Minutes of the Arlington City Council Meeting Council Chambers 110 East 3rd Street Monday, March 17, 2025 Councilmembers Present: Heather Logan, Rob Toyer, Debora Nelson, Michele Blythe Leisha Nobach, Jan Schuette and Yvonne Gallardo-Van Ornam, who joined with Teams. Council Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Mayor Don Vanney, Paul Ellis, Sheri Amundson, Jim Kelly, Mike Gilbert, Attorney Oskar Rey, Dave Kraski, Rory Bolter, Seth Kinney, Chelsea Brewer, and Julie Petersen. Also Known to be Present: Kathy Vanney, Randy Nobach, Ellis Nobach, Nathan Senff, Holly Sloan-Buchanan, Steve Maisch, Tim Abrahamson, Jay Lindberg, and others. Mayor Don Vanney called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., and the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call followed. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Mayor Pro Tem Michele Blythe moved to approve the revised agenda removing Item #1 Resolution Declaring Property as Surplus. Councilmember Debora Nelson seconded the motion, which passed with a unanimous vote. INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS None. PROCLAMATIONS None. PUBLIC COMMENT Holly Sloan-Buchanan, Arlington, provided comment. Jay Lindberg, Arlington, provided comment. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Pro Tem Michele Blythe moved, and Councimember Debora Nelson seconded the motion to approve the changed Consent Agenda that was unanimously carried: 1. Minutes of the March 3, 2025 Council meeting 2. Accounts Payable: Approval of EFT Payments and Claims Checks #112832 through #112932 dated February 19 through March 3, 2025 for $741,525.17 and approval of Payroll EFT Payments and Check #30425 through #30430 dated February 1 through February 28, 2025 in the amount of$1,507,490.86. Page 1 of3 Minutes of the City of Arlington City Council Meeting March 17, 2025 PUBLICI HEARING None. NEW BUSINESS Public Safety Staffing City Administrator Paul Ellis requested Council approve a member oft the patrol team to be the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission training officer located at the new police training center in Arlington. This is a three-year agreement; salary and benefits are reimbursed for the training officer. City Council is being asked to approve a three-year temporary position to backfill the opening created by the training officer appointment. The location oft the new training center and appointment of an Arlington officer is creating a great partnership and collaboration for additional officer training. Discussion followed with Mr. Ellis answering Council questions. Councilmember Rob Toyer moved, and Councilmember Heather Logan seconded the motion to approve the hiring of an additional full-time police officer for up to three years to backfill the appointment of a training officer to the WSC/TC. The motion passed unanimously. Public Defense Conflict Counsel Services City Attorney Oskar Rey requested Council approve the contract that provides for public defense services to indigent criminal defendants in cases where the City's primary public defender, Feldman & Lee, P.S., has a conflict ofi interest. The City will pay a monthly rate for Snohomish County Public Defender Association (SCPDA) to handle up to 38 conflict cases from March 2025 through June 2026. The parties will have the option ofrenewing the contract annually from that point on, with future contract rates based on the usage during prior contract periods. The monthly rate for the remainder of 2025 will be $3,954.91, and the rate for the first half of2026 will be $4,341. This rate includes attorney time along with services that SCPDA provides in-house, such as investigators, social workers, and some translators. If additional expert services are approved by the Court, SCPDA will bill them separately. At this point, SCPDA estimates that those additional services will range from $4,000 to $10,000 annually, but this amount will be easier to estimate in future contract periods when there is actual cost data available. Discussion followed with Assistant Finance Director Sheri Amundson answering Council questions. Mayor Pro Tem Michele Blythe moved, and Councilmember Rob Toyer seconded the motion to approve the agreement with Snohomish County Public Defender Association for public defender conflict counsel services and authorized the Mayor to sign the agreement. The motion passed unanimously. Resolution Declaring an Emergency for the Hauling of Biosolids Public Works Director Jim Kelly requested that Council declare an emergency condition in response to current disruption with the current biosolids hauling contractor and waive bid requirements allowing staff to contract with an alternate licensed contractor. Discussion followed with Mr. Kelly answering Council questions. Page 2 of 3 Minutes of the City of Arlington City Council Meeting March 17, 2025 Councilmember Debora Nelson moved, and Councilmember Heather Logan seconded the motion to approve the resolution declaring an emergency condition exists regarding the hauling of Water Reclamation Facility generated biosolids thereby waiving public bid requirements and allowing staff to directly contract with a licensed biosolids hauler, and authorized the Mayor to sign the resolution, pending final approval by the City Attorney. The motion passed unanimously. Contract Amendment with Boulder Park, Inc. as Biosolids Beneficial Use Facility Public Works Director Jim Kelly requested that Council amend the existing contract with Boulder Park, Inc. (BPI) for the land application ofbiosolids that will include Mayor Don Vanney as the prime signatory because the Public Works Director contracted with a DOE licensed land application facility to remove this accumulated biohazard. These contracts were limited in value to the Public Works Director's signing authority. Discussion followed with Mr. Kelly answering Council questions. Councilmember Heather Logan moved, and Councilmember Debora Nelson seconded the motion to amend the contract with Boulder Park, Inc., and designate Mayor Don Vanney as the City's signatory for this contract. The motion passed unanimously. COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS Councilmember Gallardo-Van Ornam provided comments about the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference she attended. ADMINISTRATOR. & STAFF REPORTS City Administrator Paul Ellis stated staff is working on the spring retreat slides and he will get materials to the Councilmembers soon. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Vanney provided comments about the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference he attended. EXECUTIVE SESSION None. ADIOURNMENT With no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 6:33 p.m. DonE. Vanney, Mayor Page 3 of3