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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-02-23 Committee of the Whole MinutesFebruary 23, 1976 7:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS MINUTES APPROVAL DISCUSSION Water District #38 Film and presentation by Officer Kilburg re: Crime Pre- vention City Attorney recommendation re: T.M.C. revisions from Book Publish- ing Continued Committee Items from 2 -9 -76 Committee of the Whole Meeting /977 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL Tukwila City Hall COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING Council Chambers M I N U T E S The meeting was called to order by Council President Hill. GARDNER, TRAYNOR, HILL, MS. PESICKA, VAN DUSEN, MS. HARRIS. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY MS. PESICKA, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY WITH THE CORRECTION TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF TO ORDINANCE 725 BE CHANGED TO ORDINANCE 925. THAT THE MINUTES OF THE 9, 1976 BE APPROVED THE MINUTES WITH REFERENCE CARRIED, AS AMENDED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE AGENDA BE AMENDED TO CONSIDER A PRESENTATION BY STEVE HALL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, REGARDING WATER DISTRICT #38. CARRIED. Steve Hall, Director of Public Works, pointed out the area served by Water District #38 and said that a rendering works company is the only firm in Tukwila being served by this water district and they would like to take in some other customers outside the City limits. Councilman Traynor said he felt that this matter should be pursued by the Public Works Department and they should look into all angles of the situation and then bring it back to the City Council when all of the details are available. Police Officer Kilburg thanked the City Council for the privilege he had of attending a four week seminar on crime prevention. He presented a film covering the subject matter that had been presented at the seminar. He stated that he would like to see the crime prevention methods suggested put into effect in the City, especially the dead bolt locks on doors. He added that he would like to see an ordinance passed that would require all new buildings to upgrade their security measures. He stated he would like to see the Police Explorer Group sponsored by the Police Department make a survey and suggest to individuals how they can make their places burglar proof. He said the Police Department was short handed now and it would be difficult to put the program into effect. Council President Hill stated that the film presentation had been very interesting and he felt Police Chief Sheets and Public Works Director Hall should get together and come up with a program to present to the people. Mr. Lutes, audience, said he thought City Council action should be taken and an ordinance passed that makes it mandatory for all new construction to have the type of burglar proof locks referred to in the film, that it would be part of the building code. Mrs. Lutes, audience, asked if unbreakable glass material is expensive. Ms. Pesicka stated that it is about eight times as expensive as regular glass. Council President Hill stated it was his understanding that the Deputy City Attorney wanted to discuss this matter at the Committee of the Whole Meeting this date but he must mean next week at the regular City Council meeting. RECESS MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 8:40 P.M. 8:45 P.M.MEETING RECESS. CARRIED. Councilman Gardner stated that the Corridor Study is still an item for consideration in the Public Works Committee. Ms. Harris stated that she thought the City Council had authorized this study previously. Mae Harris, City Treasurer, stated that she did not believe the City had ever been billed the $1,000 that the study would cost the City. Councilman Traynor said that maybe the whole study had been dropped. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY MS. PESICKA, THAT THE CORRIDOR STUDY CONSIDERATION BE DROPPED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE CITY OF RENTON CONTACTS THE CITY AGAIN ON THIS SUBJECT. CARRIED, WITH GARDNER VOTING NO. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING February 23, 1976 Page 2 DISCUSSION Contd. City banking Peoples National Bank Continued Committee items from 2 -9 -76 Committee of the Whole Meeting Proposed process for achieving the merger of METRO and King County 14 7? MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY MS. PESICKA, THAT THE AGENDA BE AMENDED TO CONSIDER ITEM 6 ON THE AGENDA RE: CITY BANKING, PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK. CARRIED. Council President Hill read a letter from Peoples National Bank dated February 10, 1976 in which they requested the City Council to consider designating Peoples National Bank as the principal bank of the City. They also attached a copy of a Banking Service Agree- ment and said they would be willing to consider any modification that the City deemed necessary to the agreement. They said that in addition to the proposals made in the basic letter and Banking Service Agreement, they suggested that the Council give consideration to a "one check" payroll for all City employees which would operate as follows: (a) A service charge freechecking account would be opened for each city employee allowing up to five free checks per month. When more checks are used the account would be subject to service charges (above the five check level) as any other checking account. (b) Each employee would be provided with an introductory supply of fully personalized checks. (c) The City would supply a list of the amount to be credited to each employee account and this would be done on each payday with one check being issued to cover the entire payroll. The City would probably want to provide each employee with an advice of pay each period. (d) Bank would allow a $3 credit to each city employee toward cost of a safe deposit box. (e) A savings account would be set up for each city employee to be activated on the first deposit. A portion of the employee's pay could be credited each pay period if the city desires to include this. Shirlee Kinney, City Clerk, stated that she had about a one year supply of blank checks on hand for City use and had just placed a minimum order of payroll checks which would cover a 6 month period. Frank Todd, audience, stated it was his understanding that the City could not accept gratuities and this free banking service to employees would be considered a gratuity. Council President Hill said that in order to be fair to all of the banks in the City, the banking should be rotated. He stated that he preferred that each employee be given their pay check in their hand rather than have the City deposit it in the bank for them. Shirlee Kinney, City Clerk, stated that she had discussed this matter with Mayor Bauch and this one check payroll banking would not save the City work as each employee would have to be given a payroll stub showing the deductions that had been made on their pay check. Mr. Bill Mills, Public Funds Officer, from People National Bank stated that the cities of Bellevue and Kirkland use this system in paying their employees that the method of payroll banking was approved by the City employees by vote. Councilman Traynor stated that if this method of paying City employees is adopted it would only be after a vote of the employees and if they desired such a method. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT A RESOLUTION BE DRAWN UP TO ADOPT THE BANKING SERVICE AGREEMENT AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CARRIED. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY MS. PESICKA, THAT THE VARIOUS STANDING COMMITTEES CONCUR WITH MAYOR BAUCH'S SUGGESTION THAT EACH ITEM REMAINING IN COMMITTEE BE REVIEWED BY ADMINISTRATION AND IF IT IS STILL A MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE CITY IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CARRIED. Mayor Bauch explained that an informal group of elected officials had been meeting to discuss the Commission's recommendations and their implementation. Documents had been submitted which described a proposed process for achieving the merger of METRO and King County and giving citizens and local government officials more control over county -wide issues. The process can succeed only if there exists a consensus of opinion that it is reasonable and timely. He added that this group was invited to consider this proposal and let the City's thoughts be known on or before March 8. King County, the TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING February 23, 1976 Page 3 DISCUSSION Contd. Proposed process for achieving the merger of METRO and King County Contd. Green River Flood Control Park -Five Acres across street from South Central School District City Hall Review of A &E Qualification Data Sheets submitted by architects U.S.T.M.E. Department Head Salaries City Council Policy regarding remarks about previous adminis- tration City Printing PI 7 9 City of Seattle, and the Suburban Mayors Association have all been asked to submit nominations for members of the proposed Charter Review Committee to County Executive John D. Spellman by March 8. He continued that one man would have one vote. C ouncil President Hill said it was his proposal that Mayor Bauch write a letter stating that the City Council wants more information, especially regarding representation of the smaller cities. Ms. Harris said information should also be obtained regarding the formula that would be used based on population. MOVED BY PESICKA, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE MAYOR BE DIRECTED TO WRITE A LETTER REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ACHIEVING THE MERGER OF METRO AND KING COUNTY. CARRIED. Mayor Bauch said that he and Councilman Gardner had attended some meetings with various mayors and representatives regarding flood control in the Valley. He added that the map he had received showed how sub -zones would be set up and that the whole project had to have an Environmental Impact Statement before anything would be done on any of the sub zones. He said that each sub -zone would be completed as fast as the people wanted it done. Mae Harris, City Treasurer, asked what the City share of the cost would be and Mayor Bauch stated he did not know. Councilman Gardner said he was in favor of the sub -zone proposal. MOVED BY TRAYNOR, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT THE SUB -ZONE IDEA IN THE GREEN RIVER FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. CARRIED. Mayor Bauch stated that the South Central School District had offered the area across the street from the school comprised of approximately 5 acres for use as a park. He stated that it has a stream running right through the middle of it. Ms. Pesicka suggested that the offer be referred to the Park Board to see if they have a use for it and then they could come back to the City Council with their recommendation. Mayor Bauch stated that it would be best used for a picnic area, it is cleared land and could not be used for horse trails. MOVED BY PESICKA, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THIS OFFER BE SENT TO THE PARK BOARD FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION. CARRIED. Council President Hill asked if the City had received the proposals from various architects for the proposed City Hall. Mayor Bauch replied that nine or ten of the brochures had been received. Councilman Traynor stated that he thought the City Council should contact the references that the architects had listed so the Council would know the type of work that had been done by the architects submitting applications. Council President Hill stated that notice of a meeting of the Committee of the Whole would be posted stating that the meeting would be held at 7:00 P.M. on February 26, 1976 for a review of A E Qualification Data Sheets submitted by architects for the City Hall project. Council President Hill stated that the Council needed to have an Executive Session to consider U.S.T.M.E. and Department Head salaries. Council President Hill requested that the notice of an executive session be posted and it would be held at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, March 1, 1976 prior to the Regular Meeting of the City Council. Ms. Pesicka stated that she had been upset about a remark made at the last City Council Meeting and would like to state her feelings about a matter. She said the new Mayor and new Council had agreed that whomever was in they were going to do their best to work with him and help. Last week Mr. Bauch made a derogatory remark referring to the legal services of the previous administration. She added that it did not help him in his duties as Mayor; it was a political remark, she said she felt it was degrading to his office, that it was wrong and she hoped that it did not happen again. Mr. Ed Robison stated that he was interested and would like to get some of the city's printing business. He said that he did small jobs for the City but when it was a big job they would go to Seattle to have it done. He added that he paid taxes in Tukwila and bought a TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING February 23, 1976 Page 4 DISCUSSION Contd. City Printing Contd. ADJOURNMENT 10:40 P.M. business license fee and would like some of the printing business. Mayor Bauch stated that the City goes out for quotes which include time and price when they have printing done and all of this is taken into consideration when the job is awarded. Mr. Robison stated that he is not being asked for quotes on the jobs that are being done. Mayor Bauch stated the Department Heads obtain the quotes and he had talked to Mr. Robison about this matter and had told him that he would go to the Department Heads and discuss the matter with them. He said that some of the Departments had said that Mr. Robison's work was inferior to that they could obtain elsewhere. Mr. Robison said that he was not told which work was unsatisfactory and he had never had the opportunity to sit down and discuss printing jobs with the Department Heads. Councilman Traynor stated that he thought one of the advantages of a small city is the fact that a person can come before the City Council and talk. He added that he favored keeping the business at home, if the quality and price compare favorably with other work from outside the City. Mayor Bauch stated that he would discuss the matter with the Department Heads. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY PESICKA, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURN. CARRIED. Norma Booher, Council Secretary /q F�