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<br /> <br /> <br />City of Tukwila <br /> <br /> <br />City Council Finance Committee <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />FINANCE COMMITTEE <br />Meeting Minutes <br />-;L=B Ǹț ǴDzdzǺ ǷȜǵDz JȚGȚ (;T?FHON #IH@?L?H=? 2IIGț #CNS (;FF <br /> <br />Councilmembers: , Chair; Dennis Robertson, Kate Kruller <br />Staff: David Cline, Bruce Linton, Jack Pace, Peggy McCarthy, Vicky Carlsen, Sherry <br />Wright, Jay Wittwer, Trish Kinlow, Rachel Bianchi, Gail Labanara, Laurel <br />Humphrey <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />I.PRESENTATIONS <br /> <br /> <br />II.BUSINESS AGENDA <br /> <br />Public Safety Plan Financing <br />A. <br /> <br />Committee members and staff continued the discussion on financing the Public Safety Plan <br />budget gap building upon feedback gathered at the February 6 and February 21 Committee <br />meetings. <br /> <br />&?<LO;LS Ǵdz &IFFIQȯOJ <br />Staff first reviewed the follow ups to requests made at the last meeting as shown underlined and <br />attached in the agenda material. Because the map showing City-owned property does not show <br />parks properties, the Committee requested an additional map with that information. <br /> <br />2?P?HO? /JNCIHM <br />Staff has added to the list of available revenue options <br />gambling tax. The City currently levies a 10% tax on cardrooms which yielded $3.8 million in <br />2017. The City can levy up to 20% and if the tax were increased to 12%, an additional $720k per <br />year could be collected, and an increase to 15% could yield an additional $1.9 million. The <br />Committee chose not to add this to the list of revenue options to be evaluated further, which <br />currently includes B&O tax on larger businesses and a Local Improvement District. <br /> <br />'?H?L;F &OH> IJ?L;NCIHM <br />Another option to fill the Public Safety Plan budget gap is to reduce General Fund expenditures, <br />which could be done by an across the board reduction, reducing/eliminating programs under <br />current budget structure, or reducing/eliminating programs using the Priority-Based Budgeting <br />(PBB) model currently being developed. Staff reviewed the pros and cons for each, <br />recommending the PBB option because it will identify lower level priorities while factoring in <br />actual program costs. Councilmember Kruller stated support for that option but also would like <br />there to be immediate identification of attainable reductions, such as meeting meals, travel, or <br />head count attrition. She feels the City can be making progress in the short-term while also <br /> <br />