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Home My WebLink About11/28/90TAPE #874 UNAPPROVED DRAFT DRAFT APPROVED DECEMBER 12, 1990 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 28, 1990 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, November 28, 1990, at 5:30 p.m., with Council President Lynn Horton presiding. Council members present: Lon Overson, Wayne Estes Spencer Horning, Hank Waibel, Morrie Dawkins, Al Colvin, and C. R. "Tiny" Collins. Councilman Russ Johnson was absent. 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 invocation was given by Councilman AI Colvin. President Horton announced the Council would hold an Executive Session immediately following the City Council meeting to discuss "Real Estate." And Items 8A, 3B and 8C were added to the City Council Agenda. CONSENT AGENDA - 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. #0030 M/S/C/U(Colvin/Dawkins) on November 28, 1990, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: 120280, 120281, 120283, 120432 through 120603 and 120605 in the total amount of $355,766.78r Regular Payroll in the total amount of $375,702.31 for the period ending 11-15-90 and Retirees Payroll in the total amount of $52,770.30 for the period ending 11-30-90. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Overson reported he took a quick trip to California over the Thanksgiving holiday and a number of cities he visited enforced parking from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, all days of the week. He noted some of those cities also had one-way street systems and other things Bremerton should have. TAPE #874 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 28, 1990 Page 2 of 7 House," a new mental health facility located at 1'724 Burwell. This house would provide housing to mentally inn individuals who were wanting to main stream back into society. He noted the new facility needed the following items: upright piano, pool table, craft supplies, gardening equipment or money donations to fund needed items. Mr. Estes invited a representative of Burwell House to speak to the Council within the next two weeks. Mr. Colvin stated he had the pleasure of attending the Filipino-American Community's installation of new officers banquet. This event was carried out in a very efficient manner and he was pleased with numbers of young people participating in this organization. He also had the pleasure of meeting the Philippines' Consulate General, Hermenegiido B. Oarcia. On December i, 2-4 PM he would be sponsoring an Appreciation ceremony for District i. Mr.Dawkins reported today at the Lions Club meeting, Coach Ted Burney, of the Bremerton Knights Football Team, gave a presentation on their team activities this past year. Mr. Dawkins congratulated the "Knights" for a job well done. Mrs. Horton stated she hoped everyone weathered the storm that passed through over the holiday. She and some of her neighbors came to the rescue and helped salvage another neighbors house from floating down the bay. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, read a letter in to the record from Barbara Boyd, Anne Pacquette, Elizabeth Norton and Elizabeth McConaughy, in which they protested the City Council's plan to eliminate the Municipal Court Administrator's position from the 1991 budget. Carl Cramer, Chairman Historical Ships Association fund raising drive for USS Turner Joy, presented each Council member with an appreciation plaque for their contribution to the USS Turner Joy fund raising effort. Also recognized was past Council member, Marty Crutcher, who had supported this program during his service on the City Council. noted a special "thank you" should be given to the group, who sponsored the USS Turner Joy project. Gordon Byrd, 402 Chester #3, reported he had collected almost $7,200 for his "Byrd's Nest" home for the homeless. He also invited everyone to attend the Silent Auction, sponsored by Land Title and Pioneer Title, December 4, 1990, 11:30 AM, at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club. TAPE #874 City Councmi Rag. Mtg. Minutes November 28, 1990 Page 3 of 7 6A-INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CENCOM SERVICES, #AB90-292 The proposed interlocal Agreement is between Kitsap County and the City of Bremerton. In consideration of monthly allocated payments from Bremerton, the County shall equip, operate and maintain facilities necessary to provide efficient emergency communications to Bremerton. The County would receive emergency and assistance calls, dispatch emergency units, maintain copies of records and dispatch such information as needed. Ian Sievers, City Attorney, pointed out several changes to the agreement: (1) correct the ambiguity of where the term "Board" was used because the agreement did incorporate the CENCOM Board as well as an operations board consisting of Police Chiefs. And, in this section the "from County" was deleted since direction should come from one authority, the Board of Directors. (2) The areas that this board addresses were more within the functions of the Board of Directors than the CENCOM Director, therefore, the Board was made the advisory group to the Board of Directors as well as the CENCOM Director. Public comment - none. President Horton noted if this agreement was approved, she requested that a cover letter, under his signature, be included covering the changes he outlined. Mr. Waibel questioned what was the effect of making those changes, if approved by Council but not agreed to by CENCOM? Mr. Sievers stated that would mean continuing the negotiation process. #0568 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Colvin) to approve the interlocal Agreement between City of Bremerton and Kitsap County. 6b- AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT- JOHN KENNEDY OF BURGES, KENNEDY, AND FITZER, #AB00-293 The attached agreement amends the Professional Services Agreement for retained counsel in in Gosselin, et. al. v. Heistand, et. al, by extending the expiration date to December 31, 1991, and the maximum fee to $60,000.00. The two changes allow continuity of representation through trial currently set for March 1991. Ian Sievers, City Attorney, pointed out the need to make one change, that being the hourly trial rate at $105.00/per hour for actual trial work. Public comment - none TAPE #874 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 28, 1990 Page 4 of 7 #0634 M/S/C/U(Waibel/Estes) to approve the Second Amended Professional Services Agreement with John Kennedy of Burges, Kennedy & Fitzer, including the $105.00 per hour trial rate. 7B- PUBLIC HEARING-CITY OF BREMERTON 1991 BUDGET, #AB90-294 The purpose of this hearing is to take public comment on the proposed 1991 budget. Mayor Louis Mentor stated he was presenting a balanced budget and pointed out several key issues: (1) City Council - continuing Council intern program and shifting a portion of clerical support to Civil Service; (2) Executive - continue with current operations including Municipal Services Coordinator; (3) City Clerk's Office - basically same as 1990; (4) Attorney's - basically the same except for reclassifying one of the clerical positions from Office Assistant I to Legal Secretary; (5) Personnel Department- basically the same as 1990, except for reclassifying the clerical positions from Office Assistant Senior to Personnel Specialist; (6) Planning Department - added two planner positions to work on growth management and downtown redevelopment. Also, 20 of Community Services Manager would be paid from the General Fund; (7) Municipal Court - provided funding for Public Defender Services, added a second Probation Officer and additional legal technician; (8) City Auditor - basically same as 1990; (9) Civil Services - increase Civil Service Officer to full time with increased clerical support; (10) Police Department - provided a total staffing increase of ii positions, 8 of which are funded by grants and contracts, will increase the drug enforcement program, begin new neighborhood program at West Park and implement a system for the dictation of officer reports; (ii) Fire Department - basically same as 1990; (12) Fire and Police Pension basically the same as 1990; (13) Transportation - basically same as i990; (14) Electronic Maintenance - the staffing of this department was moved to the Street fund in mid 1990. The remaining funds would be applied to electronic repair services7 (15) General Facilities - basically same as 19907 (16) Parks - added two servicemen to provide improvements in grounds keeping service; (17) Engineering - added an engineer and one technician to keep up with the volume of projects, which are being funded through the new Transportation Taxes; (18) Building Department - basically same as 1990, except for a $10,000 increase in the Abatement Program; (19) Treasurer - added one 1/2 time staff position to help with increased work load; (20 Intergovernmental - same as i990, except Flagship City was not funded and Bremerton Main Street Association funding was increased; (21) General Miscellaneous basically same as 1990. Mayor Mentor stated how pleased he 871 932 TAPE #874 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 28, 1990 Page 5 of 7 was to be able to add positions in the City and increase services to the citizens. Marty Crutcher, 1530 Elizabeth Avenue, stated his support for retaining the Court Administrator, Kathi Johnston. Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, stated items 8A and 8B are presented for rereading "second reading" making the November 20 vote invalid due to there not being seven days between first and second reading of the ordinance. 8A- ORDINANCE #4296 (SECOND READING) REVISING CITY PURCHASING PROCEDURES, #AB90-288 Public comment - none. #0871M/S/C/U(Waibei/Horning) to pass Ordinance #4296, on second reading, revising procedures for the procurement of materials, equipment and services by the City of Bremerton, and repealing Chapter 2.76 and Section 2.49.070 of the Bremerton Municipal Code. 8B-ORDINANCE #4297 (SECOND READING) AMENDING B.M.C. CHAPTERS 10.08, 10.09, AND 10.11 RELATING TO PARKING, #AB90-289 Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, stated an error had been made under Section 3, which repeated Section 1 regarding Visitor Permits but provided for short term Visitor Permits. The intent was to provide lone-term Visitor Permits to everyone who had a Residential Parking Permit, thereby eliminating the short-term permit. Public Comment - none. #0932 M/S/C/U(Waibei/Coivin) to pass Ordinance #4297, on second reading, amending times of parking zone enforcement, visitor permits, service vehicle exemptions, overtime parking and procedures for declaring a nuisance for failure to respond to notices of infraction and vehicle impound; and amending Chapters 10.08, 10.09 and i0.11 of the Bremerton Municipal Code. 8C- RESOLUTION #2328, RELATING TO ESSB 6358, SECTION 206, LOCAL OPTION VEHICLE LICENSE FEE, #AB90-295 Section 206 of the Transportation funding package regarding the $15 vehicle license fee can only be adopted by the County. Proceeds will be distributed to cities to be used for transportation purposes only. The City will receive approximately $400,000 annually. The Kitsap County Commissioners will hold a hearing on Monday, December 3rd regarding the adoption of this fee and have asked the City for TAPE #874 City Council Rego Mtg. Minutes November 28, 1990 Page 6 of 7 their endorsement. Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk, read the Resolution into the record for the benefit of the public. Mayor Louis Mentor stated this was something that could help the City and County with transportation needs. Public comment - none. #1053 M/S/C(Estes/Coivin) to pass Resolution #2328, supporting ESSB 6358, Section 206, Local Option Vehicle License Fees. President Horton emphasized the County's public hearing on this issue - December 3, 10:30 AM, at the Kitsap County Courthouse. Mr. Colvin pointed out this measure would help the City to improve streets. Mr. Horning stressed this is a tax and he was not totally supportive of the proposal and believed there were other ways to fund street improvement. He would not stand up publicly and strongly against it, but would let the citizens make some choices. He pointed out King County withdrew their support of this proposal. He noted his intent was to vote no on this proposal. He urged the public to let the Kitsap County Commissioners know their position on this proposed tax issue. Mr. Overson stated he felt one of the functions of a legislator was to be a leader and to recognize needs and solutions. He noted it may be unpopular, but would not have a significant financial impact. He urged the Council to be a leader and support this issue. Mr. Dawkins stated there were many counties within the State that did not face the growth problems as those in the Puget Sound area. Counties who had no growth could take the option of not adopting the tax. Mr. Collins stated the county had growth but the City boundaries had remained constant. There was a gas tax increase to be applied toward road improvements and he felt this was just a second tax. It was estimated that the amount of money the City would receive would overhaul about eight blocks of street per year. He stated he could not support this issue. Mr. Colvin noted even though the boundaries of the City may have remained constant, the streets had not. He pointed out the County could approve this tax without a Council vote. TAPE #874 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes November 28, 1990 Page 7 of 7 President Horton explained this tax could be repealed by the State, County and the citizens. Mr. Waibel stated this was a complex issue and he did not have enough time to study the issue, therefore, he would abstain from voting on the issue. President Horton stated she was reluctant to increase taxes, however, she believed in growth management the emphasis needed to be placed on the user. People who use vehicles must reaiize the usage of those vehicles comes at a very dear price. Vote on the motion: In Favor: Dawkins, Coivin, Overson, Estes, Horton Opposed: Horning Abstain: Collins, Waibel With no further business meeting adjourned at 6:18 p.m. KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk LYNN HORTON, Council President City of Bremerton KLM/LH/me cc: Normal Distribution File/Vault