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Votes at a glance: Moses Lake City Council actions and approvals, April 22, 2025
Summary
Council approved the agenda, consent agenda (with separate approval for check-signing authority), ratified a three-year AFSCME collective-bargaining agreement and processed a separate signature-authority resolution.
The Moses Lake City Council recorded the following formal actions during its April 22, 2025 meeting.
Votes and formal actions
- Agenda approval: Council heard a motion to approve the meeting agenda and adopted it by voice vote. (Mover and second not specified on the record.)
- Consent agenda: The council approved the consent agenda (with item E pulled for separate discussion). Motion from Council Member Deanna Martinez; second by Council Member Don Myers. Vote: voice vote; motion passed.
- Check-signing authority (Consent item E, later considered separately): Council Member Mark Lombardi moved to approve the check-signing-authority resolution (listed as Resolution 4008 in the meeting materials). The motion was seconded on the record and the council approved the resolution by voice vote. The action authorized named city officials as signers on the city’s accounts and was explained by city finance staff as a bank authorization following personnel changes.
- AFSCME collective-bargaining agreement (CBA): Council authorized the city manager to execute a three-year agreement with AFSCME, covering the expired contract period that ended Dec. 31, 2024. Summary terms provided at the meeting included a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 and CPI-linked minimum/maximum language for later years (minimum 2%, maximum 4%). Motion to accept the AFSCME contract was approved by voice vote.
- Lakeside Disposal contract: City staff recommended allowing the current contract with Lakeside (Waste Management DBA Lakeside) to continue under the automatic five-year renewal provision while staff plan a future competitive procurement. Council discussion expressed general support for the extension and for issuing an RFP during the next contract term; the meeting record shows council consensus but not a separate, roll-call motion beyond the consent/administrative process.
Other procedural notes
- Council scheduled a 20-minute executive session at the end of the meeting; no public action followed the executive session at adjournment.
Documentation
Meeting packet items referenced: resolution for check-signing authority (Resolution 4008), AFSCME draft CBA and summary of compensation effects, Lakeside/Waste Management contract materials (originally executed 02/2019). All motions and approvals were recorded in the meeting minutes by voice vote as noted above.
