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Electric City Council approves 2025 pay ordinance, utility rate resolutions and directs outside counsel on wastewater agreement
Summary
At its Nov. 12 meeting the Electric City Council adopted Ordinance 611-2024 on 2025 salaries, approved water and sewer rate resolutions for 2025, voted not to purchase a City Hall backup generator, and asked the WWTF Joint Board to seek outside counsel for a new interlocal agreement with Grand Coulee.
The Electric City Council met Nov. 12, 2024 at City Hall and approved a package of routine items and policy steps for 2025. Mayor Pro Tem Robbin Boyce presided; councilmembers voted unanimously on motions across the agenda.
Council adopted Ordinance 611-2024 setting salaries and wages for calendar year 2025, and passed Resolution 2024-17 and Resolution 2024-18 establishing water and sewer rates for 2025. The council also directed the Wastewater Treatment Facility Joint Board to seek outside counsel to draft a new interlocal agreement for wastewater treatment services between Grand Coulee and Electric City. The motion directing outside counsel was made by Mayor Pro Tem Robbin Boyce and seconded by Councilmember Don Redfield and carried unanimously.
Other decisions included approving vouchers numbered 16563–16593 totaling $115,983.39 and a motion to surplus the city's blue Chevy vehicle. Council discussed a maturing $500,000 Treasury bond that will reach maturity at the end of November; reinvestment options will be considered at the December meeting. Clerk Peggy Nevsimal announced a public hearing on the 2025 budget scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Nov. 27, 2024.
The council voted unanimously not to purchase a backup generator for City Hall after Public Works Director Travis Irwin presented an estimated cost of approximately $25,000–$30,000. The meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m.
