YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
April 7, 2020
City Hall -- Council Chambers
5:00 p.m. Executive Session; 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting -- this meeting is live streamed at www.yakimawa.gov and telecast live on Spectrum Cable Channel 194


EXECUTIVE SESSION
1.Executive Session regarding collective bargaining and consideration of the minimum price at which real estate will be offered for sale or lease
1.Roll Call
2.Pledge of Allegiance
3.Interpreter Services
4.Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A.Proclamations
i.Arbor Day proclamation
ii.National Tele Communicators Week proclamation
5.Council Reports
A.Consideration of proclamation extending the Mayor’s order declaring emergency and resolution approving the Mayor’s extension
6.Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion. A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A.Council Rules of Procedure amendment
B.Approval of minutes from the March 17, 2020 City Council regular meeting and March 13, 2020 City Council special meeting
C.Resolution authorizing a Construction Services Agreement with JUB Engineering, Inc., for Construction Services to rehabilitate the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field Runway 9/27 High Intensity Runway Lighting system and asphalt maintenance
D.Resolution extending the date of the temporary emergency cold weather shelters to accommodate temporary homeless shelters during stay home orders issued by the Yakima Health District and the Governor
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.Public hearing and ordinance to consider the Hearing Examiner's recommendation regarding a right-of-way petition submitted by Yakima Housing Authority to vacate a portion of an alleyway that extends west of N 6th Ave, south of Fruitvale Blvd
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
8.Ordinance amending the 2020 Budget for the City of Yakima; and making appropriations from Unappropriated Fund Balances within various Funds for expenditure during 2020 for various purposes including 2019 encumbrances (First Reading)
9.Discussion concerning offering a permanent employment contract to Interim City Manager Alex Meyerhoff
10.Other Business
11.Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council regular meeting on April 21, 2020, 5:30 p.m. at City Hall
12.Council General Information
A.
Council General Information
B.Top 10 Safe Routes To School Projects
C.Yakima Housing Authority Veteran’s project at Armory
D.2021 Budget Timeline
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