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Meeting Minutes
November 23, 2020 - 5:30 p.m. - Electronic Meeting due to COVID-19 Emergency
Councilmembers Present: Verna Seal, Chair; Kathy Hougardy, Zak Idan
StoffPresent: Rachel Bianchi, Garron Herdt, Marty Roberts, Vicky Carlsen, Tony
Cullerton, Laurel Humphrey, Juan Padilla
Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Equipment Purchase: Fire Department Aid Unit
Staff is seeking Council approval to purchase an Aid Unit in the amount of $280,000 for the Fire
Department.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to November 23, 2020 Committee of the Whole.
B. Contracts: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System
Staff is seeking Council approval of two contracts to replace the City's current financial
software system. One contract is with CentralSquare Solutions for an annual subscription fee
of $111,388 and implementation costs estimated to be $706,945. The second is with NeoGov
for a year 1 subscription of $69,195, year 2 of $75,317, and year 3 for $98, 853.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to December 14, 2020 Committee of the Whole.
C. Land Acknowledgement Practice
Committee members continued discussion on implementing a land acknowledgement
practice.
Committee Recommendation
Continue use of the phrasing installed in the Public Safety Plan buildings and
recommended by the City's cultural resources consultant:
o "The City of Tukwila is located on the ancestral lands of the Coast Satish people.
We acknowledge their continuing connections to land, waters and culture. We
pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging."
O
• Perform the land acknowledgement in the following ways:
o Dedication of city facilities on public land
o Installation at new city facilities
o Add language to City website
o Suggest that Planning Commission include a land acknowledgement in its
meetings
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o Read at City Council meetings:
Councilmembers Seal and Hougardy in favor of land acknowledgements
at meetings where land use items are being discussed; Councilmember
Idan in favor of land acknowledgements at all meetings.
II. MISCELLANEOUS
The meeting adjourned at 6:44 p.m.
Committee Chair Approval
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