[43:44] minutes
um so
[43:47] um I am moving forward with Council
comments uh at the executive session has
[43:53] no action so I'll start with uh
councilwoman
[43:57] Thomas
um first I would like to thank the
[44:01] citizens group that came to speak
tonight regarding the RV Park thank you
[44:07] we need to hear what's happening
in the city and it's nice that you came
[44:13] and gave us a report thank you
um second I'd like to congratulate Adam
[44:20] with the Collins who left
[44:26] um third I would like to congratulate
our new Forester and I would also like
[44:31] to congratulate Lauren on maybe uh
retiring soon
[44:39] um
and then the last thing I'd like to do
[44:43] is thank the Public Works folks for
going out we were concerned during the
[44:47] Festival of Lights regarding the Spruce
Street because there was a part where
[44:51] people could drop off and trip and I
noticed
[44:56] um we mentioned it the night of our
meeting and I checked on it and it was
[45:02] fixed so I was really happy to see that
and then also the Festival of Lights was
[45:07] wonderful I had the chance to ride in it
and it it was a great great parade
[45:15] thank you thank you yeah uh Council and
Carl
[45:19] too many things tonight my goodness what
a uh first of all I'm very pleased that
[45:25] we have Adam Collins coming on who's our
one of our paramedic firefighters I've
[45:30] had the opportunity to work with him
over the last six months and have
[45:33] thoroughly enjoyed his his skills and
his personality and all that kind of
[45:38] thing
um
[45:40] thank you
Monty Square
[45:43] RV park it's an issue that is not just
unique to to Montesano it's an issue
[45:50] that's happening all over our world
[45:54] it's one that's going to take some
troubleshooting and some some thought
[45:58] and but it's it is solvable and
confident that
[46:03] Lauren I have thoroughly enjoyed having
you as a friend and working with you
[46:08] here at the city I think it's you've
added a tremendous amount of value to
[46:13] our community
[46:16] Mr Bull
congratulations welcome to Monticello
[46:20] thank you
um
[46:23] our comments earlier about the usage of
the city of forest again we have a
[46:30] tremendous
[46:34] it's a gem that we have that is well
worth pursuing whatever we need to do
[46:40] you know I'm very happy with the outdoor
recreational opportunities at the other
[46:45] city
I'm looking forward to the future things
[46:49] that we can make happening that are
consistent with the forest use
[46:55] um
festival lights I didn't make a note on
[46:58] that but what an opportunity we had
again it was great great thing the fire
[47:03] department said
chatter feed was fabulous we had well
[47:09] over 250 people who enjoyed the chowder
and it was a great great event
[47:16] thank you thank you
I had to risk of sounding like an echo
[47:21] but some of these things need to be said
Lauren I agree we're very fortunate to
[47:26] have you as our Forester all these years
wish you all the best in retirement
[47:31] I've really enjoyed learning from you
about how our City forest functions
[47:35] beyond what I was already aware of
there's
[47:39] you took the time to teach us on the
committee and I appreciate that
[47:43] John welcome I think you're gonna find
we have something pretty special up
[47:47] there I think you probably already know
that
[47:49] glad to have you on board I think it's
great to add Adam Collins to our fire
[47:54] department you know it's up to Bringing
you've seen these kids grow up you know
[48:00] you know what he was but you see these
these young people every now and to see
[48:05] them pursue these type of things and be
able to bring that back to our city is
[48:08] pretty special
[48:11] we really do appreciate everybody came
to speak with us tonight when people
[48:15] have concerns or ideas it's it's nice to
hear from you directly so thank you for
[48:19] for coming to see us tonight
[48:26] well I know well right now okay uh
Lauren you're gonna get the the Spiel
[48:32] from around the room today but uh you
know well deserved I know there's times
[48:37] where
when budget would come around and you'd
[48:39] say I don't really want to give up any
more money to this fund or that fund but
[48:43] you always did and graciously did it
um
[48:47] coming up with the the percentage out of
the general fund to make Forest
[48:51] purchases a massive benefit to the city
that will probably never be embedded to
[48:57] anybody else but thank you for doing
that with us
[49:00] um I mean I could go on and on of all
the accomplishments and just being a
[49:05] true true leader true personal character
all the time no matter no wavering so I
[49:12] really appreciate that
um
[49:15] John welcome
to Bulldog country
[49:18] let's play away from those those WF West
people like you know we'll we'll keep
[49:24] you here in Montesano uh
going down my list of other things
[49:29] Festival of Lights I was not in town
however I did see pictures and FaceTime
[49:33] during it
um and so I did know that the fire
[49:36] department did a bang-up job on the on
the engine is again
[49:41] um
and as always it was
[49:45] no issues no incidents and that's kudos
to Chief ants his guys
[49:51] we're very fortunate
welcome to Adam and I will leave you
[49:55] with uh Merry Christmas thank you
councilman uh yeah Lauren I've met you
[50:01] through Louisiana Grace Harbor I was the
first uh interaction I had with you it's
[50:06] a long time ago
um and uh
[50:09] had a chance to work with you now as a
Forester I've been on the forestry
[50:13] committee uh all the time I've been on
the council and you've been there all
[50:16] the while teaching and uh you're a great
teacher you're a great Steward and a uh
[50:22] just a a great leader and advocate for
that asset that we have up there and you
[50:29] share it very well with those that would
seek to use it for recreation we've
[50:34] always managed to find a happy medium
for both a forest that provides through
[50:41] a Timber Harvest and also for people
that get out and get fresh air in their
[50:45] lungs and get some exercise and I've
always appreciated that and really
[50:50] enjoyed working with you and wish you a
very happy retirement you deserve it uh
[50:55] John welcome I look forward to working
with you
[50:58] I really appreciate the uh the
conversation that we had here today
[51:03] um the the back and forth that we heard
on two differing opinions the Civil uh
[51:09] it's not something that you see all the
time and uh that we are political uh and
[51:16] in the political realm uh it makes me
very glad that I chose to come back and
[51:20] be on the council again uh
I really enjoy this Council I think it's
[51:25] one of the best ones that we've had deal
with things face to face with each other
[51:28] not sniping at each other from the uh
from behind so I really look forward to
[51:34] the to the next year and we've got some
as we heard some very uh heady
[51:39] discussions uh coming our way there's
nothing more personal than where a
[51:42] person hangs their hat at night and
that's a discussion that we're going to
[51:47] have to have and one I look forward to
hearing all the opinions on
[51:52] um Festival of Lights was it was great
to see uh I think we had three bands for
[51:57] it a lot of cheer squats going through
there uh but it was it was uh it was it
[52:02] was great uh and it's kind of most of
the coming back uh for for Montesano
[52:08] after uh two and a half years of uh
of going through the restrictions
[52:13] um we look forward to working with Adam
Collins in the fire department it's
[52:16] great to be back in this room it's what
two and a half years that we've since
[52:20] we've uh since we've been in here it's a
little cramped on that side I know
[52:25] but uh but yeah it's it's it's been
great working with all of you I think uh
[52:30] the you know we kind of put the
finishing touches on the on the year
[52:33] today and uh really appreciate uh
everyone that on the council all the
[52:38] city staff and all the positive steps
that we took in 22 and look forward to
[52:43] 23. uh money eats soccer two more
championships
[52:46] there's a reason that we've got uh
banners hanging up in uh Beau Griffith's
[52:50] gymnast because of the the job that
those youth coaches do so uh
[52:53] congratulations to them that'll be my
final sports report of the year and so I
[52:56] wish everyone a very happy holiday happy
New Year and we'll see you next year
[52:59] thank you councilwoman Jester um I I
will take the time to repeat all the
[53:05] wonderful things my fellow councilman
said congratulations welcome
[53:10] for coming how was that
the only different thing I would add is
[53:15] that the community center
had several events during the Festival
[53:21] of Lights and we made it I think it was
channel five did came in we had the we
[53:29] people in town have been asked to donate
some services to service clubs and we
[53:34] had the Oakley Carlson
folks doing a fundraiser in there and we
[53:39] had singers as well anyway the place was
packed and channel five we did a little
[53:45] thing because it was about Oakley
Carlson that featured the community
[53:48] center
[53:51] and we had a pancake breakfast tons of
yeah it just amazing numbers of people
[53:57] came out this year so so that was great
pancake breakfast and then we did a sort
[54:02] of a bake sale and made 450 of the bake
sale
[54:08] um so a good time
okay
[54:14] uh first of all I'd like to welcome Adam
and John
[54:18] um
not only I know we're looking forward to
[54:21] working with you I'm looking forward to
creating a friendship
[54:26] yes
um
[54:28] so welcome
I'm gonna single out two people Lauren
[54:31] of course uh Jace
what can I say
[54:36] uh everything's been said here tonight
so I'd like to say uh congratulations
[54:41] and retirement it's time to do the
things you like to do all the time if
[54:48] you can do it I guess
and Brett geez my uh my aunt is nowhere
[54:53] Calhoun and you came to her house you
kind of came to her rescue and I don't
[54:58] know if you remember but she you helped
her transition to retirement from her
[55:01] you see his husband it was He restored
the faith it was she was very thankful
[55:06] so you helped out a lot thanks uh
[55:11] thirdly I'd like to just
um
[55:14] compliment everyone really every all the
whole staff and everyone I don't if I
[55:18] could single out but I mean it's time
for thanks and we've we do good here
[55:23] because all the hard work everybody does
[Music]
[55:27] and then finally happy holidays cheers
that's it
[55:31] all right I have a long let's start this
um number one Adam Collins I actually
[55:36] served on the council back in the day
with Albert Collins so it's good to have
[55:40] full circle uh coming back here again
Adam's missing I am not that old
[55:46] that is unkind
I'm aged in a in a good way thank you
[55:53] um and so number two is a super kudos to
the chief on Festival of Lights he was
[56:00] sick as dog and uh despite my repeated
orders to stay inside inside the vehicle
[56:07] he did not listen and uh was all over
the town uh in the cold uh coffin and
[56:15] hacking up a lung but did the job so uh
thank you
[56:22] uh glad you're healthy today and so
number three is the gentleman uh from
[56:29] Monty Square so this is a this is a big
challenge for the city
[56:34] um and the reason it's a big challenge
is because uh all the promises that were
[56:39] made all the well before you all the
statements and all the
[56:45] infrastructure
planning everything was that it was
[56:50] going to be 30 days and then it was
pushed to 180 days without changing of
[56:56] the infrastructure of any significance
and the ask has good intent has good
[57:01] reasoning
the issues that you've raised are
[57:06] heartstring issues but this is this is
going to be
[57:11] um threading the needle this is hard
because one of the things that cities
[57:17] have administrations have a difficult
[57:22] process is that we we don't like it and
this is not on you because it was right
[57:30] before you we don't like asks of
forgiveness and and that is what happens
[57:37] when things are not built to code for
the purpose that is it's going to be
[57:44] used for and so that's the difficulty
um I but I don't want you to think that
[57:49] we don't hear we have labored at least
from a
[57:53] from an Administration perspective with
department head we've talked through
[57:58] this so many times because creating
problems is not what the city is
[58:03] supposed to do we're supposed to solve
problems so hopefully we'll make steps
[58:10] forward
and to figure out how to balance uh
[58:13] everybody's interests but but it isn't
but
[58:19] I I am as as everyone here knows a
pretty much a rule follower and uh and
[58:25] so that is kind of the challenge for all
of us
[58:28] so
the next part is welcome John I'm sure
[58:33] you're going to hear that plenty of
times so happy to have you aboard uh
[58:38] next is Council and my department heads
um this is the I I better not say that
[58:45] so I would say you guys are a great
counsel to work with thank you for
[58:48] always picking up the phone thank you
for working the extra mile on what I
[58:53] need things done it is so appreciated uh
there is so much work to do and
[58:58] obviously
you don't have you could show up here
[59:03] and
I just sleep but whenever I have asked
[59:06] you guys to do anything you have done so
and I am very grateful as I am for the
[59:11] department heads
um they I mean
[59:15] they get given every weird job on the
planet and so far they have never failed
[59:20] to rise to the occasion so I'm gonna
work with Lauren this is one of many
[59:25] little mini speeches I get to give about
Lauren and I Echo everything that
[59:31] everyone has already said
I will miss you in management meeting
[59:35] more than you know you are funny calm
you aren't as dramatic as three out of
[59:43] my four people
um
[59:47] know and uh you are the straight man to
the to everyone else and uh but you
[59:53] surely know when to to insert the quip
um and so I have I have appreciated your
[59:59] wisdom
um and um and everything else about you
[1:00:04] and and what I will say is uh you took a
mayor who appreciated the forest and uh
[1:00:11] thought
um the essentialness I knew that but you
[1:00:15] turned her into a tree farmer so I am
super grateful for that life experience
[1:00:21] that you have given me and I will always
consider myself a tree farmer as I move
[1:00:27] on in my life so thank you and with that
I would move for I would wait for a
[1:00:34] minute
there's a motion a second to adjourn any
[1:00:38] opposed hearing none all those in favor
[1:00:47] yeah please eat some treats please thank
you all for your time
[1:00:52] happy holidays
[1:01:01] [Music]
[1:01:11] thank you
[1:01:19] man