Tacoma City Council Meeting - Nov. 10th, 2009

This evening’s Tacoma City Council meeting was a minimalist affair with Fey, Manthou, and Talbert missing from the dais. The entire regular agenda was done in less than 20 minutes. At one point it was noted that there will most likely be two vacancies on the Council once this month’s election is certified. A proposed timeline for the appointment process was emailed to Council. Interested? Take a look at it here (Doc). Here are our notes or the rest of the meeting:

R E G U L A R A G E N D A

RESOLUTIONS
Resolution No. 37911 was moved to the meeting of November 24th. It authorizes the execution of an extension to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Tacoma Joint Labor Committee through December 31, 2012.

Purchase Resolution No. 37914 awards contracts to:

1. Pape & Sons Construction, Inc., in the amount of $90,000.00, plus sales tax, for a cumulative total of $1,214,510.13, budgeted from the Streets Special Revenue Fund, to increase the contract for the Thea Foss Waterway Esplanade
2. Ciba Corporation, part of the BASF Group, on its bid of $246,240.00 for dry polymer for biosolids dewatering for an initial two-year period, plus the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, for a projected contract amount of $615,600.00; and
3. Anthony Construction Company, Inc., on its bid of $3,843,561.78, including sales tax and a $150,000.00 Force Account, budgeted from the Wastewater 2006 Bond Construction Fund, for modifications to the existing dissolved air
   floatation thickeners located at Tacoma’s Central Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Resolution No. 37915 authorizes the execution of an amendment to the agreement with David Evans and Associates, Inc., in the amount of $31,710, for a cumulative total of $249,551, budgeted from the Public Works Tacoma Rail Mountain Division Capital Projects Fund, for design and construction support services to repair the Puyallup River Trestle.

FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 27844 amends Chapter 1.23 of the Municipal Code, relating to the Hearing Examiner, to add an area of jurisdiction which will allow any administrative hearing relating to the breach or termination of cable television franchises to be heard by the Hearing Examiner.

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 27847 amending Chapter 10.10 of the Municipal Code, relating to the contracting process, by amending Section 10.10.010 to align the retainage requirements on public improvements with state law, allow delegation of final acceptance of public improvements, provide flexibility to issue monthly progress payments throughout the month, and streamline the process for final contract payment calculation.

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND APPEALS
a. This is the date set for a public hearing by the City Council to set the proposed Ad Valorem tax levies. Confused the heck out of me and there were no comments from the public.

b. This is the date set for a public hearing by the City Council on the 2009-2010 biennial budget modifications and the 2010-2015 Capital Facilities Program. AOne person spoke during the public portion of the hearing. An interesting comment came from Councilmember Lonergan who noted that the City has reached a tentative agreement to sell the Bicentennial Pavilion. Hmmm… may need to find out more about that.

Any questions?