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Home My WebLink About06/29/88TAPE #555 JUt 1 a 1988 UNAPPROVED DRAFT #0050 ~0169 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 29, 1988 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City Council Chambers, 239 4Th Sbreet, Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 1988 at 5:30 p.m., with Council President Hank Waibel presiding. Council members present were Lon Overson, Lynn Horton, Spencer Horning, C. R. "Tiny" Collins, Morrie Dawkins, A1 Colvin, Shirley Marty Crut~her. Councilman Russ Johnson was absent. Also present were City Attorney Ian Sievers and Deputy City Clerk Gil Johnson The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President Hank Waibel and Invocation was given by Reverend Brian Hall of Emmanuel Apostolic Church. CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes of Meeting held - June 15, 1988, #AB88-169 B. Surplus of City Vehicle #0009, #AB88-170 M/S/C/U(Horning/Collins) to approve Consent Agenda as presented. CLAIMS/WARRANT REGISTERS Vouchers audited and certified by the required by RCW 42.24.080, and those claims certified as required by RCW recorded on a listing which has been council. auditing officer as expense reimbursement 42.24.090, have been made available to the M/S/C/U(Colvin/Horton) on June 29, 1988, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows: 37115, 37116, 37117 and 37123 through 37188 in the total amount of $63,936.82 and Retiree Payroll in the amount of $48,126.41 COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Colvin attended the AWC Conference which started today and is being held in Tacoma. He noted one item that is being reopened for discussion is consolidation of Municipal Courts with District Courts. While at the conference Mr. Colvin met an old friend of Mr. Horning who sent a special greetings via Mr. Colvin. Mrs. Horton reported she attended an Open House at Kitsap Clinic which provides health care for the working poor in Kitsap County. The clinic, since opening, has seen approximately 1200 patients with 604 from the Bremerton area. She noted that most the patients are children. Also, the clinic has received a $20,000 grant to assist in providing dental care to those in need. Mrs. Horton also attended the Change Of Command at PSNS and extended a welcome to the new Shipyard Commander and his wife and a thank you and farewell to Capt. Sanford and his wife. Mr. Horninu reported he also attended the Change Of Command at PSNS and thanked Mr. Colvin for delivering the message from an old friend Clarence Pense. Mr. Waibel reported he also attended the Change of Command at PSNS and found the ceremony to be extremely impressive. 6A - SURPLUS OF POLICE VEHICLE #1440, #AB88-171 The Police Department is requesting Police Vehicle #1440 be declared surplus and removed from City property. It is now being stored at 17th and Warren Avenue. The vehicle was in an accident and a total loss while responding to a burglar alarm. Roy McInnis, 2711 Maple Street, questioned if the Policy Department intended to submit a request to purchase another #0277 #053~ TAPE #555 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 29, 1988 Page 2 of 4 Police vehicle to replace the damaged vehicle? Gil Johnson, PurchaSing Agent, stated there is no pending request for replacement of this vehicle. M/S/C/U(Dawkins/Crutcher) to approve the surplus of Vehicle ~1440 and-disposed of at the best interest of the City. eB'- T.E PRO SHOP EX ABS O - OUBTA N COURSE-,~#AB88-172 The' G~lf Professional's contract allows improvements to the co. urse'2 facilities at the professional's expense with City approval. Real property improvements become the property of the City subject to the professional's leasehold. The project has been reviewed and approved by the Golf Course Advisory Board. Mr. Dawkins explained that the subject area was directly under the small conference room, which would be enclosed to allow expansion of the facilities to display merchandise. Mr. Dawkins noted that Amateur Golf Course prizes are not in cash but in gift certificates which are redeemed in the Pro's shop. President Waibel the City Engineer? be no problems. questioned if the plans had been revi3wed by Arvilla Ohlde stated yes and there seems to Mr. Overson question wording in the contract providing compensation by Mr. Alexander personally as Lessee as well as the wording holding his harmless, noting that this was somewhat different. Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated seme amendments were made because it is a.three party contract and the City has to give approval pursuant to Mr. Alexander's lease, and the City needed to be indemnified as well as the leasee. Mrs. Horton questioned how soon the project would commence? Ms. Ohlde stated the permit process would be initiated on Thursday, June 30. Scott Alexander,. Golf Pro, stated he had already started the permitting process pending' approval by Council and he hoped to start the very next day and the project should take 6-7 weeks to complete. Mr. Hornin~ questioned if the Mayor had approved the plans? Ms. Ohlde stated no he had not, however, she would be sure to have him review the plans. Mr. Crutcher questioned under the word "Term" the lessee will be paid for each day that the construction job is not completed within 180 working days - is this normal? Mr. Sievers stated that usually the City receives payable damages when it is a City contract. In this case principally it is Mr. Alexandsr's enterprise that suffers if the project is not completed. M/S/C/U(Dawkins/Colvin) to approve design and construction contract for expansion of Pro Shop. 6C - CONTRACT APPROVAL ATTORNEY II POSITION, #AB88-174 The proposed contract is the culmination of a selection process for an AttOrney II to replace Lorna Corrigan who is moving to private practice on July 1. Council is requested to approve a starting salary of $30,000 which is approximately 954 of the 1988 salary mean, rather than the 904 bench mark set by Council. The Attorney II position shares civil responsibilities with the City Attorney and is acting City Attorney during leave periods. The position must have extensive prosecution experience to back up and advise the Attorney I when needed. TAPE #555 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 29, 1988 Page 3 of 4 ~0605 Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stressed the importance of filling the Attorney II position with someone with extensive experience in litigation, land use issues, etc. Mr. Sievers outlined previous experience of the applicant, Ms. Laura J. Anderson, which included research and briefing experience with the King County-Prosecutor, Department of Justice and Justice Utter of the WA Supreme Court, with two years experience in public defender trail work and one year experience with Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney's office doing criminal and civil work. Ms. Anderson also has an undergraduate degree in Urban Planning and the Attorney II position has been assigned primary responsibility for advising community development. Mr. Collins expressed concern that the City Council had not established what they want to pay people when hiring, that the City is being used as a training ground and then leave for higher paying positions elsewhere. Mr. Collins stated he was not against the request regarding the Attorney II position, however, he felt that the Council had to take a firmer position on salary levels. Mrs. Horton questioned the difference between 954 and 904 of the mean? President Waibel stated it was approximately $1,600 difference. Also, that at some pe~t the City must realize4=~ ,~n'~ ~~ hiring jeur.~y.~a-~'s,7~~ aakJ'~w~i~~ M/S/C/U(Crutcher/Dawkins) to approve contract for Laura J.Anderson to fill the Attorney II position in the City Attorney's office. #0905 President Waibel announced that Item 7A had been pulled from the Agenda and would be hear in two weeks pending presentation to the Council Fiscal and Budget Committee 7B - ORDINANCE (FIRST RE~DING~ MILITARY LEAVE ALLOWANCE FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES, #AB88-173 B.M.C. 2.40.260 originally granted employees 15 calendar days of military leave in any United States Government fiscal year. Historically, employees were given 15 consecutive days for military leave, which included days not scheduled to work. Recent Washington State Court cases have determined regu~,arly scheduled days off are not to be counted in the 15 day leave period, and that the period to use the 15 days should be calendar or budget year instead of the United States Government fiscal; year, .;~/~ Margery Holsather stated for clarification that when employees serve on military leave they do receive military pay which is kept by the employee and the pay received when someone serves as a Juror or Witness is returned to the City... with them keeping the travel portion for their travel expenses. M/S/C/U(Collins/Colvin) to approve Ordinance, on first reading, pertaining to the amount of military leave allowed employees and amending B.M.C. 2.40.260. With no further business meeting adjourned at 6:05 p,m, KATHLEEN L. MCCLUSKEY, CITY CLERK TAPE #555 City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes June 29, 1988 Page 4 of 4 APPROVED HANK AIBEL, Council President City of Bremerton KLM/HW/me cc: Normal Distribution File/Vault