Cashmere City Council Meeting July 3

The Cashmere City pool will be fully open beginning July 3 with extended hours to include times scheduled for swim lessons, lap, and open swim. City Clerk/Treasurer, Kay Jones made the announcement at the June 26 City Council meeting. She told the Council that the pool manager is doing a great job. Visit: https://www.cityofcashmere.org/services/parks-recreation/city-pool

The Council unanimously approved three business items during the short meeting: 1) repair and repaving of the Riverside Trail. 2) the hiring of a consultant to evaluate system options for repairing or replacing the Riverside Center’s HVAC system. 3) Authorizing RH2 to provide engineering services for emergency generator connection installation.

Steve Croci, Director of Operations, explained that damaged portions of the Riverside Trail will be repaired, roots will be removed that are causing some of the damage and the trail will be repaved. Moe Asphalt was a low bidder at $32,984. The city has received a $25,000 grant from the Complete Loop Coalition which will offset some of the cost.

Croci reminded the Council that the HVAC system in the Riverside Center is not working and so the facility does not have air conditioning. He said that local contractors had been contacted about repairing the system, only one bid was received, for $47,690. The estimated replacement cost for a new and updated system is $150,000 - $200,000. Croci said that a professional engineer would be needed to design a new system. The Council debated potential options of replacing or repairing the system. Suggesting that there may be more cost-effective ways to replace the HVAC system, Council member, Derrick Pratt made a motion for the city to hire a consultant to evaluate additional HVAC system options more thoroughly. The motion passed unanimously.

RH2, the city’s engineering service provider reduced the amount of work needed for installation of a new emergency mobile generator. Authorization was given to revise RH2 Engineering’s task. The generator will be able to easily connect to 5 different city water and wastewater facilities. The updated estimated cost of the task is $38,662.

Croci announced that work on Sunset Highway is moving along well, and the closure is estimated to run through July 12.