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City Council Finance Committee
Meeting Minutes
March 7, 2017- 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Verna Seal, Chair; Kathy Hougardy, Thomas McLeod
Staff: David Cline, Peggy McCarthy, Mia Navarro, Jay Wittwer, Laurel Humphrey
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
II. BUSINESSAGENDA
A. Contract Amendment: Pacifica Law Group
Staff is seeking Council approval of a contract amendment with Pacifica Law Group for bond
counsel services in an amount not to exceed $138,000, for a term ending December 31, 2020.
This amendment will increase the contract amount and extend the term to cover all planned
debt issuances until December 31, 2020. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MARCH 20,
2017 REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA.
B. Job Shadow and Internship Program
Staff updated the Committee on the status and activities of a new high school internship and
job shadow program hosted by the Communications Division. Each department will be asked
to provide at least one job shadow or one internship opportunity per year, with goals of
exposing students to City employment opportunities as well as having the City's workforce
better represent the community. Performance measures will include surveys and participation
statistics, and the program can be modified over time to reflect necessary changes. The
Committee asked staff to look for ways to prioritize local students, as the program cannot
explicitly service Tukwila only. INFORMATION ONLY.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Staff updated the Committee on the status of the applications for the Public Safety Bond Financial
Oversight Committee, which will be formally reviewed in Committee on March 21. The Committee
requested to extend the application period through March 13, 2017.
Chair Seal mentioned that the Committee will be continuing work on the City compensation policy,
and would like the next discussion to include a briefing on how the policy has been working from the
personnel perspective.
Add rued at 6:10 p.m.
...._._... Committee Chair Approval
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