City Moves to Bank with Rogue CU
On Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, Cambridge City Council held their monthly meeting. All board members were in attendance. Following the approval of the agenda, the prior minutes, and the authorized bill payments, the City Council proceeded with the current business.
The next item on the agenda was another HECO engineer report, with nothing needing to be approved by the council.
The third item on the agenda was Compliance Solutions and Construction LLC change order #2, which essentially said that the city did not receive a change order soon enough for HECO to examine and submit it. The change order would have included West Holler Street and the needed valve can replacements There will also be one for the soft spot that was uncovered in front of the fire department. As they may need to conduct additional excavation, they do not yet have a figure on it. To determine if project managers have resolved the issue or not, the City Council is hoping to have a better idea of when they arrive. The special meeting scheduled for Monday, Sept. 16th at 7 pm has been approved to discuss the budget plans regarding the change order.
Item four was the Resolution on Banking Agreement with Rogue Credit Union, a representative for Rogue Credit Union was present. Katie Fraizer, the Business relationship manager for the Western Treasure Valley, was there to discuss other opportunities that Rogue has to offer in partnership with the City of Cambridge aside from the express teller machine. Sandra McKee presented a suggestion to the board members about implementing a scanner machine capable of scanning checks, along with the potential for direct deposit, which would be a considerably more cost-effective alternative for the city’s financial needs. Many other banks that Sandra spoke with had higher fees and were not suitable options. Everyone was happy with Rogue Credit Union as an option for the city to do banking with and board members passed a motion to introduce and read resolution number 2-2024 by title only and their suspension of rules and regulations which was cited as ‘Resolution designating Rogue Credit Union as a depository for municipal funds of the city of Cambridge.’ A motion was then passed by all members for resolution 2-2024 under suspension of rules and regulations on one reading by title only.
Item five on the agenda was the Mayoral nomination for appointment of a city civil attorney. The City is looking for new representation for a civil attorney after their previous attorneys changed practices. Nanette Rhodes and Sandra McKee interviewed Reece Hrizuk who is the attorney for the City of Weiser. A motion was passed to appoint Reece Hrizuk as Cambridge’s new civil attorney.
Item six was to appoint a new criminal attorney to represent the City of Cambridge. The Mayor advocated for Walker Law Offices to represent the city based on their previous collaboration with an attorney there previously, Josh Dalton. A motion was passed to appoint Walker Law Offices to represent the City of Cambridge as the city’s criminal attorney.
Item seven on the agenda was Black Mountain Software billing document specialist bank reconciliation issues. The problem began back in March of this year with an issue of balancing bank statements, and it was then realized the software was an outdated one that would be discontinued at the end of June. With much persistence, Sandra McKee was able to get more reports that helped balance everything properly till the end of June. They are hoping to have it all corrected for the new system.
Item eight was a report on repainting the fire hydrants and curbs. Sandra McKee and Mayor Mark Loveland along with other volunteers took a group of 8 to 11-year-olds and they painted the rest of the fire hydrants that didn’t get painted last year.
Item nine was ICRMP insurance policy changes. This was to review the ICRMP Policy packet, which states that on September 11th, ICRMP is required to offer complete terrorism property to its members. This is the formal notice as required by federal law that there’s not an additional premium for the coverage. There were no other new changes to it.
Item 10 on the agenda was an area of impact discussion. Idaho code on areas of impact has changed as of the last legislative session. Sandra McKee read the new changes to council members. The City of Cambridge has until the end of next year to redo Cambridge’s area of impact with the county. Council Members reviewed a rough draft map of the impact area that Sandra McKee put together.
The meeting was then adjourned.
