2010, 04-20 Study Session MinutesMINUTES
SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
STUDY SESSION FORMAT
Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers
Spokane Valley, Washington
April 20, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Attendance:
Councilmembers
Staff
Tom Towey, Mayor
Mike Jackson, Acting City Manager
Gary Schimmels, Deputy Mayor
Cary Driskell, Deputy City Attorney
Rose Dempsey, Councilmember
Kathy McClung, Community Development Dir.
Dean Grafos, Councilmember
Ken Thompson, Finance Director
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember
John Whitehead, Human Resources Manager
Bill Gothmann, Councilmember
Mike Stone, Parks & Recreation Director
Bob McCaslin, Councilmember
Neil Kersten, Public Works Director
Chris Berg, Code Enforcement Officer
Bill Schultz, Code Enforcement Officer
Mary Kate McGee, Building Official
Scott Kuhta, Senior Planner
Rick VanLeuven, Police Chief
Carolbelle Branch, Public Information Officer
Chris Bainbridge, City Clerk
Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the meeting.
1. Solid Waste Advisory Committee — Deputy Mayor Schimmels
Deputy Mayor Schimmels introduced Regional Solid Waste Coordinator Bill Wedlake, and Solid Waste
Advisory Committee (SWAC) Chair KC Traver, who then discussed the concept of regional governance.
Mr. Traver encouraged municipalities to adopt the Plan via an interlocal agreement, and he spoke of the
six options considered by the Solid Waste Advisory committee: to retain the existing system, have a
restructured Liaison Board, use Spokane County Board of County Commissioners, have a disposal district
under Spokane County Board of County Commissioners, form an independent regional board, or use a
non - profit corporation. Via his PowerPoint presentation, Mr. Traver discussed the pros and cons of each
of those six options, and explained that the option to use a non - profit corporation is one of the better
options, although it is the least familiar model and requires additional research, but said successful models
exist and this could be structured much the same as a water or sewer district. Mr. Traver said these
options and recommendations were made about a year ago, and the next step is legal review. He
explained that the SWAC works in parallel with the Liaison Board, and they want to stay focused on the
recommended action toward establishing regional governance, and to work closely with the Liaison
Board to make that happen, with the goal of implementing this no later than 2011, which timeframe is
based on the time the region pays off the bonds that funded the waste -to- energy plant. In response to
Councilmember Gothmann's question about who sets the rates, Mr. Wedlake said similar to the regional
entity in the Olympia area which formed their own governance and planned for their own future, that the
responsibility of the Board of Governance would be based on whatever is included in the interlocal, and
could be determined by majority vote, or weighed majority, or unanimous vote, or by some other means;
and Mr. Traver said that the expectation of SWAC is that whatever gets in place, that should be the
governance body and act with authority to set rates and make capital investments.
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Mr. Traver said the next step for the SWAC is to work cooperatively with the Liaison Board; that last
November SWAC and the Liaison Board began met together as a means to increase efficiency; he said
that state law mandates that every county have a plan to manage waste, and the law designates the Board
of County Commissioners as the responsible entity; he said although the plan should be updated every
five years, the plan was last updated 1998, and the update of the plan has been going on for the last six
years; adding that in the Plan is the strong recommendation to set up a regional governance; he said the
Board of County Commissioners and City of Spokane have adopted that plan, and every jurisdiction
within the County must do likewise, or in the alternative have their own plan; and said there are punitive
measures for noncompliance, such as losing the ability to apply for certain capital funds.
Mr. Traver and Wedlake also discussed the structure of the SWAC, and said there are two council
vacancies; they discussed the purpose of the Liaison Board, established by Interlocal to oversee the
construction and implementation of the waste -to- energy plant and that over the years has evolved into a
body that is compromised entirely of elected officials; and it was again mentioned about the proposal of
combining the two committees. Mr. Traver said through his research he found nothing that prevents them
from merging other than perceptions from some about what those responsibilities are; he said state law
states that the Liaison Board doesn't even have to meet; he said SWAC is open to such a merger and to
work toward regional governance; adding that since state law mandates a SWAC, if the two entities
merged, it would remain the SWAC. There was further discussion on the merging of the two entities,
with mention by Deputy Mayor Schimmels that if the two boards can't agree on this, there will certainly
be problems with the governance issue. Mr. Traver said if a municipality doesn't sign up individually,
they are still under the Countywide plan and would technically be a part of that plan. Mr. Wedlake said
that the 20 -year bonds issued in 1991 will be retired the end of next year; that currently the annual debt
service is $17 million; but if constituents are not happy with tipping fees or capital expenditures, that
perhaps a regional structure would be more efficient. Councilmember Grassel asked if a cost analysis has
been conducted and Mr. Wedlake responded that they have looked into some models with the state,
including non - profit models. Mr. Traver said the need for regional governance was not borne out of the
idea of trying to find a cheaper way to run the system, but he said we do have some of the highest tipping
fees in the state, which he said begs the question if the City of Spokane is operating in the best interest of
the region and are Liberty Lake, Spokane Valley and others fairly represented; and concerning major
decisions like capital investments and rates, this council is currently excluded from that process as it is
currently made jointly with the City of Spokane and Spokane County Board of Commissioners; and if one
of those two bodies disagrees with the other, there is no agreement concerning dispute resolution.
Deputy Mayor Schimmels said he received a letter from Spokane City Mayor Verner expressing her
appreciation for the work that has been accomplished to date toward a new governance structure for the
Regional Solid Waste System, and suggesting the issue be further pursued to give each partner an
opportunity to express key points they feel should be addressed; and said she is willing to make available
a neutral facilitator to assist in that regard; and stressing that time is of the essence and that this should be
a primary topic agenda at the May 3, 2010 Liaison Board meeting. There was further discussion on the
bonding capacity of Spokane and the County; that the entire community paid for the waste -to- energy
plant; of the enormous amount of tonnage in waste that is generated annually and of capacity limits; of
plan ownership and responsibility; and of aggressively pursuing recycling.
2. Code Enforcement Update — Kathy McClung
Code Compliance Officers Chris Berg and Bill Schultz gave a PowerPoint presentation explaining the
code compliance process which is mostly complaint driven based on health and safety violations. They
gave some statistics concerning the several thousand violations they have dealt with since incorporation,
discussed some of the seasonal trends and chronic residence problems, and explained how efficiently the
two of them are able to handle these tasks through the assistance of technology such as inter - divisional
communication through the PLUS System; and they ended by showing some dramatic "before" and
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"after" photos. Mr. Berg noted that the top complaint concerns solid waste, followed by junk autos; and
Mr. Schultz explained that they work closely with the complainant and the alleged violator to rectify
situations and he explained the process from citizen complaint, to citizen contact, to notice and order, to
final resolution.
Councilmember Grafos asked Mr. Schultz to explain the "51 sign violations" in three months, and what
kind of signs were in violation. Mr. Schultz responded that those were all non - permitted banners,
temporary signs, or A- frames, and explained that staff would first send out a notice about the sign
violation. Councilmember Grafos asked Mr. Schultz if he thinks it was business - friendly to just take
those banners down in this environment, and if that was something he should be doing? City Manager
Jackson said that it is code enforcement's job to enforce the city code, and if Council would like staff to
bring the code back for council consideration later, that is something we can do; but that our officers
enforce the code. Mr. Grafos asked if those were banners at businesses, and Mr. Schultz said some were
businesses, and some were actually banners on residences, but most were businesses. Councilmember
Grafos asked about the "property use" category and if that referred to code violations like zone changes.
Mr. Schultz said it would be where someone would be operating a mechanical garage out of a residential
neighborhood, or an automotive repair shop from a residential garage, and said staff generally acts on
those after receiving a complaint from a neighbor. Councilmember Grafos asked if these would be actual
businesses where the city code had been changed and then a complaint was addressed to staff; and Mr.
Berg said typically no; that typically a property use is a violation of a residential property; such as running
a business from their residence without the proper permits or running a business outside the allowed
criteria. Mayor Towey thanked Mr. Berg and Schultz for their service to the community; and
Councilmember Gothmann said he has received past positive comments from citizens concerning our
efforts to solve these problems. Councilmember Grassel asked staff if they see any cracks or failure in
our system to suggest to Council for change review, including our forms or the way complaints are
handled. Mr. Berg said Community Development Director McClung is aware of staff's challenges, and
those issues will be addressed in the future.
3. Subarea Plan (SARP) Schedule — Kathy McClung
Community Development Director McClung said she hopes that she has gathered what it is that Council
wants; that they wanted to go through each individual zone of the Sprague /Appleway Plan, to invite the
property owners to meet and go over the regulations and nonconformances and get their comments; then
have staff bring those comments to staff and make recommendations about which changes would need a
code amendment or which would need a comprehensive plan amendment; and that project would then
move forward to the Planning Commission, and to do that with each zone. She said this is a fairly
complicated and aggressive schedule, and explained that with the public notice requirements and the need
to have staff put together a report for the council's agenda packet, it only gives them about five days
between meeting with the public and the date it must go into the packet; she said it will take several
planning staff to work on this; that there will likely be a core group of people working at the public
meetings and then bringing the issues to Council, and perhaps a different group of people taking the code
amendments to the Planning Commission. Director McClung said that one of the issues which came up a
few weeks ago was Councilmember Gothmann's suggestion to have an update of the Economic Analysis
that was done prior to the SARP being generated; and she said staff checked with the consultant who did
the plan originally, and to get an update would cost about $1,000. Director McClung explained that staff
was going to ask the consultant to take the information that had been previously prepared, and update it
concerning his opinion of the economic climate we have now, which is different from when the plan was
first prepared four or five years ago; and ask the consultant what difference the economic climates makes
in this analysis. Councilmember Gothmann said he heard several complaints that we are using outdated
information, and in order to make a decision, updated information is necessary. There were no objections
from Council for staff to proceed with the economic analysis update. To clarify, City Manager Jackson
said that we are not asking for a specific amount of money, but rather to inform council of this additional
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expense, adding that the plan was completed October 2004, so a letter of opinion concerning the
economic climate would be money well spent.
Mayor Towey commended Director McClung on the schedule, but stated his concern that other issues
will be placed on hold while staff addresses the SARP issue; in particular he stated his concern about the
bike plan and the master shoreline plan, although he said he realizes we are a little ahead of schedule with
the shoreline plan; and he asked if there are other things that might be delayed as a result of the SARP
work. Director McClung said the three primary projects that will be delayed for a few months while staff
addresses the SARP issue, are the shoreline master program, the bike - pedestrian plan, and the
commitments staff has made to the development committee to work on particular items that surfaced as a
result of the developer forum last year; and said it is a matter of trying to keep up with all the daily things
we are required to do, and those projects and this as well. Councilmember Dempsey asked if there is a
cost projection for this topic. City Manager Jackson said there is no intent to add staff, and if council is
interested in knowing the amount of staff time involved, that can be accomplished; and Councilmember
Dempsey said that is her interest. Director McClung said it would be easier to do at the end of the
project; and that said there will be mailing and copying costs, and except for the economic opinion, there
will not be outside consultant costs; and said that she does not anticipate this will interfere with customer
service; and with the exception of the developer's forum issues, this will not delay development projects,
which is another equal priority. Councilmember Grafos asked about the type of notice sent to the
property owners, and if it would include sending a registered letter. Director McClung said it would not
be by registered letter, but regular first -class mail, along with the normal public notice tools.
Councilmember Gothmann said because that has been a problem, he asked that staff review the letter with
Council and several councilmembers concurred. Director McClung said the idea is to have the notice go
out prior to meeting with council on that particular zone; and explain that following the council meeting,
there will be a public meeting where_ the citizens will be invited to come discuss the issues, at which time
the process will also be explained.
Mayor Towey called for a recess at 7:24 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 7:35 p.m.
4 City Manager Recruitment — John Whitehead
Human Resource Manager Whitehead said that as part of the April 6 agenda packet, staff provided
Council a report which included options or steps in the recruitment process for appointing a city manager;
he said that council has flexibility concerning the appointment process. Mr. Whitehead brought Council's
attention to Exhibit 1: Recruitment Process City Manager, which defines stages of the recruitment; and
said that the critical first stage of that process is to define the needs for that position, and to consider such
things as the current duties as stated in the current city manager position description dated May 2003; that
council may want to consider what are our future challenges and what skills and abilities would council
look for in a city manager to handle such challenges. Mr. Whitehead said after defining those needs, the
next step to consider is the compensation of the position and what would it include, such as salary, health
related benefits, car allowance, retirement contributions, personal leave, etc; and said the compensation is
important at the beginning stage as salary or salary range is typically included in any advertising of the
position; and said that connects to a later stage of developing a final contract between council and the
successful candidate. The next stage, Mr. Whitehead explained, is to establish what documents should be
submitted with the application, such as cover letters, resume, work products such as a budget document or
other documents which would indicate some of the candidate's skills. The advertising or marketing
phase, he explained, is where the recruitment announcements are developed, which could include
brochures; and said the recruitment methods should be determined at this stage and suggested the use of
websites and professional organizations. Mr. Whitehead said this process could generate a large volume
of applicants, and council may want to include some pre- screening mechanism to narrow the number of
candidates to those which most meet the qualifications; and from pre- screening we move to a more in-
depth screening which would then lead to interviews. Mr. Whitehead also mentioned that questionnaires
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could be circulated to candidates. The designing the interview step is important, and Mr. Whitehead said
this is where a lot of thought is put into the method to use, or questions to ask, or if there are some
exercises for the candidates to accomplish to reveal skills or abilities, and once completed and an
assessment of the final candidates are chosen, then reference checks are typically done. Mr. Whitehead
said the reference check is important as a means to check with prior supervisors and to gain further
information about skills and abilities. The conditional job offer, Mr. Whitehead said, is often times used
as a step whereby we could ask for information that we could not appropriately consider prior to a job
offer, such as medical, or psychological, and is a bona fide offer of employment which would eliminate a
candidate only if something were revealed during that process which could indicate the candidate could
not perform the duties of the position; and he said it is a legal requirement if we are going to require the
submission of that type of information; and from there, the next step is the contract development. Mr.
Whitehead said the elements of the contract are important to consider prior to recruitment, and said that
whoever is offered the position, could also want to include specific things in their contract which have not
been considered previously. Mr. Whitehead said once the job offer is made, perhaps by someone designed
by Council to make the offer, that that part of that process could include a range of compensation or
elements of hiring.
Mr. Whitehead said council could consider forming a small work team with a designated leader to begin
work on this process; and to provide direction to staff, and he mentioned page 4 of exhibit 1 which lists
some tasks council could look at to complete and how staff might provide some resources. As an
example, Mr. Whitehead said it is council's prerogative to set the compensation, but Council might want
staff to conduct some salary surveys. Mr. Whitehead said Exhibit 2 is the existing job description,
Exhibit 3 is ICMA's great resource document "Recruitment Guidelines for Selecting a Local government
Administrator;" Exhibit 4 is the 2009 AWC (Association of Washington Cities) salary survey concerning
the monthly pay rates of some Washington City Managers; that some have a formal range whereas some
simply show a flat rate; and Exhibit 5 is that section of our City Code which defines the City Manager's
duties, powers and responsibilities. Mayor Towey said that the information estimates 120 days to
complete the process beginning from the date of advertisement, and he asked Mr. Whitehead if he is
comfortable with that timeframe. Mr. Whitehead said if we followed a typical recruitment process, 120
days is reasonable, but if Council adds or subtracts aspects of the process, the time could be extended or
shortened; and other decisions which could affect the timeframe include whether the recruitment would
be local, regional, or national; or to include for travel time and arrangements, and moving considerations;
and said that four months is typical in order to allow for a greater number of people to apply for the
position.
Councilmember McCaslin asked if this process has been started yet; Mayor Towey said one of the
considerations tonight is ether to have a work force to start the process and what that would entail, or to
have councilmembers on the work force to work with Human Resources, or other options.
Councilmember McCaslin asked why we are waiting, and why not start advertising locally within
Spokane County. Mr. Whitehead said he feels identifying what you are looking for in a city manager
should be determined prior to advertising as that would be included in the advertisement. Councilmember
Grafos suggested council use the 2003 job position description as a guideline, and send any suggested
changes to Mr. Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead agreed that would be a good place to start, and for Council to
also consider what is already stated in this City's municipal code as shown in Exhibit 5. Councilmember
Grafos said he wants a local search for a local candidate in Spokane County and not a national search.
Councilmember Dempsey said it is her hope that decision will be a full council decision on where to
recruit; and Mayor Towey said that such decision will be made by the full council. Councilmember
Dempsey said it is her preference to look within the state of Washington as such candidate would be
familiar with Washington State laws; and Councilmember McCaslin said he preferred to stay within
Spokane County. Councilmember Gothmann said perhaps they could look at possible places and
methods of advertising, and consider the associated expenses, as there are likely organizations which list
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such positions at no charge, whether locally or nationally; and he said perhaps Council could ask Mr.
Whitehead to make a list of such organizations. Mr. Whitehead said staff would follow Council's
direction on where to recruit, how and the methods of recruitments.
After discussion on the process, including whether to include the private sector in any survey; of the
differences in public versus private industry; for example bonuses versus no bonuses, benefit packages of
public versus private; that some statistics show public employees' salaries 15% greater than those
comparable private positions; Council concurred that Council will give Mr. Whitehead any suggested
revisions to' the current job position description; that such discussion will be scheduled for a specific
upcoming council meeting work session; it was mentioned that AWC normally publishes the salary
survey by June first so the updated information will be forthcoming; and that Mr. Whitehead will need
any comments by next Tuesday in order to have this information for the May 4 council meeting.
5. Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) — CM Driskell
Deputy City Attorney Driskell explained that this subject originated with some questions about the
previous council's authorized meals prior to council meetings for the council and for staff required to
attend council meetings, and the question was asked if those meals violate Washington's Open Public
Meeting Act. Mr. Driskell then explained that he examined the question in terms of what is a meeting,
which is defined by RCW 42.30.020(4); and further of what is defined by "action" as defined by RCW
42.30.020(3); and Mr. Driskell gave those definitions as found in the state statutes; and said one of the
reasons this law was enacted is to give the public the confidence that their government is operating in the
open, that there are no backroom deals, no special unannounced meetings, and no meetings other than
those publicly noticed, so that citizens can attend and participate if appropriate; and said that this boils
down to that it is not where a meeting occurs, but what happens at the meeting, and that any discussion of
public business constitutes a meeting; and said as an example, if there is a serial e-mail where it comes
from one council member to each subsequent councilmember until it is transferred to a majority of
councilmembers, that also constitutes a public meeting and has been held by our court to be a violation of
the Open Public Meeting Act. Councilmember Grassel said there are times when councilmembers are
copied on citizen e- mails; and she asked if council responds to the citizens and copies all other
councilmembers is that deemed a meeting, and Mr. Driskell said it could be construed as a meeting; that
four councilmembers participating in anything of that nature has legal consequences under the Open
Public Meeting Act; and perhaps a good way to avoid that is to submit those inquiries to Mr. Jackson for
him to handle and that he could keep council informed of the status of such inquiry.
Councilmember McCaslin said he understands there must be a quorum in order to violate the Open Public
Meetings Act; so if three people meet such is not a violation. Mr. Driskell agreed but added there could
be a potential problem if three people met, then three others, and ultimately a quorum. Councilmember
McCaslin said that Article 8 Section 7 of the State Constitution states that "no county, city, town or other
municipal corporation shall hereafter give any money or property or loan as money or credit to or in aid
of any individual, association, company or corporation" and said his question is, are we taking tax dollars
to buy meals for the city council, and is that a violation of the Constitution and he asked Mr. Driskell if he
has done research on case law on specifically buying meals. In a point of order, Councilmember
Dempsey said that topic is next on the agenda; and Mr. Driskell said his discussion is about the Open
Public Meeting Act, and if Mr. McCaslin is asking from a financial standpoint if that is a gift of public
funds, which is a separate analysis, he does not recall if his office has specifically examined that legal
issue, they did check with the State Auditor's Office which office was aware of the policy and the State
Auditor's Office had no objection. Mayor Towey said the point of order has been made and meals will be
discussed on the next agenda topic.
Deputy City Attorney Driskell said that regardless of where the meeting is, if no city business is
discussed, then it is not a meeting under the Open Public Meetings Act, and if five people attend a party
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which is a purely social event and there is no discussion of city business, that is not a violation of the
OPMA; and if four councilmembers go to a Spokane County meeting and all four sit next to each other,
that could arguably be a public meeting, which is why we ask each Councilmember to notify
Administrative Assistant Passmore when councilmembers attend meetings; so staff can properly notice
those meetings; and he added that merely having seven councilmembers in one room is not necessarily a
violation of the OPMA, but there is also the public's perception of violations of the OPMA. Concerning
e -mails from citizens directed to all councilmembers, Mr. Jackson said he feels it best to send those to the
City Manager to make sure we have the correct answer and follow the right process; but certainly council
can communicate with members of the public, and copy other councilmembers on a -mails and responses,
but advised caution in having several councilmembers reach an opinion as to any one e-mail question; and
Mr. Driskell agreed and said if there are responses from several councilmembers it might begin to appear
as if there were on -line discussion among councilmembers. Councilmember Gothmann said that
Administrative Assistant Passmore tracks e-mail requests from citizens to ensure the citizen receives a
response; and he said he endeavors to copy Ms. Passmore on any a -mails he sends, which is a way to keep
to the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act while ensuring citizen inquiries are answered. Mayor
Towey said he feels that is a good policy and should be continued.
6. Council Procedures: Meeting Times, Meals, etc. — Mayor Towey
Per the Request for Council Action contained in the council packet, Mayor Towey explained that at the
beginning of this city's history, councilmembers and staff were on a tight meeting schedule, and deemed
it reasonable to share a meal prior to the council meeting, and enacted the "Refreshment Policy" per
Resolution No. 04 -004; he said he feels there was good reason at the time to serve those meals, but that it
was not meant to be a habitual matter; that the resolution said the policy would allow payment of the
necessary expenses for providing refreshments when approved by the City Manager; that he feels the
resolution should remain, as it is sometimes appropriate to serve light meals and /or refreshments during a
meeting, such as during the council's retreat; but that the intent of the resolution is not for a regular
meeting; and feels the regular meals should not continue. Councilmember Gothmann gave some examples
of city councils which supply meals during meetings, such as Shoreline, Washington or Bend, Oregon;
and said they are also often used as a means of team building and employee motivation; that he prefers
not to continue the practice for council but suggests management see what can be done for employees for
that one hour. Councilmember Dempsey said she has no objection to discontinue the meals, but rather
objected to the topic not originally coming before council for discussion; and added that sometimes
supplying meals is beneficial and there is benefit to sharing a meal. There was council consensus to leave
the resolution intact, but to discontinue the weekly Tuesday night meals.
The issue of changing meeting times was discussed, and Councilmember Grassel suggested changing the
meeting to 6:30 or 7:00 p.m.; while others suggested keeping the meeting time at the currently set 6:00
p.m. time arguing that a later starting time means an equally later ending time. Deputy Mayor Schimmels
added that for the regular formal meeting schedule, it generally takes about thirty minutes to get through
the beginning of the agenda for such things as roll call, council reports, and consent agenda, and the
action items usually don't begin until about 6:30 p.m. while Councilmember Grafos suggested moving
the meeting to 6:30 p.m. would better serve the citizens and thereby allow them ample time to leave work,
get home and eat, and come to council's meetings. It was moved by Councilmember McCaslin and
seconded to keep the meeting time as it currently is. Vote by Acclamation: In Favor: Mayor Towey,
Deputy Mayor Schimmels, and Councilmembers McCaslin, Gothmann and Dempsey. Opposed:
Councilmembers Grassel and Grafos. Abstentions: None. Motion carried. Council times will remain at
6:00 p.m.
At 8:50 p.m. Councilmember McCaslin announced he was leaving the meeting, and he left the room.
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7. Advance Agenda — Mayor ToweX
Councilmember Grassel said she has received some letters regarding the Broadway Street project, and
Mr. Jackson said that Public Works Director Kersten is preparing some information concerning that topic,
and he will discuss this with Mr. Kersten in the morning to determine how soon that matter can be
scheduled on a council agenda.
8. 2010 Budget: This item was for information only and was not reported or discussed.
9. Council Check -in — Mayor Towey n/a
10. City Manager Comments —Mike Jackson
City Manager Jackson said that during last week staff's discussion of proposed comp plan text
amendments, it was decided that councilmembers would forward any concerns to staff; and Mr. Jackson
said those concerns will aid in staff's research. Mr. Jackson also encouraged Council to review this
agenda's information item on the 2010 budget so that Council can communicate their intentions for the
2011 budget preparation.
EXECUTIVE SESSION It was determined there would be no Executive Session.
It was moved by Councilmember Gothmann, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 8:54 p.m.
Y omas E. Towey, ayor
ainbridge, City Clerk
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