[0:50] conference will now be recorded.
>> Good evening. Evening everybody. Welcome
[0:55] to this regular meeting of the city of
Vader City Council. It is February 18th,
[1:00] 2026 and the time is 6 p.m.
Roll call.
[1:04] » Mayor Shai
>> here.
[1:06] » John Hurt
>> here.
[1:09] » Jason Dailyaly.
>> Uh Jason asked to be excused.
[1:14] » Nicole Hansen
>> present.
[1:16] » Mike Parsons.
[1:20] That dudoo was him
dropping off.
[1:28] He was here.
Pause.
[1:33] Wait.
[2:03] Still waiting for Mike Parsons to rejoin
the meeting.
[2:11] » It's like the worst stress.
a fan
[2:41] clock.
[3:35] Still waiting for Mrs. Parson to rejoin
the meeting.
[3:48] How are you?
>> We're being recorded.
[3:54] » That's okay.
[4:17] for a quick second.
>> I want to
[4:19] » I want you to
build a meeting kind of
[4:24] » sort of better.
[4:52] Good suggestion.
[4:55] » Hey, I wasn't gonna
[4:59] put a time limit on this. If he doesn't
rejoin it in three minutes, then we
[5:03] don't have a point.
>> Yes, sir.
[5:06] I mean, you obviously tried and it seems
like, you know, maybe there's technical
[5:09] difficulties. So,
[5:23] » I ordered a case off
[5:29] and it's root there, too.
Uh,
[5:33] » can you repeat that, Mr. Parsons?
I'm here.
[5:42] » M. Parsons is present.
>> Uh,
[5:46] » please continue.
>> Michael Ferguson.
[5:48] » Uh, Mr. Ferguson um has resigned his
position as city council member. He has
[5:56] time constraints and he's no longer able
to perform his duties. He did send an
[6:00] official letter of resignation. you have
that vacancy open.
[6:07] We have a we have a forum for now.
Pledge of allegiance.
[6:14] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[6:18] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[6:23] justice for all.
>> Mayor's report. Uh wastewater treatment
[6:28] plant outfall and diffuser project. Uh
we have a preliminary funding package
[6:32] from Department of Ecology. Uh they're
offering us $848,000 in grant and a
[6:37] $592,000 loan. We are working with um a
couple different sources to try to um
[6:45] also get our the loan portion covered.
So working on that. Uh also for the
[6:51] wastewater treatment plant outfall and
diffuser project, uh engineering holes
[6:56] for testing were excavated today.
Correct, Dan?
[6:59] » Yes, sir. yesterday uh near Park Road
this week for that project. Um any
[7:04] roadblocks, Darren, to to that? Nope.
They dug holes and the holes were dug.
[7:10] Um progress is being made there. Uh
Mcmurphy Park cultural resources survey.
[7:16] Um the consultants were on site or they
were planning on being on site this week
[7:21] um to do some more testing that um RCO
had wanted. So that is on the being
[7:28] worked on and also as I um mentioned
earlier Mr. Ferguson um did resign his
[7:34] position as a council member and so the
procedure for that would be to
[7:40] eventually have a council will uh
appoint somebody in the future. We have
[7:46] 90 days so the future is not too long.
Um I want to thank Mr. Ferguson for his
[7:50] years of service. He is still planning
on volunteering in a variety of
[7:53] capacities in the city. Uh just not on
the council.
[7:58] Um council reports. Are there any
members of the council that have any
[8:01] reports tonight?
[8:07] Hearing none. Agenda approval. I do have
one um item to add onto the agenda as
[8:12] number four. Um regarding parks board
membership.
[8:17] Do I have a motion for agenda approval
with that addition?
[8:21] » Yes. to make a motion for agenda
approval for February 18th, 2026 with
[8:25] the amendment.
>> We have a motion by Miss Hansen to
[8:28] approve the agenda with the stated
addition. Do we have a second?
[8:33] » Second.
>> Seconded, Joe.
[8:35] » All right. Second, Mr. Parsons. Any
discussion?
[8:42] Hearing none. All those in favor of
agenda approval say I.
[8:45] » I.
>> I.
[8:48] » I.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries. Minutes
[8:52] approval.
>> I make a motion that we approve the
[8:55] minutes from the city council meeting on
February 4th, 2026. We have a motion,
[8:59] Miss Hansen, to approve the minutes for
February 4th. We have a second.
[9:04] » Second.
>> Second, Mr. Parsons. Any discussion?
[9:10] Hearing none. All those in favor say I.
>> I.
[9:16] » I.
Any opposed? Motion carries. Oh, I'm
[9:21] sorry. Did you say I thought I did, but
maybe not.
[9:24] » You meant to say.
>> I did mean to say I. You
[9:26] » made the motion. So, that would have
been very odd.
[9:29] » Uh, once you make the motion, isn't that
>> voucher approval?
[9:35] » Uh, I make a motion that we approve the
amended end of January 2026 vouchers for
[9:39] $42,140.64
[9:43] February at the same time. Yep. and the
end of February for 2026 at 11,610.72.
[9:49] » A motion from Miss Hansen to approve the
vouchers as stated. Is there a second?
[9:55] » Second.
>> Second, Mr.
[10:00] » I think Mr. Parsons is just a little
quick
[10:03] is is uh a little quicker on the
reception than Mr. Herd is
[10:08] » for January. What's your say? Um, any
other discussion regarding the vouchers?
[10:14] » Just a moment.
>> Just a moment.
[10:18] » I thought you said 42,000.
>> Oh, I said 52.
[10:22] » You said 42.
>> I did.
[10:24] » Sorry. You said 42.
>> Okay. So, I misspoke since it's recorded
[10:29] and apparently I said 42 instead of 52.
So, I need to restart.
[10:33] » Just rescend your motion and then
restate it.
[10:35] » I resend my motion because I can't read.
So, I apologize to everyone. I will make
[10:39] a motion that we approve the amended end
of January 2026 voucher for $52,14064
[10:49] and the end of February 2026 for
11,610.72.
[10:55] » Miss Hansen has made a follow-up motion
with the revised um voucher amounts. Is
[11:02] there a second?
[11:06] » I'll second it.
>> Second, Mr. heard. Any discussion?
[11:12] All those in favor say I.
>> I.
[11:17] » I.
>> I.
[11:19] » Any opposed? Motion carries. Special
reports. We don't have any tonight.
[11:23] Public comment regarding agenda items
only. Is there any are there any members
[11:27] of the public regard having comment on
agenda items?
[11:34] Okay. Uh moving on to city business.
Item number one. council to review the
[11:39] discover Lewis County brochure template.
Sansson, did you have
[11:44] » Yeah. So, we um added an about section
that I hope everyone has had a chance to
[11:49] read and all of the individual sections,
but mostly remain the same as they were
[11:54] the last time. We're basically asking
council to approve this language for the
[12:00] moment because it's going to be sent to
Discover Lewis County. They're going to
[12:05] create a brochure template for us to
look at so that we can actually review
[12:10] the final template and approve what do
we want to say like a visual copy of it.
[12:14] So we'll have a a second chance to look
at the language with pictures and
[12:18] brochure. So this is our request to
approve the language. Is there anything
[12:22] I missed from the city staff? No. Okay.
>> Yeah, we looked at this I know last week
[12:27] we were looking at this and it looks
very good.
[12:30] » Okay.
So, can I make a motion to approve it?
[12:34] Even though I've helped draft it, I
think that's appropriate.
[12:37] » We can make a motion or we can wait to
see
[12:39] » we can wait till see the final product
and have it then. As long as the rest of
[12:42] the council members are um are okay with
this, we can uh get it off to Discover
[12:47] Lewis County.
>> Yeah, I would love that. Send it to
[12:50] Discover Lewis County and then we'll
approve it when we see the visual. Does
[12:53] that work for everyone?
[12:58] » Uh Mr. Parsons, Mr. hurt. Um, were you
comfortable with the language so far and
[13:05] we can send this off for a draft
brochure?
[13:08] » Yeah.
>> Yep. Mr. Herd.
[13:12] » Yes.
>> All right. Excellent. We'll get it off
[13:14] to uh Discover those counties so they
can get us a draft for your review. All
[13:19] right. U moving to item number two. U
council to consider Southwest Lewis
[13:24] County Chamber of Commerce 2026
membership. The annual membership amount
[13:28] is $105. So, what we're looking for is a
motion to approve that membership. Um,
[13:32] the Southwest County Chamber of Commerce
has been doing a number of things for
[13:37] cities. We've been we've been a member
for a little while now. Um, one of the
[13:40] things they do on their website is
create promotional material for cities
[13:44] and for um um businesses within the
city. So, I would recommend um approving
[13:49] this $105 um expenditure for the year.
[13:56] I'll make a motion that we approve the
$105 expenditure for the chamber. We
[14:00] » have a motion of Mr. Parsons to approve
the expense. Do we have a second?
[14:04] » Second.
>> Second, Miss Hansen. Any discussion?
[14:10] » All those in favor say I.
>> I.
[14:12] » I.
>> I.
[14:15] » Any oppose? Motion carries. Thank you.
Uh, item number three, council to
[14:19] consider ordinance 02 20226 amending
city code to allow golf carts and WATVs.
[14:25] I do not have anything else to add on
this at this time. Um, I just didn't
[14:29] want it to get lost and I wanted to make
sure it was on the agenda. Um, do any
[14:32] council members have anything to add on
this at this time?
[14:37] » I'm just curious, did it change from the
last time we looked at this to the this
[14:41] time? I feel like there's a lot of
conversation around this that maybe
[14:44] needs to happen when everyone's in the
room.
[14:46] » Yeah, definitely. It would definitely be
added on at a later time. Okay.
[14:49] » Um I know we were looking for some
guidance from the attorney and uh we we
[14:54] don't have that yet.
>> Okay.
[14:55] » Um so
>> thank you for keeping it on the agenda.
[14:58] » I just didn't want it to get lost
because I know it's important.
[15:00] » Awesome.
>> Is that all you had to say tonight on
[15:03] it?
>> Anyone else? I just given everyone time
[15:07] to
>> since they're fair enough. Um any uh
[15:10] Mike or John, did either one of you have
any additions to um the discussion on
[15:15] the ATVs and golf carts at this time?
>> I think we just move it into the black
[15:20] hole,
>> Mr. Spend any more money on it.
[15:26] » Yeah, I think it's it's all good on my
part, Joe.
[15:30] » Okay. All right. Well, then we'll just
table this for now, then. Um Okay. Uh
[15:36] last item of city business. Uh the part
regarding parks board membership. Um I
[15:43] have a a prepared letter that I will
read. Um city council, I'm writing to
[15:48] formally recommend the removal of Jeremy
Men from the city parks board. Uh while
[15:53] I appreciate any sitting citizens
willingness to serve, a member's
[15:57] effectiveness is predicated on their
ability to collaborate with city staff
[16:01] and other board members. Jeremy Mowen
has been an outstanding volunteer and
[16:05] has done amazing things for this city
and the parks over her many years of
[16:08] service. I want to personally thank her
for that service and thank her for a
[16:12] willingness to continue volunteering
with the city in future endeavors.
[16:16] Um I need a a motion from the council um
to support my recommendation for
[16:23] removal.
[16:27] » I'll make a motion that we support that.
>> We have a motion by Mr. Parsons just
[16:31] support my recommendation for removal.
Do we have a second?
[16:35] » Second.
>> Second by Miss Hansen. Um, any other
[16:38] discussion on this?
[16:43] » All those in favor say I.
>> I.
[16:48] » I.
>> Any opposed? Motion carries. Um, so at
[16:53] this time there is a vacancy on the
parks board. Um so again um we will be
[16:58] accepting applications.
[17:02] That um is the end of our city business.
Is are there is there any other public
[17:06] comment tonight?
[17:11] » All right. Any elected official
comments?
[17:17] » Um yes come. You can stand here or one
of closer one of the mics. said your
[17:22] name and
>> my name is Sheringle and I would love to
[17:26] know what we can do about the
extraordinary amount of cat and dog
[17:32] feces all over city property uh private
property. It's horrible. I can't walk
[17:41] and walk my dogs on the streets without
having to step over animal
[17:48] experts. So, I know there I looked up
this code enforcement. You're supposed
[17:53] to pick it up.
That's part of the code. I have it. Um,
[17:59] so what can we do?
Adding either adding more bag stations.
[18:05] Um, I would love, you know, the little
park would be great if there's one there
[18:09] because that's where a lot of it is, but
it's all over. So, I would love I put a
[18:15] comment on our post on Facebook and I
got a lot of hate. love. So, um,
[18:21] » it's passionate discussion.
>> Apparently, it is. But, um, yeah, I
[18:26] mean, I'm willing I will put a bag
station at my house. I don't care. I'm
[18:30] right on main street. But,
>> so I first of all, thank you for
[18:35] bringing this to our attention because I
agree with you. I've noticed the same
[18:37] thing when I walk my dog. My question
for you though is, do you think it's
[18:40] really dog owners who are not picking up
after their dogs? Because so far, I
[18:45] haven't seen dog owners not picking up
after their dogs. I have seen dogs
[18:49] running around on their own
>> which then
[18:52] » caught a dog on a camera without a
leash.
[18:55] » Oh, okay. Interesting. So, in my part of
town, I see dogs periodically running
[18:59] around on their own doing their own
thing, which I think is the problem in
[19:01] my area and you're dealing with problem
in your area owner.
[19:05] » Yes. Yes. And I've seen them walking
their dogs and stopping and then they
[19:09] just keep walking after they've stopped
for three or four minutes. and I've got
[19:14] a bunch of poop um between my fence and
the sidewalk and I'm on a main drag of
[19:20] walking.
>> I know. On the agenda for parks court
[19:23] next week,
>> only about 500 ft apart.
[19:26] » Oh,
>> on the agenda for parks board next week,
[19:28] I know they're going to be discussing um
some possible
[19:35] solutions for at least the park
properties. I mean, it's absolutely
[19:38] horrendous on a street and we're going
to try and put a coffee shop and bring
[19:43] people downtown
and it's horrible. I walked the dogs the
[19:49] last couple weeks or a couple days when
it was sunny and never seen so much cat
[19:53] food on a beautifully done sidewalk.
>> When I was over doing the inspection at
[20:01] the shop last week, there was a lot of
feces on the sidewalk.
[20:04] » It's horrible.
>> All right. Well, I can't wait to put
[20:07] this on the agenda
>> for future council reference.
[20:13] » Thanks.
>> Okay.
[20:15] » Follow up. All right. Well, if there's
no other any other public comment,
[20:20] » I just want to thank the sheriff's
office. I woke up to a car racing down
[20:24] the highway the other day and I thought,
gosh, where's the sheriff when you need
[20:27] him? And the next thing I saw was
flashing lights through my windshield or
[20:30] through my windows in my bedroom. So, I
just want to say, thank you for your
[20:34] team for being there. It was amazing.
Right time, right place at the right
[20:37] time.
>> It was excellent.
[20:38] » Good work, guys.
>> Any other council member comments
[20:42] tonight?
[20:47] » Okay. Uh, this meeting's adjourned at
6:28.
[20:50] » Oh, Mr. Hurt.
>> I'm just going to let you know it's
[20:54] snowing up there in the squali.
[20:59] » Very good.
[21:03] » All right. Uh, safe drive everybody and
this meeting's adjourned at 6:28