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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-10-03 Regular MinutesTUKWILA CITY COUNCIL October 3, 1983 Tukwila City Hall 7 :00 p.m. Council Chambers Regular Meeting FLAG SALUTE AND CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE REPORTS Council Members Attorney CONSENT AGENDA OLD BUSINESS M I N U T E S 3 7 In the absence of Mayor Van Dusen, Council President Harris led the Pledge of Allegiance and called the regular meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order. GEORGE D. HILL, LIONEL C. BOHRER, MABEL J. HARRIS, Council President, DORIS E. PHELPS, JOE H. DUFFIE, WENDY A. MORGAN. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT COUNCILMAN BAUCH BE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. DANIEL D. W00, Deputy Ctiy Attorney; MAXINE ANDERSON, City Clerk; BRAD COLLINS, Planning Director. Councilman Duffie reported on tours he took of the Bon Marche and the Farwest Paint Company. He said they were both very interesting businesses to visit. He suggested that Council set a Saturday and invite people to "Meet your Councilman." Attorney Woo reported that the only pending actions are the 2 Allenbach cases, the Highline Incorporation Lawsuit and the NAACP Lawsuit. Councilman Phelps reported on the Puget Sound Water Quality Conference she attended. The four topics discussed in panel discussions were: (1) Toxic chemicals in urban enbayments; (2) Water quality concerns such as dredge spoils, oil spills, runoff and shellfish contamination; (3) Long -term issues in Puget Sound; (4) The institutional setting. a. Approval of Minutes: September 16, 1983, SPECIAL MEETING September 19, 1983, REGULAR MEETING b. Approval of Vouchers Claims Fund Vouchers #15872 #15998 Current Fund $41,725.60 Golf Crse. Spec. Rev. 768.20 Street Fund 8,541.67 Federal Shared Rev. 2,520.55 Water Fund 20,554.93 Sewer Fund 1,915.97 Firemen's Pension 485.70 $76,512.62 Discussed on page 3 c. Consultant selection for the 1984 Residential Street Project. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED.* Councilman Bohrer asked to have Item 6c, Consultant selection for the 1984 Residential Street Project, withdrawn from the Consent Agenda. *MOTION CARRIED. Proposed resolution- Councilman Hill noted that the Public Works Committee discussed acknowledging charges the Davis water leak sometime ago. There are several other water incurred due to leak services besides the Davis' that are in the right -of -way. in water service line (Davis) Council President Harris said that the City is going to have to treat all customers the same. We do not want to write a resolution that will set a precedent so that the City is responsible for every residential water leak in a right -of -way. The wording of the resolution does not commit the City. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING October 3, 1983 Page 2 OLD BUSINESS Cont. Proposed resolution- Attorney Woo noted that sometime ago an agreement was drawn up acknowledging charges for the Davis" to sign, but Mrs. Davis elected not to enter into incurred due to leak any agreement. Since that time, it was thought that she was going in water service line to work it out with the Public Works Committee. (Davis) (cont.) RECESS: 8:20 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE ATTORNEY DRAW UP A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH MRS. DAVIS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LEAKS IN WATER LINES INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY FOR PRIVATE RESI- DENTS.* Councilman Bohrer noted that the Mayor's letter to Mrs. Davis dated August 17, 1982, said that the City cannot arbitrarily lower the water bill without a more substantial reason. Ted Freemire's letter of May 13, 1983, said that, in his opinion, the service line at the Davis residence is the total responsibility of the property owner and not of the City of Tukwila. We need some justification why the City should be responsible for the water leak. Council President Harris noted that no place does it say the Finance Director has a right to lower anyone's water bill. The law states that everybody must be treated equally. He is asking Council to make a formal decision. ROLL CALL VOTE: HILL NO BOHRER NO PHELPS YES DUFFIE NO MORGAN YES HARRIS YES *MOTION FAILED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WHEN MRS. DAVIS CAN BE PRESENT. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Pro Tem Harris called the regular meeting back to order with Council Members present as previously reported. NEW BUSINESS Proposed resolution- Councilman Morgan said, to her knowledge, the Finance and Per adding the position sonnel Committee has not met to discuss the addition of the of City Administrator City Administrator position to the Wage and Salary Plan. Council to the Wage Salary should not consider this until the Committee has considered the Plan implication of dealing with other positions also. MOVED BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT DISCUSSION ON THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION BE TABLED UNTIL THE FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETS AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER BAUCH RETURNS FROM VACATION.* Councilman Bohrer said (verbatim): I think the action is an appropriate one. I think this position is a very important one for the City so the consideration of what the responsibilities and duties are and how we select that person should be one that receives some considerable attention. I do not find that the job description, the position description that is before us is consistent with the position specifications, and I do not find that the position description for the City Administrator really includes any real definition of administrative functions, if you will. They are almost totally missing from that description, so I find, in turn, that this position description does not really satisfy what I expected of this position. I am not at all happy with the process that is very sketchily outlined for selecting the position. I think is is a far more important position than TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING October 3, 1983 Page 3 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Proposed resolution adding the position of City Administrator to the Wage Salary Plan (cont.) Ordinance #1300 relating to the Dangerous Building Code Ordinance #1301 Relating to con- cealed pistol permits Consultant selec- tion for 1984 Residential Street Project is being given credit for here, and the process needs to be very carefully considered on how the person will be selected. I would like to see all those issues addressed in the Finance and Per- sonnel Committee before this issue comes back to the Council. Councilman Phelps said (verbatim): I have an additional comment to make to the Finance and Personnel Committee as they deliberate what they are doing here should the motion pass. At the September 26 meeting, although the minutes are not complete on my comments, I had mentioned that the selection for this position, in my opinion, should be similar to that for the Police Chief, at the time that we used -where a committee of people sat in on the final selection, made recommendations to the Mayor for the person selected, and I think that was comprised of representatives from the business community and some interested and concerned citizens. In that process, somebody from the School District, I believe, was even included in it -in the Police selection; but at any rate, that's the tone of the selection process that I favor. We had talked at the last meeting, also, about getting, from the very beginning, citizen input to, say, the salary, the job description, and the advertising, and that sort of thing. But, I think that is an unnecessary delay to the process. Those are legitimate functions of the Mayor and the Council to set salary and to set advertising and the preliminary selection process. Councilman Morgan said the committee will probably deal with the City Administrator and the Public Works Director separately. The entire issue relates to the salary of each position and the decision whether it is appropriate, at this time, to create the higher grade in the salary plan or whether there are alternative means of handling setting a salary for a City Administrator. She said she had requested that a proposed budget be presented this evening for the hiring of the Administrator and suggested that it is also an item for discussion at the Finance and Personnel Meeting. *MOTION CARRIED WITH HILL VOTING NO. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Attorney Woo read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., repealing Ordinance No. 849 and TMC Chapter 16.30, relating to Dangerous Building Code, in its entirety and replacing with new language. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1300 BE ADOPTED AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARRIED. Attorney Woo read an ordinance of the City of Tukwila, Wash., amending Ordinance No. 597, Section 2 (1969), and Ordinance No. 1226, Section 5 (1981) relating to concealed pistol permits and forfeiture of pistols and declaring an emergency. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1301 BE ADOPTED AS READ. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Bohrer said he asked to have the consultant selection for the 1984 Residential Street Project removed from the consent agenda because he had some questions. He noted that there is no one attending this meeting from administration who can speak on this or any other matter except the Dangerous Building Code. He said he wanted to know what the City's policy is on the repeated hiring of consultants that the City has had on jobs. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING October 3, 1983 Page 4 NEW BUSINESS Cont. Consultant selec- tion for 1984 Residential Street Project (cont.) ADJOURNMENT 9 :00 P.M. Councilman Phelps said she discussed this with Mr. Sneva. The policy of the department is to review the consultant's proposals as they are submitted for the various projects and to evalute them on the spread sheet included in the packet. The format is re- vised for each project depending on its scope. Selecting a new firm for the sake of using a new firm is no wiser than contracting with the same firm for every project. If we have a firm and they rate in the top three and have done a good job in the past, why not use them again. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR SEA, INC. AS THE CONSULTANT FOR THE 1984 RESIDENTIAL STREET PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. Mayor Pro Tem N 'rr'rs City/Clerk