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City Council Special Meeting /Utility Advisory Committee
Jack Pittis Conference Room
Port Angeles, WA 98362
October 11, 2011
3:00 p.m.
L Call To Order
Chairman Dan Di Guilio called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
II. Roll Call
UAC Assigned
Councilmembers Present: Dan Di Guilio, Cherie Kidd, Brooke Nelson
Other Councilmembers
Present: Patrick Downie (3:05)
Other Councilmembers
Absent: Don Perry, Brad Collins, Max Mania
Utility Advisory
Committee Members
Present:
Utility Advisory
Committee Members
Absent:
Staff Present:
Others Present:
Dean Reed
Paul Elliott
Kent Myers, Glenn Cutler, Mike Puntenney, Bill Bloor, Larry
Dunbar, Randy Brackett, Yvonne Ziomkowski, Phil Lusk, Terri
Partch, Sondya Wray, Dennis McBride, James Burke, Rick
Hostetler, Kathryn Neal.
Jack Warburton & Dave Bergdolt — Brown & Caldwell
Mark Donning — Peninsula College Intern
Marilyn Harbaugh — Port Angeles Citizen
Tom Callis — Peninsula Daily News (3:25)
III. Approval Of Minutes
Chairman Dan Di Guilio asked if there were any corrections to the minutes of September 13,
2011. Committee Member Cherie Kidd moved to approve the minutes. Dean Reed seconded the
motion, which carried unanimously.
Chairman Dan Di Guilio asked if there were any corrections to the minutes of September 15,
2011. Committee Member Dean Reed moved to approve the minutes. Cherie Kidd seconded the
motion, which carried unanimously.
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IV. Late Items;
None.
V Discussion Itetns:
A. 2011 On -Call Landfill Cell Stabilization Professional Services Agreement
Glenn Cutler, Director of Public Works & Utilities introduced Jack Warburton, Dave Bergdolt,
and Mark Donning from Brown & Caldwell; Glenn then introduced James Burke, Civil
Engineer, who gave a PowerPoint presentation on the phased approach with Herrera on the cell
stabilization for the City's Landfill. A discussion followed.
Dean Reed moved to recommend City Council approve the line item for the landfill cell
stabilization study in the Solid Waste Utility fund as part of the 2011 proposed budget
amendment in the amount of $100,000, and approve and authorize the City Manager to
sign the Professional Services Agreement with Herrera Environmental Consultants in an
amount not to exceed $98,700, and to make minor modifications to the agreement, if
necessary. Brooke Nelson seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
B. 2011 On -Call Wastewater Utility Engineering Professional Services
Agreement
Glenn Cutler, Director of Public Works & Utilities gave a short summary of the current
information on the 2011 On -Call Wastewater Utility Engineering Professional Services
Agreement. Kathryn Deal, Engineering Manager, summarized the memo and a short PowerPoint
presentation followed.
Brooke Nelson moved to recommend City Council approve and authorize the City
Manager to sign the on -call professional services agreement with Brown and Caldwell, Inc.,
with two initial project tasks, in an amount not to exceed $155,000, and to make minor
modifications to the agreement, if necessary. Cherie Kidd seconded the motion, which
carried unanimously.
C. Houston- Galveston Area Council Purchasing Cooperative Interlocal
Agreement
Glenn Cutler, Director of Public Works & Utilities introduced Dennis McBride, Fleet Manager,
who discussed the benefits of having a Houston - Galveston membership for purchasing
cooperatives. A brief discussion followed.
Dean Reed moved to recommend City Council approve and authorize City Manager to sign
an interlocal agreement with the Houston- Galveston Area Council purchasing cooperative.
Cherie Kidd seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
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D. Utility Rate and Fee Adjustment Recommendations
Larry Dunbar, Deputy Director of Power Systems, gave a PowerPoint presentation on water,
wastewater, electric, storm water, solid waste collection, and solid waste transfer station utility
rate and fee adjustment recommendations, including comments received at the October 4, 2011
public hearing. A lengthy discussion followed.
Brooke Nelson moved to recommend City Council to continue the public hearing, close the
public hearing, reject the solid waste collection recycling unbundling option, select the
electric rate option 1 to apply all of the increase to the basic charge, then adopt the
proposed rate and fee adjustments ordinance amendments. Cherie Kidd seconded the
motion, which carried unanimously.
VI Information Only Items:
A. Clallamn County Public Utility District No. I Telecommunications Right of
Way License Expiration
Information only. No action taken.
B. Advance Metering Infrastructure System Update (Verbal report only)
Information only. No action taken.
C. Wireless Mobile Data System Update (Verbal report only)
Information only. No action taken.
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Next Meeting Dates: November S, 2011
IX. Adjournrnent:
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Dan Di Guilio, Mayor
5:45 p.m.
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Hurd, City Clerk
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