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Council approves two professional-services contracts and reaffirms onboarding plan
Summary
Council approved an amendment with Western Pacific Engineering & Surveying for testing services and a short-term contract for outgoing staff member Katie Kavau to provide onboarding support; both motions passed with one recorded opposing vote and legal review or start-date adjustments noted.
The Ephrata City Council approved two separate professional-services actions during the meeting.
The council approved R26-019, an amendment to include testing services with Western Pacific Engineering & Surveying (WPS) for the sports-complex pavement project, subject to final revision or approval by the city attorney to remove vendor boilerplate language. Staff explained WPS would provide soil, compaction and materials testing; the council moved and the motion passed with one member recording opposition (exact vote tally not specified).
Council also approved R26-020: a short-term professional-services agreement with departing staff member Katie Kavau to provide remote onboarding support to new hire Rob Miller through July 31. Staff noted the contract start date will be adjusted (Katie remains on payroll through a transition period) and said the cost should be roughly equivalent to Katie’s hourly rate for eight hours per week; preliminary review by finance indicated the addition would be "a wash." The motion passed (one member opposed; exact tally not specified).
Other formal actions recorded during the meeting included approval of the consent agenda and a motion to excuse councilmember James Matthysse, which passed with one opposed member recorded. Where the record shows opposition, the transcript does not provide an exact yes/no tally or explicit names of those who voted against the motions.
