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Votes at a glance: Connell council approves contracts, fee changes and grant scope
Summary
At the meeting the council approved the consent calendar, a city-attorney rate update, a lease amendment for Clark Park, updates to the master fee schedule, a collections contract with Valley Empire, bank signature-authority updates, ordinance 1052 updating the depository name, a resolution to surplus vehicles, and authorization to accept a state grant scope for the comprehensive plan; vote counts are not specified in the transcript for many items.
During the meeting the Connell City Council recorded the following formal actions (as described in the meeting record):
- Consent calendar: Approved (no discussion recorded). - Amended agenda: Approved, adding item 18 (wastewater lagoon task order). - City-attorney professional services agreement: Approved; hourly rate increased from $200 to $250 (staff and SAS recommended approval). - Lease amendment (310 East Clark Street / Clark Park): Approved to update the contracting business name and keep the city’s use in place. - Master fee schedule (community center rental fees): Approved to remove private rental fees while retaining provisions for nonprofit/community events and limited charges; one council member recorded a Nay during the vote. - Collections contract: Approved contracting with Valley Empire Collection Services to replace the previous vendor (company was acquired and agreed to honor terms with suggested edits recommended by the city attorney). - Water and sewer rates: Council adopted the staff-recommended Option 1 to retain automatic CPI-linked annual water-rate adjustments under the existing resolution; sewer changes were treated separately. - Bank signature-authority update: Approved adding Mayor Shelley Harper and Mayor Pro Tem Terry Serna as signers and removing the previous mayor and city administrator from accounts. - Ordinance 1052 (depository name update): Approved to change the municipal depository name to Capital Credit Union in city code. - Resolution 2026-02 (surplus city vehicles): Approved; listed vehicles and equipment to be declared surplus and sold at auction per state law. - Washington State Department of Commerce interagency agreement (comprehensive-plan grant scope): Approved; council authorized the mayor to proceed with finalizing grant contract language.
Where the transcript records a formal motion and the chair’s call for votes, the minutes note the item as passed; explicit roll-call tallies are not provided in most cases in the supplied transcript.
