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0:00I ask you to please rise for the Pledge
0:01of
0:05Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the
0:08flag of the United States of America and
0:11to the Republic for which it stands one
0:13nation under God indivisible liy and
0:17justice for all thank you you may be
0:22seated so as mayor there's a lot of work
0:24that I have to do but there's some stuff
0:26that I really really enjoy and one of
0:28those is when we get citizens or high
0:30school students or other very important
0:33people come into our council chambers
0:35and we get to give them an award and
0:37this evening we have members of the
0:40Sunnyside High School wrestling team
0:42state champions and we get to recognize
0:45their
0:46accomplishments and I'm not a wrestler
0:49but I know a few and I know the amount
0:50of work that they have to put into it um
0:52when I was in high school I remember
0:54kids trying to lose weight kids trying
0:55to gain weight to meet their weight
0:56categories and all of that sort of stuff
0:58in addition to the practice that they
1:00had to do and then of course all of the
1:03wrestling matches that they had to
1:05participate in and so this is something
1:07that we're really proud of we want you
1:08to know that the city of Sunnyside is
1:10proud of you we're impressed with your
1:11work we're impressed with your effort
1:13and this is something that you can feel
1:15good about yourselves for um we give a a
1:18City Coin or the mayor's coin to
1:20individuals who have excelled who have
1:23gone above and beyond the Call of Duty
1:25who have pushed really hard and achieved
1:27great things and who we're basically
1:30proud of and we want you to know that
1:33and we want the community to know that
1:35we want the community to know about you
1:36so I'd like to ask you all to come up
1:38and I'm going to be presenting you with
1:40these mayor's
1:42coins and that one got away from me and
1:45apologize for that one excited too yes
1:47they are so they do they will come out
1:50of this so be a little bit careful but
1:51it's a two-sided coin one says city of
1:53sunyside established in 1902 and then
1:56it's got the uh um an impression of the
2:00first mayor of Sunnyside M mayor James
2:01hederson from September 1902 to January
2:041903 so he didn't serve for a long time
2:06but we've been giving these coins out
2:07for a long time with his face on it so
2:09there's more coins out there than the
2:10years that he served but we'd like to
2:11ask you all to come
2:22forward where do you want him
2:27mat and I'm going to be reading off a
2:29list on my paper so it's not necessarily
2:30going to be in the order that you're
2:32standing so go ahead and face and she
2:34wants to take pictures of you so make
2:35sure you're looking good for the
2:36pictures I know we've got coaches here
2:38as well coach you had a stand yes all
2:42right yeah so get in the
2:44picture cool somebody take a picture for
2:46the
2:48paper all the staff wants to get out of
2:50the
2:52way sitting up straight so I can be in
2:54the picture so I can photob bomb this
2:58one thr the peace sign
3:01Julia no do you mind if kind of do bunny
3:05ears we do bunny
3:09ears okay smiling
3:14guys oh sorry get over like you get
3:19closer there you
3:21go they won't wrestle you down I promise
3:23well they could great and embarrassing
3:26would be the fall all right so I'm just
3:28go down the list here and I'm going to
3:29say your name wrong uh Zaden
3:33Gonzalez did I say
3:36[Applause]
3:38right Sammy
3:42Valencia he's not here shoot valenia
3:46Jesse
3:48[Applause]
3:52Denson
3:56[Applause]
3:58chrisa
4:01Samuel
4:03[Applause]
4:07Gonzalez uh kale
4:13Campos and then we've got head coach
4:16bellio
4:18[Applause]
4:22Campos assistant coaches we've got Ralph
4:25Mendoza they're not all here okay
4:28Emanuel tahada
4:30[Applause]
4:34and then is that everybody who's present
4:36yes okay well I'm going to read the
4:37names out anyway we've got uh Jesse
4:39Torres Jesse baras and Austin vioa
4:42congratulations you guys that's awesome
4:45proud of you keep it
4:50up thank you guys thank you go Grizzlies
4:56woo for the ones that were here oh coach
5:00yes could you award these to your fellow
5:03coach and those who are
5:04absent
5:08yes oh you gave me extra ones okay so
5:12there's three there's three of them yeah
5:13thank you you guys right are we missing
5:15three or we four one
5:20[Music]
5:25wrestler yeah Joe was and he didn't get
5:28one Ed
5:31did I miss a couple come on down well
5:33come on down come on
5:35down are they here yes were they being
5:40shy no they were up here were up here
5:42but they weren't on the list they
5:44weren't on the list oh okay well then
5:46you get special special
5:49treatment
5:51[Applause]
5:58y
6:07conratulations
6:15they'll get they'll get you one okay
6:18we'll find you one
6:19here they'll get you
6:28one
6:31we had one more yeah it's a little
6:34different but it's still one no it's the
6:40same thank you guys congratulations
6:44[Applause]
6:48congratulations God all right
6:52those those parts of the meetings are
6:54always the most
6:56[Applause]
6:58fun
7:00well we'll let you guys go thank you for
7:01being here thank you for taking the time
7:03thanks guys take care nice to meet
7:08you all right next item on the agenda is
7:11public comments citizens are advised
7:13that they must limit their remarks to
7:14council to three minutes Council May
7:16refer items to staff to review and or
7:18research for presentation at a future
7:20council meeting did we have a signup
7:22sheet up or I just place it up there
7:24okay sign up so we don't have a sign up
7:27list that's ready to go today but do we
7:29have somebody who wish wishes to make
7:29public comment this
7:31evening you please come forward read uh
7:34state your name into the microphone and
7:35what city you reside in and then make
7:37your comments and if you want followup
7:39sign up on that sheet and we'll follow
7:40up with
7:42you hi my name is Laura Gonzalez I am a
7:45junior at sunyside high school and I'm
7:47also a member of Latino Culture Club I'm
7:50here to formally invite Council to our
7:52annual no Familia this event will be on
7:54March 21st at 5:30 p.m. at the sunyside
7:57high school it is a college and resource
7:59where the entire Community is invited um
8:02where they're welcome to attend to learn
8:03more about different College choices and
8:05opportunities that are available we'll
8:07be having Music Entertainment guest
8:08speakers free food as well as child care
8:11available therefore the entire family is
8:13encouraged to attend there is a student
8:15L event that we have been working hard
8:16towards all year and we hope you guys
8:18can attend I do have some flyers for you
8:20guys with all information Mr
8:24Martin thank you for your time thank you
8:26thank you for the invitation yes thank
8:29you we'll be
8:30there other individuals wanting to make
8:33public comment this
8:37evening all right seeing none we'll move
8:41on consent
8:44agenda consent agenda consists of the
8:46following
8:47minutes approve the minutes of the
8:49February 26 2024 regular meeting payroll
8:53vouchers approve payroll vouchers
8:55numbers 11
8:5719461 through 119 9465 and wire
9:00transfers as listed for
9:11$721,000 through 10 18678 and wire
9:14transfers as listed for
9:18$869,900 for the period ending on
9:20February 23 2024 approved claim voucher
9:23numbers 10
9:2518679 through 108 771 and wire transfers
9:29as listed for
9:301,241
9:3261348 for the period ending on March 1
9:362024 council members any item you wish
9:38to re remove from the claim I'm sorry
9:40the consent agenda for
9:43discussion Miss frosto I had a question
9:46regarding one of the invoices um can you
9:48can can you give us the invoice number
9:50yeah yeah and then we'll go we'll get
9:52everybody who wants to remove something
9:53first and then we'll let you discuss so
9:54give me the invoice number and then
9:55we'll move from there uh
9:582034 thank you and I saw another hand up
10:02Miss Ripley yes
10:062023 and
10:112032 and
10:162071 okay and did I see another hand
10:19up I have one um
10:242028 all right very
10:27good okay Miss frosto
10:30yes sorry I was was looking at the flyer
10:33um yeah I just wanted clarification on
10:36uh seems like did we use arpa maybe I'm
10:40misunderstanding this but it was a board
10:42up what exactly did we pay
10:46out for the 1500 I think it was
10:49Professional Services 1500 arpa 2024
10:52board up yes um so yes when whenever we
10:56have a um an issue issue with a house we
11:00had with this house in particular there
11:02was a fire um we would generally look
11:06for a local contractor to work with us
11:08to board up the house and this was his
11:11rate to board up the house he went he
11:13purchased the wood he had two people on
11:15site um this was this was what he
11:18charged us to for the day to to board up
11:20the home um to secure it because it was
11:23it was it was a loss and there were
11:25people breaking into it so we wanted it
11:27secured um so that that way nobody else
11:30will break into it okay understood and
11:33is there a reason so did we use arpa
11:35money for us or or why is there like
11:36arpa listed right next to yeah so this
11:38is part of our abatement fund so there
11:40was a a small pot of arpa money set
11:42aside for abatement and um this came out
11:45of that fund yes and then okay typically
11:48for these we were working with the um
11:52we're working the the house has a bunch
11:54of issues with it right now um so we're
11:56working with legal services on their end
11:58and I'm I believe we have um a $1,500
12:02we're working on getting a $1,500 lean
12:04on the house as well so and they and
12:06they're they're aware of it the people
12:07representing the property are also aware
12:09of that as well so okay we try we try to
12:12recoup our costs anytime we spend money
12:13on any sort of a batement action we try
12:16to recoup our costs and and either
12:19placing a lean on the property or
12:20working with getting the the property
12:22owner invoice to pay us back yes okay
12:24does that satisfy your question yes
12:26thank you for the clarification thank
12:27you okay Miss
12:31okay um on
12:362023 there were the arpa was used for a
12:39lot of uh tools and equipment for the
12:42fire
12:44station yeah they they received um I
12:47can't remember off the top of my head
12:48exactly what that amount was but they
12:51they received an amount for tools and
12:52equipment and so this is out of that
12:54portion of
12:56arpa okay and there was another one 203
13:022 intergoal loan okay this is for our
13:07wastewater treatment plant we pay this
13:09this is um a loan payment we pay
13:10annually until it until it's paid off
13:14from the wastewater treatment yes for
13:16the wastewater treatment plant okay I
13:18think it's paid off in
13:202032 off that's just what I think off
13:22the top of my head but something like
13:24that and then uh the fire station
13:27Furniture what all is that on
13:322038 okay that wasn't one of them you
13:34listed sorry oh yeah you I didn't list
13:36that one no can't you still ask you can
13:39yes I just we weren't searching for that
13:41one um I I unfortunately don't have the
13:46list on that invoice I'm sorry um and Mr
13:49uh Chief HRI is not here today so I
13:51don't have that answer for you but I do
13:53know that they were replacing quite a
13:55bit of furniture and things in the
13:56station that hadn't been replaced for a
13:58while
13:59um but I don't know exactly what it is
14:02okay and then uh
14:072071 so that's the um Yakama Humane
14:12Society um is that where the dogs are
14:16going that they get in Sunnyside they
14:18take them to the Humane Society and
14:20they're charging us some of them um
14:23they're only taking the ones and uh
14:25Chief Layman can correct me if I'm wrong
14:26but I believe they're only taking ones
14:28that have serious Medical
14:29issues um and things like that that we
14:31don't have a place to house and so we
14:33are sending them and they do charge us
14:35um that amount CU we don't have the
14:38ability to take care of some of
14:41those as well as vicious dogs that we're
14:43not capable of housing here okay okay
14:47and their fee is 110 uh I believe per
14:51dog that gets dropped off uhhuh yep okay
14:57thanks okay and then
15:01Deputy Mayor yeah just 2028 just curious
15:04what the crisis response
15:07unit I'll let the chief comment on that
15:09that's to Union Gap that's the new SWAT
15:12this is the uh SWAT interlocal agreement
15:14that uh the budget that was made for
15:17SWAT is about I believe $300,000 it was
15:20divided based on population and that's
15:22the city's uh portion to join that and
15:25uh the last Council approved the enter
15:27into the Ila um and that cost May
15:30slightly go up year to year as as uh
15:34costs increase but based on our
15:36population this was our portion of the
15:38300,000 that was just a yearly fee right
15:40there correct that's a onetime annual
15:41fee into that budget the Union Gap is
15:44the city that is managing the fund and
15:46so they're the ones that are responsible
15:48for sending out the invoice uh recing in
15:51the money and then um making the
15:54payments when the team purchases things
15:55and things like that so thank you y Miss
15:59Vasquez I didn't have any but I just
16:02found one so can you guys search up
16:062016 and just out of Cur curiosity
16:09because I know I'm on now on the airport
16:12Advisory board so this says Advanced
16:14Internet service provider communication
16:17on the side it says airport internet
16:19services I'm just curious if this is a
16:21monthly fee and what specifically it's
16:24used for I believe this is a monthly fee
16:27and I believe it's for the the um
16:29cameras is that what it's for they're
16:31using we use it for the cameras and
16:33they're also using as their Wi-Fi that
16:35they use when they land if you could
16:37speak into the microphone sorry yes it
16:40is a monthly fee and they're using it
16:41for the internet and the camera that uh
16:44use the uh Runway Runway yeah okay
16:47perfect I just wanted Clarity because I
16:49barely saw that thank you okay
16:51everybody's questions answered
16:55satisfactory all right if that's the
16:56case what is the desire of Council on
16:58the consent to agenda move to approve
17:03second all right we've got motion to
17:06approve the consent agenda by councelor
17:07Ripley second by councelor Hart is there
17:10debate on this
17:11item seeing none all in favor of the
17:14motion please signify by saying I I I'll
17:17oppose no I to vote I motion
17:21carries active agenda item a surplus
17:25equipment and vehicles consider
17:26approving a resolution to Surplus
17:28equipment and
17:29vehicles and Mr interim city manager
17:32I'll turn this over to Mr Sanchez Mr
17:34Sanchez thank you so tonight I bring you
17:37uh a list of uh equipment and uh
17:41vehicles that we want to
17:43Surplus uh a lot of these vehicles have
17:46been sitting there for a while some of
17:47the equipment as well uh we just want to
17:50wait to Surplus this our our plan is to
17:53do a sealed bid um that would be the
17:57least expensive way to to get rid of
18:00this stuff um and surplus it so um after
18:03this we plan on going to the next step
18:06and advertising running it for a few
18:09weeks and then uh closing it notifying
18:13the public uh who who receiv received
18:15the highest bid and then um whatever
18:19doesn't can't get rid of through that
18:21then we'll just uh dispose of through
18:24just Salvage it through junk or try to
18:28recycle it
18:29ourselves all right we just we've disc
18:31go ahead I'm sorry oh no so what I'm
18:33looking for is just a motion from uh
18:35from the council for a resolution to
18:38Surplus the
18:40items Okay so we've had opportunity to
18:42discuss this before Is there further
18:43discussion that needs to move
18:45forward being none what do the desire
18:47Council on this item a motion to approve
18:50a
18:52second all right we've got a motion to
18:55approve a resolution to Surplus
18:56equipment and vehicles by councelor
18:58frosto it was second by deputy mayor
19:01debate on this
19:03item hearing none all in favor of this
19:05motion please signify by saying I I I
19:08oppose no I to vote I motion
19:12passes Item B interpreting Services
19:15provide direction for interpreting
19:17services at Council meetings or if
19:20Council would like us enter into an
19:21agreement with either agency please
19:22request a motion without objection okay
19:25so we had an opportunity to discuss a
19:27number of different interpreting
19:28agencies and interpreting methods um
19:31another one was brought forward this
19:33evening that uh Bears a little bit of
19:35Investigation in my opinion and so um
19:39and then Chief had brought up a point
19:41and I'll ask you to share that too Chief
19:43I I think it if Council wants to approve
19:46what company they want to go with
19:47tonight that's that's probably
19:50applicable um but as far as equipment I
19:53think that we've got another option on
19:55the table and it who's going to be
19:57servicing that should probably have time
19:58to thoroughly check uh into whatever
20:00equipment we're looking at so um he's
20:02going to be servicing it maintaining it
20:04and making sure it's operational for us
20:05so I think on the equipment side of
20:07things we're probably not there yet I
20:09don't know if you want to vote on what
20:11company or if you want to wait and do it
20:12all together so I'll leave that to you
20:15but yeah thanks sir missart I I kind of
20:18agree with you uh with the city manager
20:20inter term city manager um to do it that
20:23way I think that way we really have a
20:25clear picture of the equipment we're
20:26going to use how difficult it might be
20:28to upkeep it because that's an important
20:31part to think about as well um so yeah I
20:34kind of would like to kind of hold off
20:36on adopting one of these companies until
20:39we have a full investigation on that he
20:43miss
20:43Ripley I'd like to wait to uh see what
20:46Karen found out and uh well that that
20:50would be part of the thing okay don't
20:53you think okay and Mr Alo you had a
20:56there comment no I was just going to
20:58agree
20:59okay yeah a motion motion that we table
21:03this item thank you I second Okay so
21:06we've got a motion that we table this
21:07item until we have more information
21:09motion by Mr Beer second by Miss fro is
21:11there debate on this item and and um
21:13just just comment to say yeah that would
21:15also give Karen plenty of time to get
21:17that information to include it with the
21:19with the other things that we're looking
21:21at so yeah yeah it'll help us make a
21:22more informed decision but I highly
21:24encourage us once we have that
21:25information in front of us to to to make
21:28that sir yeah okay and I'm assuming this
21:32motion we have to make this Mo motion
21:33without objection is there no objection
21:35to the motion no okay I'm not seeing any
21:37objection to the motion all right all in
21:40favor of this motion to table this item
21:42for now please signify by saying I I
21:45oppose no I to vote I motion carries all
21:49right more investigation it got a small
21:53job ahead of
21:55you item C boards and commission members
21:59provides direction to staff regarding
22:00boards and commission members who have
22:01completed their terms all right during
22:04our study session Council discussed the
22:07possibility of um boards and commission
22:10members with expired terms um we've got
22:13a number of them I believe the number is
22:1517 is that right okay um whose terms
22:18have expired and in the past Council has
22:21um simply reappointed them however in
22:24the interest of cleaning things up um
22:27Deputy Mayor and I have a discussion
22:29about this and came to the conclusion
22:32that maybe the best way to do that would
22:34be to vacate the expired seats inviting
22:38those whose terms have expired to
22:40reapply because we don't want to lose
22:42them if they're interested in continuing
22:44to serve however realizing that the
22:46position will be advertised as well so
22:49others may also apply for that position
22:52um you got a list on the screen in front
22:53of you of those whose terms have expired
22:57and you see possible next steps
22:59reappoint them or remove the members who
23:02have completed their designated terms
23:03and opening the positions for at least
23:0630 days to receive applications from
23:07interested individuals to be considered
23:09for appointment definitely want to make
23:11sure that those whose terms have expired
23:13know that they can reapply and they're
23:15certainly welcome to do that um so
23:18Council I think at this point we can
23:21make a motion or we can just provide
23:22direction to staff on what we would like
23:25to have them do
23:26so I'd like to hear from you at this
23:30point I would like for us to remove and
23:35then open up the
23:37application uh I believe that would give
23:39way for other people who are interested
23:41in applying uh to do
23:44so okay Miss har I was just going to
23:49similar to what um Miss fosco said my
23:52just that boards should uh know that
23:56they're expired and be asked if they
23:58want to reapply but that again that also
24:01opens it up to the community as a whole
24:04anyone out there who may be interested
24:05in some of these uh boards and or
24:07commissions so I'm in agreement with um
24:11Miss fosco on that okay give the
24:13direction to the to staff to send them
24:17letters Miss Vasquez you look like you
24:18had a question or comment no me too I
24:21would like to move to to get the members
24:25removed and open up those positions
24:28okay so you're making a motion yes okay
24:32second it okay so we have a motion by
24:35Miss Vasquez second by Miss
24:38Ripley two okay so what is the you need
24:42to State your motion there miss Vasquez
24:44so that I can write it out I move to
24:46remove the members who have completed
24:48their designated terms and open up the
24:50positions
24:52okay thank
24:57you
25:10sorry I'm must a little
25:16rer all right so we have a
25:19motion by Miss Vasquez to remove those
25:22who have completed their terms and open
25:24up those positions for applications
25:26that's second by counselor Ripley is
25:28there debate on this item are we
25:30considering
25:32um a lot of these boards will not be
25:34able to operate they won't have a quorum
25:37for minimum of 30 days but it's going to
25:40take two weeks to process this and then
25:43you list it then it's going to take a
25:44week or two so we're looking at
25:45potentially two months where some of
25:48these committees and Boards can't even
25:49meet correct some of these commissions
25:51will not have a quorum and not be able
25:54to meet for a period of time
25:57and
25:58they can meet but just can't have
26:01decision making Authority okay they can
26:02meet but they can't make decisions is
26:04what our legal expert is
26:09saying I'm like worried about the
26:11Planning Commission what's their
26:13schedule
26:15like um so the Planning Commission so if
26:18these two members are removed at this
26:20point in time we'll be down three
26:22members so we have four of seven so all
26:25four would have to be present for our
26:27meeting you will have a I will have AUM
26:29you can have a quum how about
26:32ltech ltech won't have a quorum but
26:35ltech doesn't typically make
26:37recommendations for um lodging funds for
26:40next year until the end of summer so I
26:42think if as long as we get them filled
26:44relatively shortly it should be okay
26:46thank you for the clarification Miss
26:50Warner okay and and I do assume that
26:53some of these U expired members will
26:56reapply for the position some of of them
26:58seem to really enjoy their position and
27:00I would definitely encourage them to do
27:02so yeah all right so we've got a motion
27:04on the floor any more debate on this
27:06item all in favor of this motion please
27:09signify by saying I I oppose no I to
27:12vote I motion carries thank
27:14you city manager recruitment provide
27:17direction to staff regarding recruitment
27:19Services all right
27:21councel we've had a chance to talk about
27:27it
27:29um go ahead Miss har I think I think
27:33when we were in our discussions earlier
27:35we were pretty much of the correct me if
27:38I'm wrong we were pretty much in favor
27:40going with the Colin Bas
27:42Binger uh and Associates for the uh
27:4832 the contract priced of
27:5232,500 there um so we can get the uh
27:56ball roading for the recruitment and
27:58start seeing some candidates come in so
28:01um I'd like to to make a motion that we
28:06approve Colin Basinger and Associates at
28:08the cost of $32,500
28:11uh for city manager recruitment Services
28:15um in search of that's the end of
28:19it had one word I needed that I have a
28:22motion do we have
28:26okay sorry got to repeat
28:32myself can we take a moment to explain
28:35to the audience that's here now why sure
28:38no absolutely I was going I was going to
28:40explain I was going to explain just to
28:41help people understand why Mr Mayor and
28:43we're going the direction that we are so
28:45colum baser and Associates as you look
28:47at the chart is obviously the most
28:49expensive of the agencies that's up
28:51there and if we're going by that list
28:55price it's going to seem like we have
28:57just jumped ridiculously into the most
28:59expensive place we could go without
29:01fully thinking about it Colin bainer ad
29:03um guarantees the price is not going to
29:05be higher than that and that price
29:06covers everything except for flying
29:10candidates out and housing them and
29:13feeding them all the other ones have
29:16that $118,000 price or $19,000 price
29:19whichever it happens to be and then they
29:22add to that $1,800 for background
29:25searches and other charges for different
29:27things by the time they've done 10
29:30background searches on potential
29:31candidates there's another $188,000
29:33added to the price and if it continues
29:36beyond that the price goes up
29:38exponentially and then all sorts of
29:40other things are added to it colum baser
29:42and Associates guarantees the price of
29:44$32,500 plus we pay for their
29:46transportation to Sunnyside and housing
29:48them for the interview process so that's
29:52where the value is so initially it looks
29:55like we've taken the most expensive
29:56route however when you read The Proposal
29:59it is not the most expensive route so
30:03um yeah the collective gasp that I
30:05almost heard with that proposal
30:08I wanted to make sure that everybody
30:10understands that this is uh not going to
30:13be they not going to be the most
30:15expensive route and the City of
30:16Sunnyside has used the Colin baser in
30:19the past in two different occasions in
30:20my experience and we've been quite happy
30:23with the results so we found them very
30:25easy to work with they provide us a good
30:27slate of candidat so miss VZ it looked
30:29like you had a question earlier Mr Beer
30:31did oh Mr Beer just answered it okay
30:34yeah me you just answered it too I was
30:36just going to share that they have more
30:37of a sense of who sunny side is and
30:39we've worked with them they do know our
30:40city quite well yes okay so we have a
30:43motion on the floor to approve Colin B
30:46and Associates motion made by councelor
30:48Hart second by councelor beer any more
30:51debate on this
30:54item all right all in favor please
30:57signify by saying I I oppose no I two
31:01vote I motion
31:05passes
31:07okay item four items from council member
31:10mayor's appointments for boards and
31:11commissions we have a vacancy in the
31:14Planning Commission we had somebody
31:15who's just stepped down this vacancy
31:18will be shared and published in the
31:19Sunnyside Sun so if you know anybody who
31:21would be interested in that position
31:23please encourage them to apply this is
31:27open to any any one in Sunnyside so um
31:30Planning Commission values your input
31:32and it is probably one of the more
31:34important boards in commissions that we
31:36have as far as they meet regularly and
31:38they get to be involved in a lot of
31:41things that happen prior to council
31:43getting a hold of them so you you do a
31:46lot of the leg work for
31:50Council um we just made the decision on
31:52the boards and commissions as far as the
31:54expired terms look forward to having
31:57applic in hand as soon as possible and
32:00again encouraging those who wish to
32:01continue the position whose terms have
32:03expired to please fill out the
32:08application all right and Jackie do we
32:11have any applications in no not right
32:14now okay very
32:16good all right Item B other reports
32:18announcements Andor questions by Council
32:21and we'll start with Mr Beer i' got
32:23nothing right now all right and Miss
32:26Vasquez yes I'd like to share that I was
32:29able to go to the Sunnyside High School
32:30to watch their drama production and it
32:33was Freaky Friday I believe and it was
32:36really good they did an amazing job I
32:38also had the chance to go to the high
32:40school to watch the orchestra concert in
32:43which my intern Michelle OHA sitting
32:45right over there is actually the concert
32:47Master of the orchestra group and they
32:50did a really good performance and one I
32:53believe one of the groups from the high
32:55school actually scored number one from
32:58all the orchestra teams around the
33:00valley and they actually got the highest
33:02scoring so that was really amazing and I
33:04just wanted to say congratulations to
33:06them all wow that is exciting I think
33:08sometimes uh the the Temptation is focus
33:10only on the Athletics or only on the
33:12sports or maybe only on the problems but
33:14yet when we have somebody who's got
33:15talent in those areas well done and
33:17those types of uh skills are also
33:19valuable throughout life there it takes
33:21discipline it takes good tone ability
33:23and practice so well done and carry on
33:25with that that's that's exciting and be
33:28it Miss Ripley good job nothing to
33:30report at this time Miss rosto I have a
33:32few
33:35things take it away um so u i i attended
33:41uh the parks and Rex uh board meeting on
33:44on Thursday and um they're looking for
33:47t-ball coaches and they've also posted
33:49this on on Facebook so if you know how
33:52to coach t-ball reach out to the
33:54community center I believe if you are a
33:56coach you're one child
33:58plays for free um so again if you know
34:02of anybody who can coach um they're
34:05currently
34:06looking um and then uh just last Friday
34:10so working on a project called mes B mes
34:13or women for women um and it really is a
34:16project for the community um we kicked
34:18it off on International women's day so
34:20shout out to all the women in this room
34:22making things happen um and it really uh
34:26this project is really planning events
34:28and collaborating with uh women-led
34:32businesses um or women Le
34:35organizations um across the community
34:38and really is just to create a safe
34:40space for women to come together support
34:42each other amplify each other and really
34:45just exist um in the world where there
34:48so much is going on it was really nice
34:50to gather around catalinas and some of
34:52us had coffee and some of us had
34:53cocktail and many of us most of us had
34:56really really great conversations
34:58so more events of this uh like these to
35:00come um we'll be posting more on on
35:03Facebook and social medias and I highly
35:05encourage you all uh to come out and
35:07support and just be in
35:09community um and then uh recognizing
35:12youth um echoing uh counselor Vasquez
35:15it's um I mean youth are doing amazing
35:19things uh so um recognizing the state
35:22wrestlers um is the beginning of it I
35:25really encourage us as Council the mayor
35:28coins are amazing uh thing to do and
35:30provide to them um and recognizing their
35:32efforts and for putting Sunnyside on the
35:34map so graciously I and it really just
35:37doesn't end with sports I mean we have
35:40you know uh students involved in in
35:42science for projects we have students
35:45involved in in Orchestra I mean the best
35:47I did was try to learn the harmonica by
35:49like youtubing videos so kudos to all of
35:52you in Orchestra and
35:53Mariachi um and you know and it also
35:56shouldn't end with youth I know that um
35:58Catalina's hair salon is uh going to be
36:01celebrating their 30 years in business
36:04in Sunnyside so being here for so long
36:06and providing so many of our residents
36:09their services and being able to thrive
36:11in community also deserves recognition
36:13so I applaud uh Council for being able
36:15to kick this off today and I just you
36:17know I'm hoping for for many more of
36:19these recognitions to come because our
36:21residents deserve it and we're always
36:24encouraging people to live up to their
36:25full potential but we need to make sure
36:27that Us in leadership are encouraging
36:29and supporting that along the
36:31way and that's it all right Mr Deputy
36:34Mayor yeah so I myself went to um a
36:37mariachi concert that high school um
36:40held if you ever get a chance to hear
36:42those guys uh they're pretty awesome
36:45they they have a really good you know
36:46singers and and instrument players so uh
36:49wherever they go they're looking to go
36:51you know wherever they're invited to
36:52just support them support any youth
36:54activities in the community and uh you
36:56know we have to keep keep them busy with
36:58something instead of graffiti and other
37:01stuff so that's all I have for now all
37:04right Miss Hart well you know we have
37:07from Sunnyside a number of folks who
37:09were started out um with graffiti in s
37:13Francisco they were from
37:15Sunnyside and so goiti can be art too
37:18and as we know one of our uh persons who
37:21on our uh Arts commission board is is a
37:24graffiti artist as well uh cha Chase
37:27Reef and uh we see his work all over the
37:29place started out in graffiti expanded
37:32that into art and Commercial Art
37:35so yeah good start that's the good
37:38graffiti so you can all work on
37:40spreading that news so yes also I do
37:42want to give a uh shout out to the uh
37:45science club uh they'll be heading off
37:47to State here pretty soon they had their
37:49mid Columbia a lot of lot of awards down
37:52there a lot of young people learning uh
37:55going to be finding room in their
37:56bedrooms to where to put all their
37:57trophies and and hide their checks and
38:00they'll be going off I believe during
38:01the first week of uh spring break is
38:04usually when they go to to state so
38:06shout out to those kids as well great
38:08all right thank you well I didn't have
38:10an awful lot to report but you know
38:12we're focusing a lot on our youth
38:13tonight and I think that is fantastic I
38:16think that the city can do a good thing
38:19by recognizing the accomplishments of
38:21our young people these are our future
38:22council members these are future city
38:25leaders and business people these are
38:27the people who are going to be running
38:28the city after we're long gone so to
38:31recognize that Talent the the gifts and
38:34abilities that they have now I think is
38:36a good step in starting on that process
38:38to encourage them and encourage them
38:40into into leadership roles I think
38:42that's a fantastic opportunity for us I
38:44do want to recognize since everybody
38:45else seems to want to recognize somebody
38:47I want to recognize sunyside Christian
38:48School girls basketball team taking six
38:51in state and it was a tough effort um
38:54they play schools larger than them for
38:56the most part and so they had some tough
38:59games the kids were sick while they were
39:00playing and they still pulled it out so
39:02I'm very proud of them also so job
39:05anyway that's all I have for this
39:07evening uh the next item item C is
39:10upcoming Council meetings and I believe
39:12that's our city clerk's
39:14purview yes so we have a special meeting
39:17on March 13th which is the Auditors exit
39:21interview and that's at 1:30 here in
39:23this room um I ask a question is that
39:26going to be on Zoom yes as long as we
39:29have Internet yes I may not be able to
39:31be in town at that point so I'd like to
39:33be in on Zoom yes I'll make sure to
39:36connect look at Dennis when we say that
39:38as long as we have
39:39Internet Dennis hasn't fixed the
39:41situation yet
39:43huh this way of his priew hang in there
39:48dude and then the next is another
39:50special meeting for a retreat on March
39:5318th um let me zoom in we're going over
39:56all of these theity Vision council code
39:58of conduct 2023 and 2024 city council
40:03objectives budget review and a revenue
40:06and expenditure overview Grant overview
40:09Department priorities and then a
40:11discussion of those
40:13priorities and then the next regular
40:15meeting is March 25th as as of right now
40:18we just have one item which is the storm
40:19water rate analysis
40:21and if anyone has anything just let us
40:24know okay okay please take make a note
40:27of the fact that on March 18 we start at
40:29900 a.m. and that will be held here
40:32correct
40:33yes the retreat yes
40:38okay so if you have a work schedule you
40:40might want to make sure that your work
40:41schedule is free if if possible okay and
40:45yaken I'm pretty sure we're going to
40:46have interpreting services on the 25th
40:49probably back up there so I'll I'll make
40:52sure I email
40:56you
40:58okay and if anything needs to be added
40:59to any of those agendas please make sure
41:01you talk to our city manager or myself
41:04and get that on there on the Wednesday
41:06before the meeting no later than that
41:08please next item item from department
41:10heads Chief Leen just one quick note
41:13councelor Vasquez would you get the
41:15information from the church if you can
41:17uh get that to me and we can look into
41:20it um we'll start with Miss
41:24Navaro good evening everyone what I have
41:27to tonight for you is just a brief
41:29recruitment report on city of Sunnyside
41:32uh vacancies uh currently we have two
41:35positions at City Hall that is the
41:38Deputy development director/ Fire
41:40Marshall position and we are conducting
41:41interviews for that later this week uh
41:43the other position is the development
41:45technician um we are still working with
41:48the um Trevor to um finalize that so
41:53that'll be out um once we get all of
41:56those details finalized in public works
41:58we have four positions three maintenance
42:00workers uh and one custodian uh we are
42:03still actively recruiting for those
42:05positions uh both of those positions are
42:08open online and will o be open I believe
42:10until the end of the week in the police
42:12department we have 12 openings uh
42:16majority of those positions do have a
42:18conditional offer of employment and are
42:20just going through the background stage
42:22uh fire department we have four
42:23positions three firefighters and a
42:25captain um both those positions have
42:28have already been recruited for and are
42:30scheduled for testing at a later date
42:32and that's what I have for you tonight
42:34thank you thank
42:37you Mr
42:39Knight it we don't have uh much to
42:42report except for the uh incident we're
42:44having now with the internet being down
42:46that is beyond our control it is part of
42:48the power outage it's gone there the
42:50cabling and everything got tied up in
42:52all that stuff so that is not something
42:54failed on our end it's actually farther
42:56down the line or up the line whichever
42:57way you want to look at it so other than
42:59that that's about it thank you this
43:02order um I have nothing big to report
43:05just I'm really excited to have that
43:07Auditor's exit interview on Wednesday
43:08and I really hope that everybody can be
43:10there and make sure that the public
43:12knows that they are definitely invited
43:14and um as the mayor pointed out it will
43:15be available on zoom and it will be
43:17recorded and available for people to
43:19watch um on our website afterwards as
43:21well thank you Mr
43:25Zanes I don't have a lot to report
43:27either I just want to let everybody know
43:29um there is a light at Central Park that
43:32is flashing really bad um we uh it
43:36started right after a few weeks after
43:38the trees that were taken down uh ppnl
43:41had come over disconnected those power
43:44lines while the trees came down and then
43:47they reconnected but for whatever reason
43:49it's making the light flash um so we put
43:52a work order um we're just waiting for
43:54them to come out and address it that's
43:57all I
43:57have Mr Martin perfect um so on I don't
44:02have it listed there but I will have it
44:04um for you for the next meeting so the
44:08um Economic Development commission they
44:10have reviewed four applications at this
44:12point for our revolving Loan Fund so you
44:15will be receiving four four different
44:17applicants uh at at your next city
44:20council meeting who have requested
44:23um who who have requested to be part of
44:25the revolving Loan Fund program um so
44:28we'll be presenting that during our
44:30study session and during the during the
44:33study council meeting so that's pretty
44:34exciting um we've had a lot of interest
44:36in it and it's so far it's going really
44:38well and it's been a pretty it's been a
44:41it's it's been a really good Pro process
44:43that we've continued to um refine and um
44:47I I hope that you're you share the same
44:50interest in the in the projects that uh
44:52we did when when you see them and then
44:55um year to date we've done as a
44:58department we've we've created 78
44:59records completed 177 inspections
45:02collect and collected right around
45:04$22,500 in revenue and issued 64 permits
45:08so we're seeing more come through the
45:10door every day um we should see those
45:12numbers start to creep up here pretty
45:14soon now that the weather is being more
45:17cooperative and that's all Mr Riley I
45:20have nothing at this time unless anyone
45:21has any
45:22questions questions for Mr Riley welcome
45:26back
45:28all right Madam
45:30clerk I handed out the business card
45:32directories from the Sunnyside Sun that
45:35is last year's just so you can get an
45:38idea of what um I'm going to talk to you
45:41about Sunnyside sun has reached out and
45:43asked if the city council would like to
45:45run a picture um just introducing this
45:49year's Council um we could either do
45:51individual pictures or a group picture
45:54so I kind of I'm I'm requesting
45:57uh your recommendation or your direction
46:00on what you would like to do if you
46:02would like to be on this business card
46:03directory or
46:05not
46:07Council thoughts so you're requesting a
46:10picture so if you would like to be on
46:13this directory um Council can decide if
46:15you want to do an individual picture and
46:17I we can piece it together or you can we
46:20can take a group picture or use the one
46:22from the swearing in
46:25ceremony oh it's $152 to do
46:30this we could we could do that group
46:32picture and then have our contact
46:33information just so they be able to
46:36contact us if we were to go with the
46:39route of doing it individually would we
46:41have to pay would you guys have to pay
46:42that fee per for each of us no we just
46:45group them together we'll create little
46:47graphic squares and put you guys
46:50together m h
46:53so you're looking at a larger size and
46:56and add if if you're going to go for the
46:59the business card size that price is
47:04$48 for mayor Deputy Mayor no um the way
47:09she told me that she would like it is um
47:13we pay the 152 for probably I think it's
47:15half the page and then we just kind of
47:17put your pictures in a little square you
47:19know okay so they're like smaller than
47:22postage size kind of like um the
47:24Sunnyside sun has their picture there
47:26postage size okay
47:28yeah so we have so that was the price of
47:33what half the page the the cost
47:37$152 okay and that comes
47:41from your
47:44budget our the council's budget for like
47:47for trainings and etc etc I actually
47:51like the way Sunnyside Sun actually did
47:53it they have individual photos and their
47:56Nam underneath and we could even put our
47:58contact information I think it's easier
48:01whereas if we put a full picture it's a
48:04little they'll be like well who's who's
48:06Vicky
48:08and you know there's two vickies so just
48:11to be able to have it more labeled and
48:15separ two juliia down there too two
48:18Julie anybody's middle name
48:21Julia so so it sounds as if you guys
48:23kind of like the full page layout with
48:25the posted stamp size pictures with the
48:26name under each of us and our our
48:28position on Council and yeah I will for
48:32that okay I'm I'm seeing more heads
48:35nodding for that one than for anything
48:36else so all right so that's that seems
48:39kind of like the direction okay do you
48:41have individual pictures for everyone
48:45um councelor beer I don't these photo
48:49shy
48:50though and then I think councelor
48:52Vasquez I don't have one for you but I
48:54think everybody else I do that over okay
48:59I do need it before Thursday
49:03okay right thank you all right Chief so
49:08I don't have a lot of support because
49:10our internet was down this afternoon so
49:11I couldn't pull numbers and stats for
49:13you but um one thing I don't know if you
49:16saw online the police foundation is uh
49:18soliciting donations uh for a breakfast
49:22giveaway uh at Easter uh a couple days
49:25before Easter it's going to be similar
49:27to the ones we did at uh Thanksgiving
49:28and Christmas last year and
49:31um when we were getting meals for 250
49:35300 people and we were getting 500
49:37people in line I think we're probably
49:39this is going to be something we're
49:39going to try to continue to do
49:42so okay it's all
49:45have all
49:47right well there being no further
49:49business to come before Council and if
49:50there's no
49:52objection this meeting is adjourned at
49:547:20 p.m.
49:57o
49:59that last summer 720 might as well get
50:02some sunlight out there thank you
50:04everybody and good night see you
50:09Wednesday we still get some
50:13sunlight no okay that I keep and these I
50:17keep yeah soon this I
50:19keep no I actually liked it this way do
50:23you did you like the experience of the
50:25workshop liked it yeah
50:29uh-huh
50:31mayor are we having a workshop on the
50:3325th too yes we'll do the we'll do the
50:38the study session before yeah we said we
50:40were going to do that starting in March
50:41s yeah so plan on 5:30 5:30
50:49okay
50:51right
50:53it early yeah no this was an early one I
50:56yeah
50:57that's that was my big deal is I had a
50:59tough time walking anyway
51:03not well as I announced to council
51:06beforehand too I said this is a learning
51:07experience for all of us so um I should
51:11I should have timed myself a little
51:13better hey did you take his picture
51:15while he's standing here you got to do
51:17your hair straighten and curl his hair
51:19and all that stuff you know all
51:23right um so I think so because we don't
51:27have Wii here lights are
51:37all you
51:54too so we keep
51:59adding two two things I wanted to bring
52:03first of
52:05all we got a
52:07hiring we haven't had the
52:11paper
52:25sh
52:38it
52:48[Music]
52:50yeah

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