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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/02/92TAPE #1075 UNAPPROVED DRAFT CITY COUNCIL HEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 2, 1992 DEC23 FJgZ #0028 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City Council Chambers, 239 4th Street, Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, December 2, 1992, at 5:30 p.m., with Council President Lynn Horton presiding. Council members present were Lon Overson, Richard Neville, Eileen Fitz, C. R. "Tiny" Collins, Hank Waibel, Morrie Dawkins, A1 Colvin and Russ Johnson. Also present were City Attorney, Ian Sievers and City Clerk, Kathleen McCluskey. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President Horton and Invocation given by Reverend Bill Wambsgans of Westside Baptist Church, President Hotton announced the addition of Item 6B - a revised Professional Services Agreement with R. W. Beck, #AB92-300. CONSENT AGENUA None CLAIMS/WARRANT REGISTERS Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing that had been made available to the Council. M/S/C/U(Colvin/Dawkins) on December 2, 1992, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: 160385, 160527, 160530 through 160674 in the amount of $111,306.76; and Retirees' Payroll for the period ending 11-30-92 in the amount of $91,300. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Overson reported he spent this past weekend in Los Angeles and found it to be beautiful and warm, but he saw many reasons for encouraging good growth management in Kitsap County. Mr. Neville reminded everyone of Super Saturday With Santa on December 5, 11:30 AM to 4:00 P.M., at the Sheridan Park Recreation Center. Cost for this event is $3.00 per person or $10.00 for a family of four and includes pictures with Santa, a meal and lots of goodies and a fun time. TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 2 of 13 Mr. Colvin commended Mayor Mentor for being so gracious in accepting all telephone calls regarding recycling. He reported Mayor Mentor was a guest speaker at the Bremerton Central Lions Club luncheon meeting, this date, and his message was well received by the club members. He referenced a recent incident involving Earl Smith, a member of the Lions Club, assisting in talking-down a sailor who had climbed the mast of the USS Nimitz and claimed he would commit suicide. He believed Mr. Smith should get some kind of commendation for his assistance in that situation. He also pointed out a recent article in the Kitsap Business Journal, written by Earl Smith of the EDC, which he found very appropriate concerning the scaling down of the military and the need to become economically diversified prior to that happening. He thanked Earl Smith for his timely article. Mr. Dawkins noted many residents are displaying christmas lights and expressed his appreciation to those who are helping beautify the City during this holiday time. Mr. Collins reported on Saturday, November 28, members of the City Council participated in a tour of the proposed route for the Bremerton-Gorst Connector project. He found this tour to be enlightening even though he was an active member working on this project. Along with that, on Monday, November 30, a public meeting was held at the School Administration Building on the project. He emphasized the proposed route will not be coming up over the hill from Loxie Egans and through Forest Ridge Park, but rather the Navy Yard Highway with some extensive modifications. People who are interested in this project should attend the next public meeting on this issue. He recommended to Parametrix that further public meetings be held and that members of the Citizens Advisory Board take a more active part in publicizing the make up of that Board and what they are doing. The citizens participation group is really the ones who are putting this thing together. There are other who are looking at it from a political standpoint, but the Advisory group is the one central group that is making the recommendations. Then, if there are engineering problems with those recommendations, it would have to be worked out. He emphasized this project is a roadway that will include the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, the Transportation Improvement Board, Bremerton Highway System, Federal Highway System and U.S. Navy. This highway will start south of Mullsnix Road and it is not looking at just how to get into Bremerton but at an extremely large piece of Kitsap County. Mr. Johnson stated he was not aware that a decision had been made as to which route was selected. Mr. Collins explained there is no decision yet, but the best idea that has come out TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 3 of 13 is to include the old Navy Yard Highway. President Horton pointed out the process is at the point of eliminating options that are, for one reason or another, unfeasible, unworkable or the public simply will not accept them. Mr. Johnson emphasized the public should continue to give input...it does make a difference. President Hotton reported on Tuesday evening she attended a Kitsap Transit Board workshop where they discussed the future of Kitsap Transit and how to meet the needs of coming year 2000. That group set two major goals: (1) accessibility - to make sure that all buses, vans and vehicles are equipped so that the population who are less than ambulatory has access to those vehicles; (2) to figure out how they can comply with the Clean Air Act in reducing auto emissions that the diesel buses create. Additionally, they are trying to determine how to expand service within the County, i.e., longer hours, extension of weekend service hours, etc. Within the next few months public meetings will be held to develop a Public Plan for Kitsap Transit. On this date, the Kitsap Regional Planning Council met and during the Department of Health meeting they heard a promotion by the First Steps Program ... little red bows will be handed out to remind women if they are pregnant they need to take care of their own health to ensure the health of their unborn children, which means to not drink alcohol, smoke or take drugs. An interesting statistic was given that in 1989 the mortality rate in Kitsap County for infants was considerably above the rate in Washington State. Now, the County is below the State rate for infant mortality. Lastly, she bid farewell to Fire Chief Chet Meigs and wished him well in his future endeavors. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mayor Louis Mentor offered thanks to Council President Horton for her services this past year as President of the Kitsap Regional Planning Council and the various groups within that organization. He announced Kitsap County Commissioner Win Granlund will serve in that position for the coming year. And, he thanked Fire Chief Chet Meigs for his 25 good years of service to the City. Mayor Mentor read to following Proclamations: (1) December 7, 1992, Peal Harbor Recognition Memorial Day, accepted by John Eichmann. Mr. Eichmann announced the activities planned for the December 7th celebration, which will be held on the boardwalk. Richard Chrisinger noted he hoped people would attend this event and anticipated the weather may be rather "cool" on the boardwalk. He thanked Councilman Collins for his input on the Bremerton-Gorst TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 4 of 13 Connector road project. He resides in the Charleston Heights Addition/Forest Ridge Park Area, and he hoped Parametrix would correct their maps so they indicate where the streets are that do not go through. Lastly, he thanked Mr. Colvin for his letter of appreciation for Mr. Chrisinger's work with the rebirth of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and Work Progress Administration. (2) December 4, 1992, as the official Tree Lighting Day of the Seasons Of Light event and acknowledge the work of Hospice of Kitsap County as a vital component of Health Care services in the City of Bremerton. Paul Mueller, Director of Hospice, accepted the Proclamation and outlined the activities planned for that event. Mayor Mentor shared several notes he received in appreciation of the "clunker" pick up program currently underway. He reported he, Council members and other City departments have received lots of call on the curbside Recycling Program. He reported that during the first day of collecting recyclables, 2-tons of recycle materials were collected, representing about 17% of the households visits. Bob 8auter, Veterans Of Foreign Wars, brought back a message from 3,700 school children, many participating in an essay contest (3rd to 9th grades) addressing "why do I stand for the Pledge Of Allegiance" and "what does the Pledge Of Allegiance means to me". He passed on to Council a number of thank you letters he received from the students in response to the school assembly activities. Another issue that concerns him is the projected down sizing of the military, which will add to the existing problem of homeless veterans. He introduced Marie Johnson from Veteran Affairs in Seattle. Marie Johnson~explained there is a new program in Kitsap County geared toward the homeless veterans. The program is called the PTSD Residential Unit. Several months ago the Veterans Home at Retsil and the Seattle VA Medical Center joined hands across the water and developed a new program. The program is designed for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Seattle VA provides treatment for PTSD and/or substance abuse and Retsil provides a specialized unit for temporary housing for 3-6 months. Most of the participants in this program are referred from other agencies and local veteran organizations. This program starts out with an individual going through treatment at the VA and after they complete an in-patient program for PTSD and/or alcoholism/drug addiction they are referred to the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil. Currently, the program provides for 15 beds and they hope to expand this in the near future. The program treats TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 5 of 13 homeless, indigent people and what they are finding is a 100% success rate for them continuing with their PTSD therapy (several times per week) in Seattle. Most of the individuals going through this program are emotionally disabled and will not return to the community. Unfortunately funding is very limited and the time spent at the Veterans Home is very short. She hoped to raise public awareness of this program and to ask for moral and monitory support for the continuance of the program. Don Atkinson, Bremerton Main Street Association, reported following the Hospice Program on Friday evening there will be a public procession/caroling/candlelight vigil along the boardwalk and up First Street as well as "hot cider and cookies" being served at Yesterdays, Todays and Tomorrows starting about 7:30 P.M. He emphasized the public is welcome to participate in all of the Friday evening activities. He reported the Market Place Study and feasibility study for a hotel/convention center on the City's piece of property adjacent to the Ferry Terminal went out for bid and five consultant bids accepted for review. He noted they are still in the fund raising mode to cover the costs of the studies. Don Larson, Kitsap Dive Association, reported on the sinking of a 366 foot Canadian Escort Destroyer as an artificial reef in British Columbia this next weekend. This will take place at Sechelt Inlet on the sunshine coast of British Columbia. The Artificial Reef Society sunk a 178 foot freighter last year near Sidney British Columbia, which has lead to over a million dollar tourist industry in that area. De1 Knauss, Olympic Avenue, stated he disagreed with Mr. Collins' description of the recent public meeting on the Bremerton-Gorst Connector project. He emphasized, in his opinion, the Citizens Advisory Committee members were not steering this roadway but did have the opportunity for input. Before the recent meeting on Montgomery, one of the questions to Parametrix was "is the over the hill route gone" and a response was given that it was deleted. The first thing they displayed, just prior to that meeting, was a map showing another route coming over the hill. The Citizens Advisory Committee and he, as a member of that committee, do not support any route coming "over the hill". The next public meeting on this issue will be at Olympic College, Room 103, Wednesday, December 9. He hoped everyone who attended the previous meeting will show up for this meeting to voice their opinion that they do not support any route coming over the hill. The selection process has been narrowed way down. He pointed out it was another committee of the project that TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 6 of 13 bounced the "over the hill" route back into the proposal. In reference to the City's 1993 budget, he urged the Council and Mayor to go back and look at the portion of the budget that deals with the drug/violence levy. He noted there was nothing in the budget that allows for setting aside fund for future needs for that same purpose. Under the Police Crime Drug Unit Budget (001-20), it calls for four Police units and the way he understands it there are four vehicles for the Drug/Violence Unit and three patrol cars included under this same levy money. He questioned why was that under the same budget item? President Hotton explained that the three patrol vehicles had been pulled out and relisted under Transportation. She emphasized the Drug/Violence Unit would fund for four vehicles, which will be something other than patrol vehicles. 6A -AMENDED LEASE AGREEMENT, ANDERSON CREEK; ROBINSON, #AB92- 298 The attached lease of utility owned property at Anderson Creek was approved by Council on July 17, 1991. The 90 day feasibility period has been exceeded due to the amount of time necessary to conduct surveys and obtain permits. The Robinsons are now prepared to proceed with the project. An amendment to the lease term is required. Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, explained the Robinsons had until November 30, 1992, to obtain all of their permits and notify the City they intend to go ahead, which they have done. As of December 1, the City will receive rental payments in the amount of $100.00 per month for the next 10 months while they are getting established and then the rent increases up to $300.00 per month and is tied into a C.P.I. clause for future increases. There was an extension in their prior lease in the event they did not meet the deadline and that extension was not met as well, therefore a formal extension of the lease is necessary. According to the Robinsons, they have obtained all necessarypermits and completed all processes required through the Planning Department and are ready to start preparing the site for their nursery. Mr. Waibel questioned if the Robinsons had notified the City that the site is acceptable? Ms. McCluskeV stated yes Mr. Waibel questioned if the lease agreement was fully in effect prior to its being signed by both parties? Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated no. Mr. Waibel stated he did not believe this action was necessary considering the effective date of this agreement was September 26 and 90 days would be November 26. Ms. McCluskey stated the September date referenced the prior #1605 TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 7 of 13 lease in 1991, and the proposed amendment has not yet 'been signed. Public comment - none. Mr. Waibel noted actually the delay was 1 year and 90 days, not just 90 days. Ms. MoCluskeV stated yes, that was correct. Mr. Sievers noted the amount of time required to develop the feasibility, especially with the Department Of Transportation over the access issue, was considerably under estimated. Mrs. Fits questioned which department will receive the revenue generated from this lease? Ms. MoCluskey stated the Utility Department. M/S/C/U(Waibel/Dawkins) to approve amended lease agreement as presented. 6B - REVISED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH R. W. BECK, #AB92-300 The proposed contract is a revision to the R. W. Beck & Associates contract for management consulting services approved by Council on November 24, 1992. Paragraph 5 "Conflicts" is a modification of the concept proposed by Council. The indemnity language, paragraph 7, was also amended to provide reciprocal indemnity if either part is solely responsible for a claim. If both parties' actions contribute, responsibility would be apportioned under State law. Ian 8levers, City Attorney, stated he hoped the contract incorporated the changes Council made on November 24. The reason the contract is back before Council, however, is that Beck & Associates did take exceptions to one Council change and proposed a change to the City's stock indemnity clause. The one problem they had was with the "Conflict" section and instead of hitting that with a broad brush they refined it as to what the City was really looking for and set up a consultant consent formula so that the consultant would only be prohibited from bidding on work where it was absolutely necessary. The part of the conflict to not participate in any manner in a lawsuit against the City was retained as originally proposed. The Indemnity Clause is similar to what the City uses with the County and it simply allows them where they may likely be named because they are the head of the department for this period of time, but the City may in fact be liable but we would indemnify them if the City was solely liable. They would still indemnify the City and hold the City TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 8 of 13 harmless where they were solely liable and they bring with them insurance coverage. Public comment - none. Mr. Overson stated he did not support this contract and felt the proper way to study these two organization would be to properly man them and get them running and then study them. When staff is missing the City losses its corporate memory and the results of the study appear they will be biased in one way or another without any question. Aside from that, if this is approved, an automatic delay is set for hiring anyone who can or will run the departments. Mrs. Fits stated she would like to add wording to the scope of the tasks - Under Task #1 after the word department: "as part of the task, consultant shall, on a first priority basis, assess critical projects underway or needing immediate attention and report on a plan to assure timely implementation". Mr. Johnson stated under Section 8 (a) he would like to delete the word "available" in the first sentence and substitute that word with the following: "be provided". And, in the scope of the contract under Task #1, second line delete the words "to provide oversight of". Mr. Collins stated Council changed the original document by using the word "oversight" and pulled out the word "supervision" in Task #1. Mr. Johnson stated to him someone who oversees is a supervisor and what was proposed was to provide expert advisor to the staff. Mr. Collins questioned if he was correct in that the word "oversight" was substituted for wording in the original document? Mr. Sievers stated no, the original document had the word "oversight". There was a title that sounded more like a manager so that was converted. Mr. Johnson stated he believed the word "oversight" could be pulled out and the consultant still becomes the expert. As an example, if he worked in the Utility would this person supervise him? Mr. Slevers stated yes, oversight is the classic termused to define day-to-day supervision and he felt the document would be improved if the word "oversight" was removed and just have them be an advisor to the department function. That would also be consistent with not having personnel functions under that individual. Mr. Colvinquestioned the meaning of the statement "Concurrent with Mr. Sampley's assumption of Interim Manager responsibilities under Task #2? Mr. Sievers stated that was the old term and should read: "...assumption of Advisory #2029 TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 9 of 13 responsibilities..." so that it would be consistent with Task M/S/C(Collins/Colvin) to approve revised Professional Services Agreement with R. W. Beck as amended Vote on motion: In Favor: Neville, Fitz, Waibel, Horton, Collins, Dawkins, Colvin, Johnson Opposed: Overson #2075 #2119 7A - ORDINANCE NO. 4396 (SECOND READING) TRANSFERRING PARKING BOARD FUNCTIONS TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION AND ADDING FOUR APPOINTED MEMBERS, #AB92-296 Public comment - none. M/S/C/U(Waibel/Colvin) to pass Ordinance No. 4396, on Second Reading, transferring Parking Board functions to the Traffic Safety Commission and amending Bremerton Municipal Code Chapters 2.11 and 10.08. 7B - ORDINANCE NO. 4397 (SECOND READING) FOR ANNEXATION OF AN 8.6 ACRE AREA KNOWN AS THE BASELWOOD ANNEXATION AREA, AND AFFIXING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANNEXATION, #AB92-297 Councilman Morrie Dawkins stepped down from hearing this issue. Public comment - none. M/S/C/U(Waibel/Fitz) to pass Ordinance No. 4397, on Second Reading, annexing approximately 8.6 acres known as the Haselwood Annexation Area which lies south of Werner Road and west of SR-3 into the jurisdictional boundaries of the city of Bremerton and fixing the effective date of annexation. Vote on motion: In Favor: Colvin, Johnson, Neville, Fitz, Waibel, Horton Abstain: Overson, Collins Motion carried. Councilman Dawkins returned to the Council Chambers. 8A - PUBLIC HEARING: RESOLUTION NO. 2418 SEEKING AN INCREASE FOR 1993 FIRE DEPARTMENTADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) TRANSPORT RATE, #AB92-299 The Fire Department is requesting to increase the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Transport fees from $125.00 to $150.00 for City residents; and from $175.00 to $200.00 for non-residents. TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 10 of 13 The ALS Transport fees were implemented in July of 1991 and have not been addressed for that 18 month period. A1 Duke, Fire Department Medical Officer, stated since the City started transporting ALS patients, there have been numerous increases in supplies, services and personnel costs (EMS almost $39,000 over the past 18 months). That cost did not did not include any projected collective bargaining increases for 1993. The second major increase in the past 18 months has been with CENCOM, which was increased by $25,000. Thirdly, a new ambulance was purchased at a cost of approximately $112,000 when this program was started. Totally, there has been an increase of approximately $176,000 for this program. Transporting ALS patients has gone fairly well over this time and as of this date no complaints had been received. Their collection rate over the past year ran about 77%, which is better than previously anticipated. They have found that many people who are on Medicare also have supplemental health insurance that is picking up the balance. A person now on Medicare for the $125.00 fee - Medicare pays 80% ($100.00). If the ASL transport fee was increased to $150.00, Medicare would pay $120.00 and out-of-pocket expense for the patient would be $30.000. President Hotton noted in the Mayor's budget there was no increase to the Fire Department and nothing to reflect how $31,000 would be added to the Fire Department for enhancing this program or other programs within that department. She questioned what would the $31,000 be used for other than to simply enhance the General Fund? Mayor Louis Mentor emphasized the intended use of those funds would be to try and cover the cost of the Fire Department by the actual users. This Council has stated many times the need to have the users of the services pay for them. He could not point to anything specific, such as a new fire truck. President Horton stated what was happening was adding the burden to the rate payers and they will be essentially getting nothing other than paying a greater share of the Fire Department cost. Mayor Mentor stated it would reduce the burden on the people who are not using that service. The users would be paying a little more towards the cost of that service and are a long way from covering that total cost. Mr. Waibel pointed out this would be reducing the subsidy needed from the General Fund. Mr. Overson stated originally all firemen and EMS personnel were hired and paid for under general taxes. In 1991 the City started charging for ALS and an increase in that charge is TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 11 of 13 being proposed. He questioned if this was an implication that in the future the City would charge for fire calls as well to help defray the costs of the Fire Department? Mayor Mentor stated prior to ALS service being provided by the City, people were transported via private ambulances and that service cost the citizens between $400 - $600.00. When the City went into providing that service, the cost was reduced down to $125.00 for City residents and $150.00 for residents outside the City. Mr. Overson again raised the questioned will the City be looking to charging for fire support as well? Mayor Mentor stated he wanted to make it clear that the citizens received a reduction in transport costs when the City took over that service. Mr. Johnson stated he believed it was only fair that the public have the opportunity to speak to this issue prior to Council taking any action on this item. He basically agrees with the proposal for the following reasons: (1) at the start of service an initial rate was set up, based on estimates; (2) there are a lot more requirements on what is provided as service, i.e., relating to aids situation, protective/disposal items/disposal of those items; and questioned if that was correct. Mr. Duke stated yes, however, the Fire Department been addressing and implementing those requirements over several years. One example is the Hepatitis B vaccination - $125.00 per shot adds up when 45 people receive the vaccine. The current burden they are experiencing is switching to disposable equipment. President Hotton pointed out the proposed 1993 budget does not reflect those increased costs based on the proposed increase. The budget is status quo from 1992. If in fact this funding proposal passes, she felt Council needed to get an analysis of what the Fire Department needs to augment those new requirements and practices and make it commensurate. When this increase was proposed by the Administration it was simply going into the General Fund and the Fire Department was not getting benefit from this rate increase. Mr. Overson questioned if the City had a EMS Levy? Mr. Duke stated yes, the City collects 25 cents per thousand and next year they project that'will amount to approximately $268,000. Mr. Overson questioned if that figure was reflected in the budget to actually reduce the actual cost?. In his opinion, he felt that would help defray some of the costs of service. Mr. Waibel stressed it has for the past 6-8 years. Mr. Duke stated his budget for paramedics, excluding firemen and excluding any facilities, maintenance of facilities or vehicles, is $670,000. He collects $268,000 from the levy and $225,000 from ALS fees, leaving a shortage of approximately TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 12 of 13 $200,000. Mr. Overson reference the capital outlay - he questioned if that was above and beyond other levy income? Mr. Duke stated that was the cost of the ambulance they purchased after they started the service. At that time, the City only had two ambulance at the start of transporting. If one vehicle was disabled, they did not have a replacement for it during that time. Mr. Overson questioned if that cost wouldn't be extended over a longer period as opposed to all in one year? Mr. Duke stated yes. Mr. Collins questioned the cost per run? Mr. Duke stated they projected that cost to be $495.00 per call. President Hotton noted the cost for such service by a private ambulance company would be greater than that figure. President Horton stated she would not support this proposal. If the Fire Department benefitted from the funds generated she would support it or if they came before Council at mid year before the budget process. These dollars will be passed on to the insurance companies, to the rate payers, which is all of us and the increase to Medicare will be passed on to all of us. If the City is going to start increasing services then we needed to give a product in the end or justify it. Mr. Overson stated there may be an amount that should be increased, but he is not convinced that was what is being presented demonstrates fully that an increase is justified and what the amount should be. If there was a long term project identified, then that would give a rational to follow. He questioned how do we know that $25.00 is the right number. Mr. Waibel stated Council needs to decide if the subsidy is reduced to zero or reduce it this amount or a lesser amount. Mr. Overson stressed or do we ask for more information to make a better decision. His proposal would be to stay with what exists now and define the City's policy and implement it. Mrs. Fits stated we know that costs have gone up and will continue to go up. This proposal is a modest increase, it will help in the short term, and she suggested it be approved. Mr. Colvin questioned if the City was presently subsidizing the citizens? Mr. Duke stated that was correct, the City's costs are more than what is being charged for that service. Mr. Johnson stated there is no policy stating what Council wants as a base for subsidizing the General Fund. President Hotton stated except for the ambulance that was purchased, we were providing the service at no cost before taking over ALS transport. Mr. Collins stated before the City started TAPE #1075 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes December 2, 1992 Page 13 of 13 transporting ALS cases, we were incurring costs and recouping nothing. President Hotton stated but once it was determined that money could be derived now the administration is "jumping on the band wagon" with an increase. This started out being something to reduce the redundancy of service, streamline government and health care and now that we see it is lucrative we are looking to tap that well. TAPE #1076 Mayor Mentor stated two years ago this service was presented to save money for the citizens who live in the City. The City felt it could provide this service and would save the citizens money. Now, we are faced with increased costs without increased income and are trying to keep everything going. He emphasized what they are proposing is to have the users of the service pay more of the cost for delivery of services being provided by the City. #2880 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Collins) to approve Resolution No. 2418 amending Fire Department fees and charges for emergency and non-emergency services. Vote on motion: In Favor: Dawkins, Colvin, Johnson, Fitz, Waibel, Collins, Neville Motion carried. Opposed: Horton, Overson, With no further business meeting adjourned at 7:00 P.M. KATHLEEN L. McCLUS~Y, City Clerk ~HORTON, Council President City of Bremerton KLM/LH/eh cc: Normal Distribution File/Vault