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Votes at a glance: Leavenworth City Council, March 25, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken at the March 25 City Council meeting, including contract awards, supplemental agreements and authorizations. All listed motions below passed or were postponed as noted; vote counts reflect councilmembers present.
The Leavenworth City Council took the following formal actions on March 25. Unless noted otherwise, each motion passed unanimously by the councilmembers present (Sharon Waters, Clint Strand, Anne Hesper, Zeke Reister and Shane Thayer). Two councilmembers were excused (McMaster and Bedard).
Votes at a glance
- Motion to excuse Councilmembers McMaster and Bedard from the meeting: moved by Shane Thayer, seconded by Zeke Reister; outcome: approved (5'0yes, 0'no, 0'abstain).
- Resolution 7-2025: Acceptance of Wastewater Collection and Treatment Facility Improvements Project Phase 3 (formal acceptance of work completed in 2024): outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes). Staff said the motion was required by USDA/loan conditions.
- Resolution: Transfer of control of Ziply Fiber NW LLC to BCE Holding Corporation (franchise transfer for telecom franchise): outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes).
- Resolution 10-2025 (impacts to our local community with Forest Service staffing/funding): initial motion discussed; council later moved to postpone consideration of the related immigrant/workforce resolution pending revisions and additional community input; outcome: motion to postpone passed unanimously (5'0yes) and sponsors were asked to return a revised draft.
- Water Transmission Main Replacement (award of construction contract): council approved award and authorized the mayor to sign a contract with H Dot Incorporated (lowest responsive bidder) for $5,380,136.34 (including Washington sales tax); mover and second recorded in roll; outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes).
- Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to Pacific Security for parking enforcement: council approved a supplemental agreement for $35,800, bringing the contract not-to-exceed total to $101,939.24; outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes).
- Task Authorization No. 3 under RH2 on-call engineering: council authorized RH2 Engineering for KOA lift-station and sewer improvements (KOA lift station improvements) with a not-to-exceed $73,800 for design and scope preparation; outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes).
- Memorandum of Understanding between the City and Teamsters Local 760 (clarifying that two year-round, part-time positions were not intended to be covered by the collective bargaining agreement and resolving a claims dispute): outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes).
- Change order No. 5 to Front Street restrooms and stairway expansion (combined change items totaling $68,487.12, including tax): outcome: approved unanimously (5'0yes).
- Additional routine consent-agenda motions and parking and facilities actions were approved by roll call as noted in the meeting minutes; no recorded no-votes were reported for the primary items above.
If the council requests further detail or copies of the signed contracts or resolution text, those documents are part of the city's official records and can be requested through the city clerk.
