The meeting for the city of Woodburn council began at 7:00 p.m. on January 7, 2019 with the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Kelsey, Clerk-Treasurer Cummins, Superintendent Walls, Officer Yates, as well as Councilmen Watts, Voirol, Gerig, Renner, and Martin were in attendance.
Police Report:
Officer Yates mentioned that next week the police department will be adding an additional frequency to their radios in order to talk to fire workers without going through dispatch.
Superintendent’s Report:
Nothing to report.
Mayor’s Report: The mayor is going to have maintenance performed at the plaza in the near future. He also scheduled several treatments throughout the year for weed control. There are trees to still be downed on Center Street and the mayor is looking into replacement trees to be planted along Center and Carl in the Spring.
Clerk-Treasurer’s Report:
The meeting minutes were presented from the December 17th meeting. After discussion, Councilman Gerig moved to accept the minutes from the meeting on December 17th as presented, second by Councilman Martin, all in favor. The meeting minutes were presented from the December 28th meeting. After discussion, Councilman Renner moved to accept the minutes from the meeting on December 28th as corrected, second by Councilman Gerig, all in favor. Warrants were presented. After inspection, Councilman Watts moved to pay the warrants as presented, second by Councilman Voirol, all in favor. The clerk-treasurer handed out potential amendments to the current Employee Benefits Policy, numbered 05-02-2018, to be replaced with Employee Benefits Policy number 05-03-2019. After inspection, Councilman Watts moved to accept changes as corrected, second by Councilman Renner, all in favor. Ordinance 19-1369 (Amend Appointed Salaries) was presented to Council. After discussion, Councilman Watts moved to read Ord. 19-1369 by title only, second by Councilman Voirol, all in favor. Councilman Watts moved to accept the first reading of Ord. 19-1369, second by Councilman Voirol, all in favor. Councilman Watts moved to suspend the rules and omit any additional readings of Ord. 19-1369, and adopt as presented, second by Councilman Voirol, all in favor. Ordinance 19-1369 is ratified as presented. Ordinance 19-1370 (Authority to Invest) was presented to Council. After discussion, Councilman Watts moved to read Ord. 19-1370 by title only, second by Councilman Voirol, all in favor. Councilman Voirol moved to accept the first reading of Ord. 19-1370, second by Councilman Renner, all in favor. Councilman Watts moved to suspend the rules and omit any additional readings of Ord. 19-1370, and adopt as presented, second by Councilman Renner, all in favor. Ordinance 19-1370 is ratified as presented.
Councilmen’s Report:
Councilman Martin mentioned that there is a chipped area at the plaza. The Mayor will investigate into options as he is currently looking into general maintenance there anyways. Councilman Gerig mentioned that there is a tree across from the liquor store lot that has debris falling from storms going through. The Mayor would like to get a list of needed trees to down sometime this year. Councilman Watts read a request on behalf of a resident given that he had submitted a letter for a sewer credit as he knew that he would not be able to attend tonight’s meeting. He had an issue with his water softener and knew that the extra water did not go down the drain. After discussion, Councilman Renner moved to provide a sewer discount for the affected month, based on the average usage, second by Councilman Gerig, all in favor.
Audience:
A resident came to the meeting in order to discuss a question she had regarding the laundry service that is located within the limits and what it would take to make sure that it would remain available to the community. It was determined that while the city would like to see a business such as the laundry mat remain, it is not anything that the city would be able to directly manage or purchase at this time.
Councilman Watts moved to adjourn the meeting, second by Councilman Voirol, all in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
