HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-11-25 Committee of the Whole MinutesCALL TO ORDER
COUNCILMEMBERS DENNIS ROBERTSON, Council President; JOE DUFFIE,
PRESENT JOAN HERNANDEZ, CLARENCE MORIWAKI, ALLAN
EKBERG, STEVE LAWRENCE, JOHN "Wally" RANTS.
OFFICIALS
SPECIAL
PRESENTATIONS
TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
Mr. Ben Aliment, 5830 South 140th, inquired as to the status of the
City's formal offer of $200,000 for his property.
November 25, 1991 Tukwila City Hall
7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Council President Robertson called the Committee of The Whole
Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order and led the audience in
the Pledge of Allegiance.
JOHN MCFARLAND, City Administrator; MICHAEL KENYON,
City Attorney; LUCY LAUTERBACH, Council Analyst; ROSS
EARNST/RON CAMERON/DOUG MICHEAU, Public Works;
ALAN DOERSCHEL, Finance Director; RICK BEELER, DCD; DON
WILLIAMS, Parks Recreation; RON WALDNER/LARRY
RICHARDSON /STEVE GURR, Police Department; EVELYN
BOYKAN, Human Services.
Chief Waldner introduced the new K -9 Team: Steve
Gun, Officer and "Markos," a 26 month old German Shepherd, born in
Frankfurt, Germany. The dog is trained primarily for officer protection,
but is receiving additional training in tracking and narcotics. The dog is
living at home with Steve and his family.
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS Alan Doerschel, Tukwila's Finance Director, commented that the
Library Board has made a tentative recommendation in anticipation of
the Public Hearing scheduled for December 2. The recommendation is
essentially to place the annexation option on the ballot with a strong
interlocal agreement along with the other options on the ballot so that if
the voters do not choose annexation, they will be able to mark the ballot
in an advisory capacity for the other options of either contracting or
supporting an independent library system. It appears the citizens
supports this position also. The Library Board wants to make it very
clear that it is a tentative recommendation. The Board Chairman will
make a formal presentation on Tuesday preceding the Public Hearing.
John Harvey, 14839 Military Road South, Apt. #136, inquired as to the
progress made toward the 2:00 a.m. closure of Adult Entertainment
establishments, Deja Vu in particular.
City Attorney Mike Kenyon responded that amendments are being
addressed on the entire Adult Entertainment scheme; however, a final
decision will not be made until Judge Belur (Tukwila) issues a ruling on
the recent court hearing where Deja Vu challenged the constitutionality
of the City's licensing and standards of conduct ordinance. Additionally,
Kenyon said he's still waiting for the State Supreme Court's letter of
opinion on the City's motion asking for clarification on the ruling of
Worldwide Video's pornography case.
Council President Robertson informed Mr Aliment that an Executive
Session is scheduled for December 9th to discuss property matters. Don
Williams should be able to provide answers to him immediately after
that meeting.
Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes
November 25, 1991
Page 2
SPECIAL ISSUES
Recess Council President Robertson called the Committee of
9:00 9:15 The Whole meeting back to order with councilmembers present as
noted above.
Process for
selecting new
councilmember to
fill vacancy.
Committee budget
reviews.
REPORTS
The Council reviewed the 1992 Council
Subcommittees' Budget. Further discussions are scheduled for
December 5.
1992 -1997 CIP The Council reviewed the Capital Improvements
review. Projects (Committed and Uncommitted) and the available revenues. It
was the consensus of the Council to finalize budget discussions at a
Special Meeting scheduled for December 9, 1991.
Human Services The council reviewed the Mayor's Human Services
agency funding Funding Recommendations which proposed a measured
review. growth of approximately 6% for the human services budget for 1992.
Evelyn Boykan, Human Services Coordinator, explained that the Ad-
hoc review team felt most strongly about addressing needs in the areas
of family violence, health care, support for seniors and emergency
services. However, yet to be determined is the weighing of the level of
support for a provider's existence with the level of support for actual
services delivered to actual Tukwila residents. The questions of "What
is Tukwila's fair share especially with respect to agencies that are
funded regionally remains to be answered.
After a lengthy discussion the Council agreed to pursue the proposed
changes to the 1992 Human Services Requests after a Public Hearing is
held to address the allocation and funding of the human services
program.
The Council reviewed the process for selecting new
councilmembers to fill vacancies. Because of the
election of current Councilmember Wally Rants to
the Mayor's office, there will be a vacancy on the City Council in
January. Applications will be available December 1991 thru January 3,
1992. The 1992 City Council will review applications, hold interviews in
a public session and interview finalists to choose the new member. At
that time the City Council will appoint someone to fill the vacancy. The
appointee will take office immediately and serve until the next regular
elections in the fall of 1993.
City Administrator McFarland requested Council authorization to
transfer a 1968 Dodge three- quarter ton Rescue Truck (surplused from
Fire District #1 to the City) to a volunteer Fire District in Cowlitz
County. It is valued at an estimated $1500.
MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY ROBERTSON, THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION BE AUTHORIZED TO TRANSFER THE 1968
DODGE 3/4 TON RESCUE TRUCK TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE
DISTRICT IN COWLITZ COUNTY. MOTION CARRIED WITH
EKBERG VOTING NO.
Committee of The Whole Meeting Minutes
November 25, 1991
Page 3
A_DIOURNMENT
11:00 P.M.
MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY LAWRENCE, THAT THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
MOTION CARRIED.
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Dennis L. Robertson, Council President
Celia Square, Duty City Clerk