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CITY OF TUKWILA
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
Minutes
November 17, 1976 Tukwila City Hall
7:30 P.M. Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER Council President George Hill, presiding, called the Committee of the
Whole Meeting to order.
COUNCILMEMBERS GARDNER, MS. HARRIS, HILL, MS. PESICKA, SAUL, TRAYNOR, VAN DUSEN
IN ATTENDANCE
Discussion Council President Hill announced that the purpose of the meeting was
Fire Department to review the proposed Fire Department Budget with Chief Hubert Crawley.
1977 Budget
Proposal Chief Crawley gave a short presentation. Discussion and clarification
was made on several of the line item requests and it was agreed, on
the whole, that it was a very fair budget proposal.
Captain /Training
Officer Position
In reviewing the line item Printing and Binding, Mrs. Harris suggested
the City go out for bids for all printing after we have moved into
new city hall. She felt this could be a great savings to the City.
The following Capital Equipment items were discussed and approved
for purchase:
Item No. Equipment Cost
FD -1 Auto 5,000
FD -2 Edger 189
FD -3 Repair Kit 1,705
FD -4 Tester 295
FD -5 Hose 2,658
FD -6 Valve 638
FD -7 Valve 1,550
FD -8 Portable Radio 3,760
FD -9 Mobile Radio 1,350
FD -10 Home Radio 1,170
FD -11 Motor Scooter 3,950
FD -12 Training Aid 690
FD -13 Come Along 300
The Council completed review of the Fire Department Budget.
Chief Crawley explained to the Council that the person holding the
position of Captain /Training Officer is resigning from this position
and asked the Council to consider abolishing the title and creating
a new position of Assistant Chief. This new position would not be
included in the Fire Fighters Union. He explained that the Training
Officer will step back to Lieutenant, the last promoted Lieutenant
will step back to Fire Fighter and the last Fire Fighter hired will
be without a job.
The Council agreed with the creating of this new position.
There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 10:05 P.M.
Ma�Cine Anderson