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Utilities Committee
UTILITIES COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2012 5:00 p.m. Conference Room 1
PRESENT
Councilmembers: Dennis Robertson, Chair; Joe Duffie and Kate Kruller
Staff: Bob Giberson, Robin Tischmak, Frank Iriarte, David Cline, Greg Villanueva and Kimberly
Matej
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:02 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
No presentations.
II. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. NPDES Program: Washington State DOE Grant Amendment
Staff is seeking Council approval to accept an amendment to the Washington State Department of Ecology
(DOE) Grant for an additional $50,000 in funding.
In November 2010 (see Utilities Committee minutes dated October 12, 2010), the Council approved a grant
agreement with the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) to accept non competitive grant funds
in the amount of $11.8,112 for the Municipal Stormwater Capacity Grant. Tukwila has been informed that
DOE has an additional $50,000 in funding available from the State Local Toxics Control Account to add to
the existing funds. Staff will utilize /apply these funds to the outfall program and public education relative to
NPDES. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MARCH 12 COW FOR DISCUSSION.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
There was a brief discussion regarding a consent agenda process that will soon be moving through the Finance
Safety Committee. If implemented by full Council, the Committee noted that above item would be an
excellent example of an item recommended for consent agenda.
Committee Chair Robertson requested, and the Committee concurred, that when there is only one item on an
agenda, if it is not urgent or time sensitive, that it be moved to a future Committee meeting in consideration of
improving efficiency of meetings. However, if a one or two item meeting is required and it does not appear to be
time consuming, staff should prepare to use the extra meeting time as an educational opportunity for the
Committee. For example, if an agenda time only takes 5 minutes of Committee time, perhaps the next 20 -25
minutes could be used to provide information regarding the CIP process.
Meeting adjourned at 5:12 p.m.
Next meeting: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:00 p.m. Conf. Room No. 1.
OX Committee Chair Approval
Minutes by I�M. Reviewed by BG.