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Home My WebLink About1974-07-15 Regular MinutesJuly 15, 1974 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 8:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTE APPROVAL VOUCHER APPROVAL CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Certificates of Sufficiency for Recall of Council Members Federal Revenue Sharing M I N U T E S 76 e Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Mayor Todd led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. GARDNER, STERLING, TRAYNOR, DAVIS, HARRIS, SAUL, JOHANSON. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 1, 1974 REGULAR MEETING BE APPROVED AS PUBLISH- ED.* Councilwoman Davis requested to be excused from voting because she was not present at the July 1 Meeting. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO EXCUSE COUN- CILWOMAN DAVIS FROM VOTING. CARRIED. *CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 8, 1974 PUBLIC HEARING BE APPROVED AS PUB- LISHED.* Councilman Saul requested to be excused from voting because he was not present at the July 8 Public Hearing. MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HARRIS, TO EXCUSE COUNCILMAN SAUL FROM VOTING. CARRIED. *CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 8, 1974 REGULAR MEETING BE APPROVED AS PUB- LISHED.* Councilman Saul requested to be excused from voting because he was not present at the July 8 Regular Meeting. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO EXCUSE COUNCILMAN SAUL FROM VOTING. CARRIED. *CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT THE BILLS BE ACCEPTED AND WARRANTS BE DRAWN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AMOUNTS.* Councilman Traynor stated he questioned Voucher #3286. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO EXCLUDE VOUCHER #3286. CARRIED, WITH DAVIS AND HARRIS VOTING NO. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT VOUCHER #3277 BE EXCLUDED. CARRIED. Two other Vouchers were also discussed. Councilwoman Harris stated she wished to withhold her approval of Voucher #3252. *CARRIED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VOUCHERS #3277 AND #3286. Vouchers #3248 #3353 Current Fund #3248 #3323 Park Fund #3324 #3332 Street Fund #3333 #3346 Water Fund #3347 #3350 Sewer Fund #3351 #3353 *See Page 770 Total 6,672.22 3,532.40 1,532.68 408.02 33.56 $12,178.88 Councilman Sterling asked is it not correct that the Council has 15 days to set the date of the election. Mayor Todd replied yes and stated the date on which he receipted the Certificates; he stated he distributed a copy to each Council Member involved. Councilwoman Davis asked if the Council could set the date at this evening's Meeting. Attorney Parker replied yes. Councilwoman Harris asked to have the appropriate R.C.W. read aloud regarding fixing the date for the call of the election and fixing the date of the election itself. City Clerk Shirlee Kinney read the cover letter received with the Certificates from Mr. Ralph Dillon, Superintendent of Elections, while Attorney Parker retrieved the R.C.W. Councilwoman Harris read R.C.W. 29.82.100 regarding the election. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE COUNCIL POSTPONE THIS MATTER TO JULY 22 REGULAR MEET- ING AT WHICH TIME THE COUNCIL WILL FIX THE DATE FOR THE CALL OF ELECTION. CARRIED. Mayor Todd explained he placed this discussion on the Agenda and asked the Council if they wished to take any action. Councilman Johanson stated there are still a few things he is undecided about. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING July 15, 1974 Page 2 CORRESPONDENCE AND CURRENT BUSINESS Cont. Steve Hall's recommendation on bids re: LID #19 and #20 Final acceptance of tennis courts in Tukwila Park NEW BUSINESS Letter Councilwoman Attorney Parker read the letter dated July 5 from Coun- Harris re: Res. #442 cilwoman Harris regarding Res. #442 and the Mayor's tie and City Attorney's breaking vote. Attorney Parker read his letter of reply reply on same dated July 15. A copy of both letters are on file in the City Clerk's office. Councilman Traynor stated the Memo from Mr. R. C. Kinsey, A.W.C., regarding the Bonney Lake situation was requested by him to answer his ques- tion as to how many affirmative votes of the Council are required to pass a resolution, ordinance or order. Mr. Kinsey's reply was that a majority of four votes of the Council are necessary. Councilwoman Harris requested copies of Attorney Parker's letter be given each Council Member. AUDIENCE COMMENTS Rudy Regel George Hill 76 9 Steve Hall, Public Works Director, stated he wished to strike his letter from the Agenda; he then read a letter dated July 15 from Mr. Robert J. Hawkins, P.E., of Hill, Ingman, Chase Co. Mr. Hawkins stated both bids are in excess of the present funding proposal by the Federal and State grants, and he recommended submitting the re- sults of both bids to the Federal and State agencies for their approval of additional funding. MOVED BY GARDNER, SECONDED BY TRAYNOR, TO CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF STEVE HALL AND HILL, INGMAN, CHASE CO. CARRIED. Steve Hall read his letter dated July 12 addressed to the Council President. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, TO CONCUR WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENNIS COURTS.* Councilwoman Harris asked if it is proper to accept this by Motion rather than by resolution. Attor- ney Parker replies yes. *CARRIED. Councilman Traynor stated he would like to see a grand opening ceremony for the tennis courts, and he suggested it be held Thursday, July 18 at 5:30 P.M. in the Park. Mrs. Anne Altmayer and Mayor Todd will have the first rally on the court before it is officially opened to the public. Mr. Regel stated, referring to the matter of a full -time Mayor, that a full -time Mayor would be necessary if the population is large enough to support it. Tukwila, with 3,400 people, is not in a position to do so. If Mayor Todd decided it is necessary to become full -time and then decided not to run in the next election, who would be willing to give up a job to be full -time Mayor for four years? If something happened to the Mayor, there would be no one to take his place. He urged the Council to give this deep thought before making a decision. The job of a full -time Mayor could become a political plum in the years to come. He suggested budgeting the money to hire an administrative assistant trained to do the job because the Mayor's job is now too much to handle part -time by himself. It would be better to hire a pro- fessional man and pay him a good salary as assistant. There should be an ordinance drafted stating the assis- tant would be appointed by the Mayor subject to Council approval and his removal from the position would be sub- ject to Council approval as well. Mayor Todd asked if he would be the responsibility then of the Mayor or of the Council. Mr. Hill stated he did not agree with the "little town" attitude of some. If you look at the bedroom population only, that is fine. He stated there are over 7,000 peo- ple employed in Southcenter and over 40,000 people going through Southcenter each day. The City has 90 employees and three more Police Officers are needed now. You must realize Tukwila is no longer a little sleepy hollow. We TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL MEETING July 15, 1974 Page 3 AUDIENCE COMMENTS Cont. George Hill Ed Robinson Golf Course Ad -Hoc Committee Meeting ATTEST: 7 70 have an assessed valuation of $100 million and the City has a $3 million budget. Somebody has to be responsible for all of this all the time. He stated as a member of the Council at the time, he was not in favor of spending cash for the City's capital improvements, but would ra- ther this money have gone to streets and undergrounding programs for the people to appreciate now. He felt the capital improvement programs should be financed by bonds. He stated he thinks the citizens are beginning to realize a full -time Mayor is necessary. Mr. Robinson stated he would gladly give up his career to become full -time Mayor because after four years in the Mayor's office, he could have any job at any salary he asked. Councilman Johanson stated he thought Mr. Minkler was glad to be driving his truck now. EXECUTIVE SESSION 8:45 P.M. 9:12 P.M. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE COUNCIL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS FIREFIGHTERS' LOCAL #2088 CONTRACT. CARRIED. Mayor Todd excused the audi- ence. Mayor Todd called the Regular Meeting back to order with all Council Members present as previously listed. Councilman Sterling announced a meeting of the Foster Golf Course Ad -Hoc Committee set for July 16 at 7:30 P.M. in the City Council Chambers. He asked the City Clerk, Shirlee Kinney, to contact all Committee members. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY STERLING, THAT THE MEETING 9:15 P.M. ADJOURN. CARRIED. Frank Todd, Mayor Shirlee A. Kinney, City Cler *Continued Voucher Approval of LIDs LID 22 R -14 $6,485.17 Cash 18 6,485.17 R -15 1,834.93 Cash 19 1,834.93 LID 24 R -4 4,546.80 Cash 4 4,546.80 LID 25 R -4 200.00 Cash 4 200.00