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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-12-18 Special MinutesDecember 18, 1980 7:00 P.M. FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE Veto of Budget Ordinance #1197 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL *MOTION CARRIED WITH SAUL VOTING NO. Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Special Meeting M I N U T E S Mayor Todd, presiding, led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Special Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. LIONEL C. BOHRER, MABEL J. HARRIS, GEORGE D. HILL, J. REID JOHANSON, DORIS E. PHELPS, DANIEL J. SAUL, Council President, GARY L. VAN DUSEN. MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk; SHIRLEY KRISTOFFERSON, Acting Finance Director. This Special Meeting is called in accordance with RCW 35A.12.110 for the purpose of discussing the following: (a) Approving the closure of City Hall (main floor) on December 26, 1980. (b) 1981 City of Tukwila Budget Ordinance. Closure of City MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT COUNCIL ALLOW THE Hall on 12/26/80 CLOSURE OF CITY HALL ON DECEMBER 26, 1980.* Maxine Anderson, City Clerk, explained that there are very few employees on the main floor of City Hall planning on working on the 26th. After talking with the rest of the employees, they have agreed to take the day off at no expense to the City, meaning they will take comp. time days, vacation days or floating holidays. Council received a letter from Mayor Todd notifying them that he is vetoing the 1981 Budget Ordinance. He said he did it with great reluctance. There is no justification in spending 30 or 40 thousand dollars creating a bureaucracy that is not justified while allowing the Planning Department to fall apart. He asked Council to fund a Planning Director and eliminate the Office of Community Development; Also, he recommended putting the Building Official under the Planning Director. Councilman Van Dusen said that his investigation shows that Council can set, by ordinance, the structure of the City. Along with that goes reasonable assurance that the Mayor will administrate that structure. There are other statutes that give the Mayor certain administrative powers. This brings up a conflict between the two. We need a compromise here between Mayor and Council to come to a solution. We can override the Mayor's veto, but this will not solve the problem. The Mayor has made this proposal to us, and it is not exactly what we wanted, but it is a compromise. Instead of funding the Office of Community Development Director, we will fund the Planning Director. He asked for favorable response from Council. Under the new structure, the Planning Director would have the responsibility for the Planning Department and the Building Department. Councilman Harris said she can visualize this as being successful as long as the Parks and Recreation Director was to be moved down with his group of employees at the Recreation Center. If he is down there and actively supervises and is a part of his Recreation Department, I could go along with this concept. Mayor Todd asked if he should be down there all the time and most of the Council agreed he should. Mayor Todd said that position is well taken, but he would still want the right to have him, at least, part time at City Hall. Councilman Harris said if he is going to head that Department, his main office needs to be with his group. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING December 18, 1980 7:00 P.M. Veto of Budget Ordinance #1197 (cont.) ADJOURNMENT 8:00 P.M. Councilman Van Dusen said, in his previous discussion with the Mayor, he agreed to compromise on this. Mayor Todd agreed that he would do so. He said his main interest is in making the City operate to its highest level. Councilman Harris said the Police Chief and the Fire Chief are each with their people and City Hall isn't that far away. Mayor Todd said he is prepared to compromise, but not to the point that he has to go down to the Center to consult with him. There is a happy medium that can be arranged so he has an office down there, but he does need to consult with Planning and Public Works Departments. Mayor Todd said the Recreation Director should not be handling the real estate development contracts. To cut him off from the sprinkler system project in the middle did not seem right. From now on, he will not handle the construction portions; that belongs in Public Works. There is some project planning he will need to coordinate. Mayor Todd said he has no problem at all with sending him to the Recreation Center if this will satisfy the Council. He would be reluctant to disrupt the office at City Hall and have all the materials moved to the Center. He asked Councilman Harris if she felt this was a reasonable compromise. She agreed, as long as the Recreation Director has his main office at the Center and works out of there. Councilman Johanson questioned why the Recreation Director had the responsibility of the Golf Course. The financial portion should be through the Finance Department and the maintenance should be through Public Works. Councilman Saul said if the man is kept at City Hall, he will still pick up the paper work. If he is down at the Center running his Department, the other will not be routed to him. If he were down there running his Department, some of the problems might not have occurred. Mayor Todd agreed, he would have the Recreation Director move his principal office to the Center, but retain the Golf Course paper work at City Hall. We will try it and see how it goes. Mayor Todd said the Golf Course contract ends and there is going to have to be some discussion on it later this year. Councilman Bohrer said the City needs someone responsible for the functions of the Golf Course to tie all of the operations together so things don't get hung up in various departments. Someone needs to make the final decisions. Councilman Bohrer clarified that presently there are two Planners budgeted and Council established the budget for the 0.C.D. Director. What is being proposed now is to eliminate the budget for the 0.C.D. Director and fund a third person in the Planning Department. Councilman Van Dusen said the salary grade level needs to be es- tablished. It was previously funded at a Grade 2. The main qualification should be Planning, but also someone with Building Department qualifications. We need someone with supervisory ability. Councilman Phelps said the position should be Grade 2, Entry level and Council agreed. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE FUNDS BUDGETTED FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUDGET. MOTION CARRIED WITH SAUL VOTING NO. Mayor Todd said the changes discussed will be implemented starting the first of the year. Adopt 1981 Budget MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE 1981 BUDGET BE ADOPTED AS AMENDED. MOVED BY SAUL, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. M yor f�Cc�z n City Clerk