City of Kalama recently issued the following announcement on Feb 19.
The Mayor read a proclamation declaring March as Red Cross month in honor of the volunteer organization that provides aid to families affected by fires or other disasters and completes blood drives for the area to have a supply for life saving measures.
The City Council approved Gray and Osborne for the design and construction management for the 10th Street sidewalk project. Staff will negotiate a contract for engineering design of the project. The 10th Street project is 90% funded by Transportation Improvement Board funds. Council updated the priorities for Planning Commission, asking the Commission to evaluate and revise city code sections addressing parking, multi-unit residential developments, and setting level of service standards for intersections.
In reports, Library activities continue and will include a distribution of COVID tests and i95 masks to the public, first aid classes were attended by all city employees, consideration of a Council retreat to discuss the Council’s vision for the future, the new city-wide IT provider has begun the transition so all departments will now have local IT help, the mask mandate will be lifted in March and what the city needs to do the continue the hybrid meetings. The Green Mountain Reservoir project has had another delay while they wait for a higher voltage component. Costs the City is expended on consulting services in 2021 was provided to the Council for future consideration in whether the City should hire employees in-house for some of these services.
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