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Votes at a glance: Forks council approves minutes, expenditures, personnel change, contracts and MOU
Summary
The City of Forks voted to approve minutes for July meetings, payroll and claims, a job-title and pay-scale change, a light-pole replacement contract award, lease modifications with Riverside Forest Products USA, and authorized an MOU with the North Olympic Peninsula Recompete Coalition.
At its Aug. 11 regular meeting the City of Forks City Council recorded the following formal outcomes:
- Approved the agenda as modified (motion: Gingell; second: Soha).
- Approved minutes of the Special Meeting held July 21, 2025 (motion: Gingell; second: Soha). The transcript records the motion carried 4-0 with Council Member Wood abstaining and Council Member Patel absent.
- Approved minutes of the Regular Meeting held July 28, 2025 (motion: Wood; second: Coleman); motion carried (tally not specified).
- Approved payroll checks 44702–44719 totaling $151,834.70 and claim checks 44720–44736 and EFTs totaling $37,298.74 (motion: Wood; second: Gingell); motion carried.
- Approved a job title change from Community Service Lead/General Laborer to Utilities Worker/Community Service Lead and an increase in that position's salary range (motion: Gingell; second: Wood); motion carried.
- Awarded the downtown light pole replacement project to Elite Electrical Contracting and authorized the Mayor and staff to execute a contract (motion: Soha; second: Wood); motion carried. Contract dollar amount not specified in the meeting minutes.
- Approved changes to the proposed Riverside Forest Products USA lease and authorized an increase of up to 8% for the referenced addition with interest at 5% per annum (motion: Soha; second: Gingell); motion carried. Attorney/Planner Fleck informed council Riverside disputes a published $28/hour starting-wage figure and stated the average wage at the new mill would be $32/hour.
- Authorized the Mayor and staff to execute the North Olympic Peninsula Recompete Coalition (NOPRC) memorandum of understanding (motion: Soha; second: Gingell); motion carried.
- Recessed for an executive session from 8:25 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. to consider current or potential litigation and adjourned at 8:45 p.m. with no action reported after reconvene (motion to adjourn: Soha; second: Gingell).
Where the transcript records specific tallies or dollar amounts those are noted; many motions are recorded simply as "motion carried" without a roll-call tally in the minutes.
