Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Presiding: Mayor Thomas K. Butt · Called to order: 4:14 p.m. · 3 items · 23 votes · 111 public comments
What happened
The council approved $4.9 million contract to build chemical treatment facilities at the wastewater plant, with the city paying $3.2 million. The council also approved 14 routine items on consent, including $30,000 in environmental grants to local nonprofits and a $100,000 contract with Wadsworth Glass for city building windows.
The council extended COVID-19 eviction protections until they set a future end date. The measure passed 5-2, with Bates and Butt voting no, keeping renters protected from eviction during the pandemic.
A business tax ballot measure was approved unanimously for the November election. The measure would change how the city taxes businesses from employee count to gross receipts, with rates from 0.075% to higher percentages.
Discussion of cutting 2 positions from the Office of Neighborhood Safety to save $228,000 was continued to a future meeting.
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