2022, 01-11 Formal Meeting MINU 1ES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Formal Meeting
Tuesday, January 11,2022
Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The meeting was held in City Hall with Council,
staff and some members of the public participating in person; and some members of the public participating
remotely via Zoom meeting.
Attendance:
Councilmembers Staff
Pam Haley,Mayor John Lohman, City Manager
Rod Higgins, Deputy Mayor Cary Driskell, City Attorney
Tim Hattenburg, Councilmember Erik Lamb,Deputy City Attorney
Laura Padden, Councilmember Chelsie Taylor, Finance Director
Brandi Peetz, Councilmember John Bottelli,Parks, Rec&Facilities Director
Ben Wick, Councilmember Adam Jackson,Planning/Grant Engineer
Arne Woodard, Councilmember Chaz Bates, Senior Planner
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION: In the absence of a pastor, a few moments of silence were observed.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council, staff and the audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present.
APPROVAL OF AMENDED AGENDA It was moved by Councilmember Woodard, seconded and
unanimously agreed to approve the amended agenda.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS
Councilmember Wick: said he met with one of the representatives from Snohomish County and discussed
some of the FMSIB projects and funding; said he also went over our federal legislative agenda.
Councilmember Woodard: no report.
Councilmember Hattenburg:said he has been contacted by many residents with concerns about the changes
in the local Health Board and of taking away our representation; he also said that neither he nor other
members of the Board were contacted about this change.
Councilmember Peetz: mentioned our letter to the Spokane County Regional Law and Justice Coordinator
of our topics of importance for discussion at the SRLJC meetings; said she got the letter e-mailed over and
mentioned that the first meeting is tomorrow; and that many other committees didn't meet in December.
Councilmember Padden: no report.
Deputy Mayor Higgins: no report.
MAYOR'S REPORT no report.
PROCLAMATIONS Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Mayor Haley read the Martin Luther King, Jr.,Day proclamation.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY 111: Mayor Haley invited public comment.
Mr. Cal Clausen, Spokane Valley; said he has been in the tourism business since about 1990 and he is
concerned with tourism in Spokane Valley and with Council's lack of interest in maintaining and
developing tourism in our city dating back to his time on the Lodging Tax Committee; said as a major
stakeholder, he is totally reliant on the tourism industry; said at times Council has totally ignored
recommendations from the Lodging Tax Committee in order to fund pet projects that don't create any
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tourism; that some of those projects are total failures as it pertains to tourism; they might be great
community events but they don't create any tourism; said there were some statements made by
Councilmembers at the last Council meeting he attended, that are totally false; that one of those false
statements is that there is no compression from downtown Spokane; said he is the only person in Spokane
Valley that also has a hotel in downtown Spokane and there is a tremendous amount of compression; also
the $3 million that was spent on the restaurant, will not bleed; said anyone who has been in the restaurant
business and knows when they are not successful, they bleed like no other business, so there is a huge
liability there or you'll lose the entire$3 million; said the problem seems to be worse now than in the past;
that in March of 2015 numerous hoteliers signed a letter agreeing to the 1.3%tax to build a major facility,.
and the impression amongst those people...... Mr. Clausen's three-minutes expired.
Mr.Dan Allison, Spokane Valley: said City Hall remains in disarray and that he hopes that whatever comes
out on that, that the citizens who own this building will know exactly what happened; said Council needs
to get back to the three-touch rule;the Flora Park was brought up at one meeting, at which time a map was
shown which was dated a year prior,and Council voted on that night; same thing happened on the building
at the fairgrounds; said we have a drawing on that building designed by the people we are suing on this
building; said we don't need that; people need to be better informed, whether in a publication or the
newspapers, people need to be better informed before something happens; and said that when something
comes to Council,we hear that staff recommends this; said staff is the 104-105 people working here at City
Hall, but we need to know as citizens,which department items come from and which staff are spending our
money.
1,PUBLIC HEARING: 2022 Transportation Improvement Plan(TIP)Amendment#1 --Adam Jackson
Mayor Haley opened the public hearing at 6:16 p.m. and invited Mr. Jackson to the podium. Mr. Jackson
explained the purpose of amending the 2022 TIP is to add in new projects, as listed on his Request for
Council Action form, including the pedestrian hybrid crossing from City Hall to the future Balfour Park,
which he said is not specifically highlighted in the TIP; and to remove the Mission Avenue preservation
project Mullan to University, as it was completed in 2021, and said there will be further changes in some
of the projects as we move forward. After questions from Councihnember Padden about a few of the
projects,Mr. Hohman explained that it is the overall project list that is the crux of tonight's public hearing,
and that staff will be coming to Council shortly with further reports; and that having the list enables us to
have more conversations with Council and the community and to further study the projects. There were no
public comments and Mayor Haley closed the public hearing at 6:26 p.m.
2.Resolution 22-001 Amending the 2022 TIP—Adam Jackson
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to adopt Resolution 22-001 amending the 2022 TIP.
Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS:
3. Consent Agenda: Consists of items considered routine which are approved as a group. Any member of
Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda to be considered separately.
Proposed Motion: I move to approve the Consent AL'enda.
a.Approval of Claim Vouchers on January 11, 2022,Request for Council Action Form: $3,384,883.09
b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending December 15,2021: $419,950.75
c. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending December 31,2021: $727,558.04
d. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of December 14, 2021 Formal Format
e. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of December 21, 2021 Study Session
f.Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of January 4,2022 Study Session
City Clerk Bainbridge asked if Council would please remove the December 21,2021 minutes to be considered
separately after the consent agenda. Council agreed. It was then moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded
and unanimously agreed to approve the consent agenda jmirzus the December 21, 2021 minutes].
City Clerk Bainbridge explained that during the December 21, 2021 meeting, it was reported that the motion
to consider approval of the interim city manager contract was in follow-up to Council's November 24, 2021
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motion to offer the position of Interim City Manager to Deputy City Manager John Hohman. However, the
date was actually November 30, 2021; and said that she would include a `sticky note' on those minutes once
approved to acknowledge the correct date of November 30, 2021, and that taking these minutes as a separate
item tonight, will also document the correct date of November 30, 2021. It was then moved by Deputy Mayor
Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the December 21, 2021 minutes.
4. Resolution 22-002, Banking Authority—Chelsie Taylor
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to approve Resolution 22-002 declaring which
qualified public depositories the City is authorized to conduct financial transactions with and declaring
which Councilmembers and City officers have signing authority on behalf of the City. Finance Director
Taylor explained that similar resolutions have come forward in the past as needed,to reflect changes in the
Mayor, Deputy Mayor, longest serving Councilmember, and relevant staff members. Mayor Haley invited
public comments.No comments were offered. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none.
Motion carried.
5. Motion Consideration: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Project Prioritization — Chaz
Bates
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to authorize the Interim City Manager or designee
to present the ranked list in Table 1 to the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee or
their staff prior to the allocation meeting on January 13, 2022. Mr. Bates said this is in follow-up to the
December 21 Council meeting where Councilmembers were asked to independently rank the applications
from 1 to 8,with 1 being the highest priority,and to return them to staff by January 4,2022;that as a result
of those prioritizations, staff added the results to arrive at the total score shown in Table 1, where a lower
number signifies a higher rank. Mayor Haley invited public comments.No comments were offered.
Councilmember Woodard said since he serves on that advisory board,he knows we won't get both sidewalk
projects because our allocation is approximately $655,000, and under the County Commissioners'
direction, capital projects are not funded unless they are funded 100%; said our two projects amount to or
exceed $655,000, which would be to the exclusion of everybody else, and there are some critical services
there; said he ranked the 4`li Avenue project as #8 because he knows it won't get funded; said our priority
is Park Avenue;said he represents the Neighborhood Action Committee,Meals on Wheels,Valley Partners,
and others for the part they do in the valley, we have to give some consideration to that; he also said he will
not be able to vote on a Spokane Valley project as they have eliminated any vote from Spokane Valley
delegation from voting on our projects as it is a conflict of interest; said the committee has to look at all the
projects; said he will keep his ranking when he goes to the meeting Thursday; and if Council has a problem,
he needs to know; and the maximum we can get for the other projects in the Valley that serve the Valley,
include our#1 project.
Councilmember Peetz said she would like to stay with the process that Council did with the ranking, but
has no objection to moving one of those projects down. Councilmember Woodard said he will take the list
to the meeting and follow it as best he can, but that he knows he won't be able to vote for either of our
projects, so it will not get funded. Mr. Hohman said Council just went through a process to prioritize
projects, and if Council adopts this prioritization, they would be looking to Councilmember Woodard to
address that priority with HCDAC and not remove one or another projects;said he feels some clarity would
be good;and he asked if Councilmember Woodard is intending to present the list as prioritized by Council.
Councilmember Woodard said he will present the list,but is realistic on what the votes will be as we won't
get the two projects at the detriment of some of the other small cities who have some major water and sewer
projects that need to be done. Mr. Hohman noted based on the information, we are likely not to get two
projects; and he confirmed with Mr. Bates that the prioritized list will be presented at that upcoming
meeting. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried.
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5a Motion Consideration: Appointment of Councilmembers to negotiate an employment agreement with
John Hohman for position of City Manager
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to appoint Mayor Haley, Deputy Mayor Higgins,
and Councilmember Peetz to meet as a committee to negotiate the terms of a proposed employment
agreement with John Hohman as City Manager, which agreement will be brought forward for the full
Council's consideration at a future date.Human Resources Manager Whitehead went over the background
of this issue, including a January 4, 2022 motion that Council approved to appoint John Hohman as City
Manager. There were no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none.
Motion carried.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY [21: Mayor Haley invited public comment. Mr.
Clausen asked if he might continue his comments and Mayor Haley explained that the procedure is to just
speak at one of the general public comment opportunities. Deputy Mayor Higgins said he would like to
hear Mr. Clausen's comments if possible. Mayor Haley asked if there were any objections from Council to
further hear from Mr. Clausen. There were no objections.
Mr. Cal Clausen, Spokane Valley: voiced concern about the direction we are going now; said he was
• shocked when he learned Spokane Valley opted out of the County's TPA; said he doesn't know the
rationale;that on December 29, Spokane County designated itself as Sports County,USA; said it seems we
are alienating ourselves from Spokane and Spokane County at the same time the Board of County
Commissioners is trying to emphasize sports; said he doesn't know the plan or if there is an intention to
create another TPA, but that hoteliers he spoke with said it will be an uphill battle to get 40% of the rooms
to agree to that;the County Commission gave an endorsement of Visit Spokane and the Sports Commission
for the outstanding work they have done in the past; and that they plan to make the podium and the new
semi-pro soccer team and the soccer field a very successful venture; said they have a plan but he doesn't
know this Council's plan and would love to hear it and has great concerns.
Ms.Barb Howard, Spokane Valley: speaking via Zoom,extended comments to John Hohman,and thanked
him for stepping in and accepting the position to keep the Valley going the way Mr. Calhoun wanted it to
go; said she trusts him wholeheartedly; and that he is a good, honest, hard-working person.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
6. Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Training—Cary Driskell, Erik Lamb
Deputy City Attorney Lamb went through his PowerPoint presentation explaining about the Public Records
Act and Open Public Meetings Act.
7.Advance Agenda—Mayor Haley
Deputy Mayor Higgins said he would like to revisit our action on the TPA.Mr.Hohman reminded Council
that the previous action on this was unanimous. Deputy Mayor Higgins said he feels he may have received
new information tonight. There were at least four Councilmembers who agreed to add this to the advance
agenda. Mr. Hohman said an administrative report will be brought to Council at an upcoming meeting, to
review the process and discuss the action taken by Council.
INFORMATION ONLY: (will not be reported or discussed)
The (8) Finance Department Report, and the (9) Hearing Examiner Annual Reports were for information
only and were not reported or discussed.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
Mr.Hohman made the following statement: "I would like to address an unfortunate incident that happened
on Friday; there's a lot of talk out on social media apps about this particular incident, and I think the
community needs to understand the back story and hear how this transpired.To re-wind the clock back two
years when C.ouncilmember Wick was selected as Mayor, at that time he elected not to utilize the existing,
or the previous office,the designed office for the Mayor's office,and instead utilized a different area of the
building and then brought in personalized furniture to do that. Unfortunately, the desk was very large,
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probably on the order of a couple hundred pounds, and it wouldn't fit through the front doors without
removing - there's the two mullions in there that have to be unlocked and some wiring harnesses
disconnected to make it through. So that was in place. At this transition, Mayor Haley has elected not to
utilize,I think there was an offer from Councilmember Wick to have Mayor Haley utilize the furniture and
that particular office. Mayor Haley has elected to go back to the former Mayor's office, which already had
some component of city furniture in it, and she also elected not to utilize the private furniture. We are not
in a position to store that here; I would be a little remiss,I wouldn't want to have it damaged, or anything
else, and I don't think that was what Councilmember Wick had intended. So there were conversations
between Councilmember Wick and myself last week, we were trying to figure out exactly when and how
this would be accomplished. He had let me know that he had his own personnel to come move it, I would
just have to coordinate the removal of the mullions to get that out.So we communicated,and I left a message
for him on Thursday of last week saying please let me know what time that he would be there. I did not
hear back from him at that point in time. As we were moving some other furniture for Mayor Haley's new
office, because there was a love-seat and a table and some other items that needed, that were city owned
furniture that needed to be re-located; our maintenance staff said this is a big item and we'd have to remove
the mullions and we are concerned about potential damages to the elevator, and so they offered to do it. I
said don't do anything until I get ahold of Mayor Wick,I haven't heard anything back. Unfortunately,there
was a dis-connect there and for a period of time,about an hour and a half,the furniture made itself outside,
which is very unfortunate and I understand that reflects really poorly on the city and we are sorry for that
to have occurred;that was never our intent to have that happen. I think our staff felt that,hey,they figured
out a way to squeeze it through the doors without taking the mullions off, so they got excited and out it
went.
As soon as I was aware of that,I did get ahold of Mayor Wick, apologized to him and at that point in time
also apologized in a voice-mail yesterday and I do so again tonight, it was never our intent to embarrass
him or do anything,we were trying to facilitate the removal of these two large pieces of furniture, both the
desk and a long credenza.Part of it, I think the lessons learned on this had I known what time he was going
to be there it would have been easy for me to facilitate that connection point, and I didn't know that. Mr.
Wick had actually contacted a city staff member and I didn't hear at all what time that was going to occur.
So one thing I did want to address tonight is the City Manager relationship with Council; I work for you
but the staff works for me, and I would just ask to make this really efficient, is to have those points of
communication channel either to myself, or to Marci Patterson, or to Chris Bainbridge, if we are not
available,and Carrie Koudelka also,that way I can try to facilitate this,because I would really hate,I really
feel poorly and I feel bad about what happened, it's really an unfortunate circumstance and I wouldn't want
former Mayor Wick or any of the other Councilmembers to go through something like that and I don't want
it to reflect poorly on the city either; but I think if we can work on channelizing that communication to me,
I think, hopefully we would prevent these types of misunderstandings and miscommunications; so I just
wanted to address that; again I extend my apologies to Councilmember Wick; it shouldn't have happened,
and I'm sorry it did."
Mr. Holman_also announced that there will be a Council of Governments Meeting,sponsored by Spokane
County,this Friday,January 14, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. at CenterPlace where they will have discussions on the
American Rescue Plan funds and how to distribute that, and we will be prepared to speak to our process,
which process will be brought to Council for discussion in February.
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 7:27 p.m.
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SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting
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Table 1: Ranked S sokane Valle CDBG Pro.ect List
Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Rank Total Case ID
Score
Agency Activity
1 13 25157 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services-Food
Bank
2 20 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
3 24 25154 Greater Spokane County Senior Services-Nutrition
Meals on Wheels
4 31 25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
5 35 25145 City of Spokane Valley 4th Ave Sidewalk
Improvements
6 40 25136 Spokane Neighborhood Essential Home Repair
Action Program (SNAP)
7 42 25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services— Food
Bank
8 47 25143 Spokane Neighborhood Micro Enterprise Assistance
Action Program (SNAP)
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: I move to authorize the Interim City Manager or designee to
present the ranked list in Table 1 to the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee or their
staff prior to the allocation meeting on January 13, 2022.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS: There are no expected budget impacts directly to the City.
STAFF CONTACT: Chaz Bates, Senior Planner
ATTACHMENTS: Completed Ranking Tables
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Table 1 : Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Ranking
Agency Activity
6 25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services—
Food Bank
Spokane Neighborhood Action
7 25136 Program (SNAP) Essential Home Repair
8 25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
Program (SNAP) Assistance
4 25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
5 25145 City of Spokane Valley 4' Ave Sidewalk
Improvements
3 25154 Greater Spokane County Meals on Senior Services-Nutrition
Wheels
2 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
1 25157 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services-Food
Bank
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Table 1 : Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Ranking
Agency Activity
g 25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services —
Food Bank
25136 Spokane Neighborhood Action Essential Home Repair
5- Program (SNAP)
25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
tP Program (SNAP) Assistance
j 25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
7 25145 City of Spokane Valley 4th Ave Sidewalk
Improvements
Greater Spokane County Meals on
7 25154 Wheels Senior Services-Nutrition
3 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
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ti 25157 rAr- Emergency Services-Food
Bank
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Table 1: Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Ranking
Agency IIActivity
25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services—
Food Bank
25136
Program (SNAP)
Spokane Neighborhood Action Essential Home Repair
'5
25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
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Program (SNAP) Assistance
7 25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
4li 25145 City of Spokane Valley m I Ave Sidewalk
Improvements
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25154 Greater Spokane County Meals on Senior Services Nutrition
Wheels
25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
--2-- 25157 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services-Food
Bank
Laura Padden
Table 1 : Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Ranking
Agency Activity
2 25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services —
Food Bank
5 25136 Spokane Neighborhood Action Essential Home Repair
Program (SNAP)
6 25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
Program (SNAP) Assistance
Park
7 25144 City of Spokane Valley Improvements
8 25145 City of Spokane Valley 4th Ave Sidewalk
improvements
1 25154 Greater Spokane County Meals on Senior Services Nutrition
Wheels
4 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
3 25157 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services-Food
Bank
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Table 1 : Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane ValleyApplication
Ranking
Agency Activity
4 25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services—
Food Bank
7 25136 Spokane Neighborhood Action Essential Home Repair
Program (SNAP)
8 25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
Program (SNAP) Assistance
6 25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
4th5 25145 City of Spokane Valley Improvements
2 25154 Greater Spokane County Meals on Senior Services-Nutrition
Wheels
3 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
1 25157 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services-Food
Bank
Ben Wick
Table 1 : Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Ranking
Agency Activity
7 25133 Salvation Army Emergency Services—
Food Bank
5 25136 Spokane Neighborhood Action Essential Home Repair
Program (SNAP)
8 25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
Program (SNAP) Assistance
2 25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
46 25145 City of Spokane Valley m I Ave Sidewalk
Improvements
4 25154 Greater Spokane County Meals on Senior Services-Nutrition
Wheels
3 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
1 25157 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services-Food
Bank
Table 1 Compiled Spokane Valley CDBG Project List A '— '.c/o '
Case ID Proposed CDBG Spokane Valley Application
Ranking
Agency Activity
Emergency Services —
25133 Salvation Army
Food Bank
25136 Spokane Neighborhood Action Essential Home Repair
(� Program (SNAP)
25143 Spokane Neighborhood Action Micro Enterprise
,5 Program (SNAP) Assistance
25144 City of Spokane Valley Park Rd Sidewalk
Improvements
25145 City of Spokane Valley m I Ave Sidewalk
Improvements
25154 Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels Senior Services-Nutrition
-2 25156 Spokane Valley Partners Emergency Services
l 25157 S„alliatierny SN P Emergency Services-Food
Bank
New Agenda Item #5a
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date: January 11,2022 Department Director Approval: El
Check all that apply: ❑ consent ❑ old business ®new business ❑ public hearing
❑ information ❑ admin.report ❑ pending legislation ❑ executive session
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Motion consideration — Appointment of Councilmember(s) to negotiate an
employment agreement with John Hohman for the position of City Manager.
GOVERNING LEGISLATION: RCW 35A.13.050.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: January 4, 2022, motion approved by Council to appoint
John Hohman as City Manager effective immediately upon full execution of an employment contract
between the City and the new city manager,that will subsequently be approved by the full council.
BACKGROUND: On January 4, 2022, Council approved a motion to appoint John Hohman as City
Manager. Mayor Haley is recommending the appointment of a Council committee to discuss the terms of
an employment agreement. Once a draft contract is negotiated with Mr. Hohman, Council would meet as a
whole in executive session to discuss the proposed terms. When it appears the Council and Mr. Hohman
are in agreement on the essential terms,staff will schedule a motion in open session for Council to consider
approval of a contract.
OPTIONS: Approve Mayor Haley's recommendation for the committee; or take other action as
appropriate.
RECOMMENDED ACTION OR MOTION: I move we appoint Mayor Haley,Deputy Mayor Higgins,
and Councihnember Peetz to meet as a committee to negotiate the terms of a proposed employment
agreement with John Hohman as City Manager, which agreement will be brought forward for the full
Council's consideration at a future date.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS:The appointment of this committee will not have a budget impact on
the City, although any resulting agreement for City Manager services will, which can be accommodated
within existing budget allocations.
STAFF CONTACT: Mayor Haley; John Whitehead,Human Resources Manager.
ATTACHMENTS:None.