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FINANCE COMMITTEE <br />• . f 1 • <br />City Council Finance Committee <br />Meeting Minutes <br />March 7, 2017- 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall <br />Councilmembers: Verna Seal, Chair; Kathy Hougardy, Thomas McLeod <br />Staff: David Cline, Peggy McCarthy, Mia Navarro, Jay Wittwer, Laurel Humphrey <br />CALL TO ORDER: Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />I. PRESENTATIONS <br />II. BUSINESSAGENDA <br />A. Contract Amendment: Pacifica Law Group <br />Staff is seeking Council approval of a contract amendment with Pacifica Law Group for bond <br />counsel services in an amount not to exceed $138,000, for a term ending December 31, 2020. <br />This amendment will increase the contract amount and extend the term to cover all planned <br />debt issuances until December 31, 2020. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MARCH 20, <br />2017 REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA. <br />B. Job Shadow and Internship Program <br />Staff updated the Committee on the status and activities of a new high school internship and <br />job shadow program hosted by the Communications Division. Each department will be asked <br />to provide at least one job shadow or one internship opportunity per year, with goals of <br />exposing students to City employment opportunities as well as having the City's workforce <br />better represent the community. Performance measures will include surveys and participation <br />statistics, and the program can be modified over time to reflect necessary changes. The <br />Committee asked staff to look for ways to prioritize local students, as the program cannot <br />explicitly service Tukwila only. INFORMATION ONLY. <br />III. MISCELLANEOUS <br />Staff updated the Committee on the status of the applications for the Public Safety Bond Financial <br />Oversight Committee, which will be formally reviewed in Committee on March 21. The Committee <br />requested to extend the application period through March 13, 2017. <br />Chair Seal mentioned that the Committee will be continuing work on the City compensation policy, <br />and would like the next discussion to include a briefing on how the policy has been working from the <br />personnel perspective. <br />Add rued at 6:10 p.m. <br />...._._... Committee Chair Approval <br />Minutes by LH <br />