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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-12-15 Regular MinutesDecember 15, 1981 7:00 P.M. FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS Introduction and Proclamation: 1982 As the National Year of Disabled Persons Employee Service Pins RECESS: 7:25 P.M.- 7:30 P.M. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 354 Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers Regular Meeting M I N U T E S Mayor Todd, led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the Regular 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, GARY L. VAN DUSEN, Council President. LAWRENCE E. HARD, City Attorney; ALAN DOERSCHEL, Finance Director; HUBERT CRAWLEY, Fire Chief; PHIL FRASER, Senior Engineer; MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk. Council Member Phelps said she became aware of the problems and opportunities for the handicapped when she moderated a workshop at the Association of Washington Cities Conference. Since then, her goal has been to recognize outstanding citizens and publicize the availability of access and other accommodations in the com- munity for the disabled. The citizens being honored this evening are outstanding, but not unique. The disabled person is a hardworking, dependable and conscientious contributor to our society. We must always remember that disabled does not mean unable. She introduced Terry Juneau, janitor and general Building Maintenance Supervisor at Showalter Middle School. He has worked for the school district since 1965. She further introduced Mrs. Janelle Baldwin, SouthCentral School Board, who noted that Mr. Juneau is a self supporting and contributing member of our community. His work performance is excellent. It is my pleasure to see Mr. Juneau recognized as an outstanding employee and a man who knows no barriers. Council Member Phelps introduced Mr. Arthur A. Melot, an employee of Cello Bag, who is also employed in the capacity of janitorial and general maintenance work. He has worked for Cello Bag since 1965. She introduced Mr. Ward Williams, President of Cello Bag, who commented that the employees at Cello Bag consider it an honor and a privilege to work with Mr. Melot. He is an asset to Cello Bag Company. His service record is excellent. He thanked the Mayor and City Council for the opportunity to recognize Arthur Melot's valuable contribution, not only to Cello Bag Company, but to this community and to himself as well. Council Member Phelps introduced Cinda Beth Lium. She sustained serious injuries in a car /bicycle accident in 1977. She graduated this June from Foster High School and is now attending Highline Community College with the goal of entering the field of handicap rehabilitation. Cinda thanked the community for the support she has received. Mayor Todd read a proclamation recognizing the year, 1982, as the National Year of Disabled Persons and encourages all our citizens and business community to observe this year by supporting the long range goals. Mayor Todd presented Cinda Lium, Arthur Melot and Terry Juneau Outstanding Citizen Awards. Mayor Todd presented employee service pins to the following employees: Ted Freemire, Maintenance Supervisor 10 years Dean Shirey, Police Officer 5 years Steve Kohler, Firefighter 5 years Rudy Peden, Firefighter 5 years Jack Stevens, Firefighter 5 years MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT COUNCIL RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Todd called the meeting back to order with all Council Members present. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING December 15, 1981 Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA Ord. #1238 Removed Removed Removed Removed BTM 81 -15 81 -16 OLD BUSINESS Acquisition of la0d from Puget Western NEW BUSINESS Ordinance #1239 Appropriate unan- ticipated rev. for repair of Golf Crse. Bridge Ordinance #1240 Transfer funds to reimburse Land Acq, Bldg. Dev. Fund Resolution #804 Granting benefits to Dept. Heads. A. Approval of Minutes: December 1, 1981 B. Approval of Vouchers: Claims Fund Vouchers #2780 #2968 Current Fund Golf Crse. Spec. Rev. Street Fund Arterial Street Other Water Fund Sewer Fund 2780 -2903 61,741.24 2904- 183,98 2905 -2928 19,652.53 2929- 7,250.20 2965 -2967 191.98 2930 -2947 14,297.05 2948 -2964 23,899.57 $127,216.55 LID #30 C -27 /2986 /Financed by Rev. Warrant #9 $58,498.29 C. An ordinance of the City of Tukwila appropriating unantici- pated revenue for Municipal Court expenses and amending the 1981 budget. D. An ordinance of the City of Tukwila amending the 1981 Budget to appropriate unanticipated revenue for repair of Golf Course Bridge. E. An ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., amending the 1981 budget -to= transfer funds to reimburse the-Land, Acq. fund. F. A resolution of the City of Tukwila granting benefits to Department Heads G. A resolution of the City of Tukwila authorizing the admini- stration to accept grants of easement for construction and maintenance of utility lines within the Boyd Short Plat. H. Housekeeping budget amendments requested by the Finance Department. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA REMOVING ITEMS E AND F.* Councilman Bohrer asked to have items D and G removed also. *MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT A RESOLUTION BE PRE- PARED FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THAT $3,902 PLUS ONE -HALF OF THE TITLE INSURANCE BE INCLUDED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Hard read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, amending the 1981 Budget to appropriate unanticipated revenue for repair of Golf Course Bridge. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1239 BE ADOPTED AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. An ordinance of the City of Tukwila, amending the 1981 Budget adopted by Ord. No. 1197 to transfer funds to reimburse the land acquisition, building, and development fund. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1240 BE ADOPTED AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Van Dusen asked if the Mayor could be included in this resolution on benefits. 3597 MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING December 15, 1981 Page 3 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Resolution #804 Granting Benefits to Dept. Heads (Cont.) Resolution #805 Authorizing the admin. to accept grants of easement for construction maint. of utility lines within Short Subdivision 81 -17 -SS MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE AMENDED BY ADDING SECTION II TO PROVIDE THE MAYOR WITH DENTAL SERVICE, PLAN A, DISABILITY AND LIFE INSURANCE.* ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL HILL VAN DUSEN BOHRER JOHANSON HARRIS PHELPS YES YES YES NO NO YES YES *MOTION CARRIED: 5 YES; 2 NO. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Hard read, in its entirety, as amended a resolution of the City of Tukwila, Wash., granting benefits to Department Heads. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT RESOLUTION N0. 804 BE ADOPTED AS READ, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENTS.* Councilman Bohrer said the subject came before the Finance and Personnel Committee as a request to correct the inequities between the benefit package of the union employees and those of the department heads. At that time he expressed his opinion that the benefits being granted are part of the total, overall, salary increase the Department Heads will receive -not independent of the salary increase. Mr. Bauch, audience, asked if disability benefits could be granted to an elected official. You can't grant him anything beyond his term of office. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT "DISABILITY" BE REMOVED AS A BENEFIT FOR THE MAYOR. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Bohrer asked about the title of the Park and Recreation Director. He felt the title was still supervisor. Attorney Hard read from TMC, Chapter 2.88: "The Parks and Recreation Department is created and shall be under the super- vision of the Parks and Recreation Director who shall report directly to the Mayor." Councilman Bohrer said he felt the ordinance that was quoted was passed by an oversite of the Council. He suggested changing the original ordinance back to Supervisor. ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL YES HILL YES VAN DUSEN YES BOHRER NO JOHANSON NO HARRIS YES PHELPS YES *MOTION CARRIED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. Councilman Johanson said he agrees with Mr. Bohrer; he also felt there was no Director in the Recreation Department. Mayor Todd said the problem has not been the title of the position; the problem involves the rate of pay. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Hard read a resolution of the City of Tukwila, Wash. authorizing the administration to accept grants of easement for construction and maintenance of utility lines within Short Sub- division 81- 17 -SS. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING December 15, 1981 Page 4 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Resolution #805 (cont.) Ordinance #1241 Adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year, 1982 MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT RESOLUTION NO. 805 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* Mayor Todd explained that the property is in the recently annexed section of McMicken Heights. The easements were requested by the Short Subdivision Committee on the advice of the City Attorney as conditionof. approval for four lot short plat. City partici- pation in easements is recommended to ensure future enforceability. *MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., adopting the annual budget of the City of Tukwila for the fiscal year, 1982. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1241 BE ADOPTED AS READ.* Alan Doerschel, Finance Director, presented a recap of the pro- posed 1982 Budget. With the reductions in personnel costs agreed to by staff and council, the 1982 proposed budget is in balance with a total of all funds being $15,505,160. The only item that was not discussed during the budget review sessions is $10,000 added to pay the Police Technical Advisor for accumulated benefits when his time in the position is up. The Personnel Services now totals $3,196,518. There is still $12,850 left in the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund that can be designated for a capital equipment at a later date. The City Street Fund in- cludes the $190,000 for 59th Avenue South Street Project. The project will not be started until July to give time to assess the financial picture. The Water Fund is now in balance, but there is no reserve money. In January, Council will need to take a look at the rate structure. There is the possibility of adjusting the sewer rates to offset the Water Fund problem. Councilman Van Dusen noted that Council deferred the discussion on the full time Mayor position to this evening. Earlier in the year, Council discussed form of government and decided to maintain the Mayor /Council form. Now, do we want a full time Mayor and what should the compensation be. Council Member Harris noted that it was decided to do nothing about it then. The discussion, at that time, did not indicate that everyone wanted a full time Mayor. Councilman Van Dusen did not agree. MOVED BY VAN DUSEN, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE BUDGET BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PAYMENT OF $30,000 FOR THE MAYOR. Council Member Phelps said she favors the move to a full time Mayor, on a trial base, for the next two years. She said she is still in favor of changing the form of government to Council/ Manager, but would be willing to try the full time Mayor for the interim. Councilman Johanson said there is no such thing as a part time Mayor. We only have one Mayor and he is Mayor 24 hours a day. The question is whether to increase his salary. Councilman Bohrer noted that the salary for the Administrative Assistant position has been cut back to 80% of the time. This position has the responsibility of personnel. He asked if the Mayor's salary is increased, will the responsibilities of the Administrative Assistant change? Mayor Todd felt the title should be changed if the Mayor's salary is increased. There are re- quirements in the personnel field that are not being done. Councilman Johanson said staff did a fine job of cutting items in accordance with a tight budget. It bothers him that an elected official would ask for an increase in pay at the last minute. Mayor Todd noted that every Mayor for the past 20 years has wanted the position made full time. 3597 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING December 15, 1981 Page 5 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Ordinance #1241 Adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year, 1982 (cont.) ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL NO HILL YES VAN DUSEN YES BOHRER NO JOHANSON NO HARRIS NO PHELPS YES *MOTION FAILED. 3 55 Councilman Van Dusen explained that Council reviewed the tight budget problem and sent it back to the Mayor for a plan on how budget cuts were to be made. $80,100 was removed from various department budgets on December 9. Somehow, throughout the year, this money will have to be saved. Mr. Doerschel explained that the savings will be made in several ways: (1) Delay in filling vacated positions; (2) Reduction in use of overtime and extra labor. The progress of saving will be looked at each month; if it falls behind schedule, then other methods will have to be used shorter work weeks or fur- loughs. As a last resort, layoffs will have to be made. Councilman Bohrer asked if there was any immediate action planned. Mr. Doerschel said $80,100 has been cut from Personnel Services in the budget and the Departments are responsible to see that this shortage is made up. Councilman Bohrer said he is uncom- fortable with this process. He suggested the following two items be discussed and action taken on them prior to adoption of the budget. (1) We need a hiring freeze on part time and full time employees to be lifted by the Council once we see what is hap- pening; (2) We need to see a more detailed plan from administration on how the cuts are going to be managed. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY JOHANSON, THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED TO CONSIDER A RELATED MOTION TO GO WITH THE BUDGET. ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL NO HILL NO VAN DUSEN NO BOHRER YES JOHANSON YES HARRIS YES PHELPS NO *MOTION FAILED. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE BUDGET BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE TWO NEW SECTIONS, 3A AND 3B. 3A. THERE WILL BE A HIRING FREEZE ON ALL FULL TIME AND PART TIME POSITIONS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1982. 3B. THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL PRESENT A DETAILED PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT OF ATTRITION CUTS BY THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY, 1982. Councilman Van Dusen said Council was trying to give admini- stration and Department Heads leeway and put the responsibility to reduce the budget on them. We have to be very careful on hiring freezes; maybe it will be a position where we really need the person. We do need a plan, but it will be Council's responsibility to make sure we keep on top of this. He is not in favor of Councilman Bohrer's suggestion at this time. Councilman Phelps agreed with Councilman Van Dusen. There are two positions vacant in the City now and one of them could be critical. Public Works Department cannot do with only the TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING December 15, 1981 Page 6 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Ordinance #1241 Adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year, 1982 (cont.) ADJOURNMENT: 9:20 P.M. ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL YES HILL NO VAN DUSEN NO BOHRER YES JOHANSON NO HARRIS NO PHELPS NO *MOTION FAILED. ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL YES HILL YES VAN DUSEN YES BOHRER NO JOHANSON YES HARRIS YES PHELPS YES *MOTION CARRIED TO ADOPT THE 1982 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. ROLL CALL VOTE: SAUL YES HILL -NO VAN DUSEN -NO BOHRER -YES JOHANSON -YES HARRIS -YES PHELPS -NO *MOTION CARRIED: 4 YES; 3 NO. Mayor Todd commented that if it were necessary, he would fire first, then tell Council. It is not proper to circumvent the authority of the administration. A Mayor 72 City Clerk 3 SS/ Senior Engineer come spring. We gave the Mayor the directive to manage the cuts and do what has to be done from an admini- strative point of view. Councilman Bohrer said he felt, at the Saturday meeting, Council asked staff where the cuts should be made, specifically, from the budget. Mayor Todd said the budget can't be managed by the Council. It is too tight a budget to manage personnel on anything other than a day to day basis. Council Member Harris said she would like to see a plan, but does not want to see a six months freeze. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY SAUL, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL INFORM THE COUNCIL BEFORE ANY HIRING OR FIRING ACTIONS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1982, NO. 1; AND NO. 2, THAT THE ADMINI- STRATION WILL PRESENT THE COUNCIL A PLAN FOR MANAGING THIS BUDGET BY THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY, 1982.* MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED.