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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 25, 1987
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, March 25,
1987, at 5:30 p.m. with Council President .Spencer Horning
presiding. Council members present were Morrie Dawkins,
Marry Crutcher, Hank Waibel, C. R. "Tiny" Collins, A1
Colvin, Russ Johnson, Absent was Lon Overson and Mary Lou
Long. Also present were City Attorney Ian Sievers and
City Clerk Kathleen McCluskey..
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by
President Horning ' with Rev. Robert 'Reide~,o~ Manette
Community Church giving the Invocafion.
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CONSENT AGENDA
Item #A - Minutes of March 18, 1987,. #AB87-090
Item #B - Bid Award Recommendation - Lions Field
Concession, #ABS?-091
Mr. Waibel raised need for having hours of operation noted
in the Lions Field Concession Agreement. Ms. McCluskey
stated hours of operation could be added and Council' could
include that in their motion.
Mr. Johnson questioned who paid for the utilities used by
the Concession? Mr. Ray Foley, Park Superintendent stated
the City was responsible for the utilities.
M/S/C/U(Waibel/Collins) to approve Consent Agenda with
modification to the Lions Field Concession Agreement to
include minimum hours of operation.
CLAIMS/WARRANTS REGISTER
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 which has been made available to the
Council.
M/S/CU(Colvin/Crutcher) on March 25, 1987, the Council does
approve for payment those vouchers included and further
described as follows: Regular Warrants #28593 - #28711 in
the total amount of $151,760.86.
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Gene Lobe read proclamation recognizing the Society
for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing in American, Inc., in their celebrating its
49th anniversary and proclaiming the month of April as
Barbershop Harmony Month in the City of Bremerton.
CERTIFICATESOF'APPRECIATION
Mayor Gene Lobe presented a Certificate of Appreciation to
the Bremerton High School Knights for their participation in
helping to clean up the downtown area, noting 100 students
volunteered to help on March 21, 1987. Students Reesie San
Agustin and Melissa Mueller accepted the award.
Mayor Gene Lobe presented a Certificate of Appreciation
award from the Association of Washington Cities to Dave
Hiestand, Director of Personnel, commending his development
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of a Wellness Program for employees of the City of
Bremerton. Mr. Hiestand stated he was totally surprised and
pleased to be recognized by AWC and he looked forward to
doing more this year for benefit of the employees.
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Mr. Colvin received a telephone'call from Phil Drouin who
commended the Bremerton High School students for their
efforts in cleaning up the downtown area and also the
Community Service workers who had collected 37 bags of
litter in two days. He also challenged each Council member
to 3oin in by monitoring their districts.
Mr. Collins artended a meeting with the Street improvement
Committee and progress is being made, PSCOG is preparing
Environmental Impadt Statement, there Will be, a~ditionai
public hearings and other thihgs happening ~rior to
accomplishing something.
Mr. Waibel observed the activity of the High School students
and commended them for their efforts.
Mr. Crutcher thanked the High School students for their
wonderful 3ob in helping cleaning downtown.
Mr. Dawkins explained he was a victim of the clean
up .... some planrings were removed from in front of his
business, however they would have had to be removed any way
due to the bricks being placed around the trees.
Mr. Horninq congratulated A1 Colvin for having been awarded
the Chief Thunderbird award. He publicly thanked Pete F1ynn
and Main Street Association for the continued tree planting
program. He also stated he will be attending, along with
Mr. Collins and Dawkins, the PSCOG Annual Meeting in Seattle
on Thursday, March 26.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Pete F1Vnn, Interim Director of Main Street Association,
publicly thanked the Bremerton High School Knights for their
clean up efforts in the downtown area. Main Street will be
presenting a plaque to them and will be sponsoring a dance
for them on April 10. Mr. F1Vnn recognized the originator of
the downtown clean up idea- Joann Posluszny, Main Street's
Administrative Assistant. He publicly thanked City
departments for their assistance. Next tree planting will
be Sunday at 8:AM, March 29.
Andrew Parypa, 1120 Hayward, expressed his disappointment in
both City Council representative response and departmental
response to his telephone calls. He outlined his recent
involvement in volunteering his time to gather ~nd prepare
data relating to street improvements. His need to contact
Mr. Collins and Mr. Pratt was to confirm the time and place'
of the Street Improvement Committee meetinG and if it was
appropriate for him to attend. Getting no response to his
telephone calls, 'he did not attend that meeting.
Stu Craig, 1008 High Street, representing Chico Towing,
spoke in reference to the amended ordinance relating to
vehicle impound procedures, noting several areas where City
procedures may place a financial burden on both the City and
the towing companies. Mr. Horninq asked Mr. Craig to put
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his concerns in writing to him and he will have the City
Attorney review and prepare a response.
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Richard Mason, Community Block Grant Manager, apologized for
not being present when Council approved his contract of
employment. He stated it was a pleasure for him to be
serving the City of Bremerton.
6A - FIRST AID TRAINING METHODS REPORT, #AB87-092
On February 18, 1987 the presiding Council official directed
the Risk Manager to bring to Council a report on specified
methods for certifying City employees in first aid.
Peggy Lesser, Risk Manager reviewed First Aid training
offered by American Red Cross, Bates Vocational-Technical
Institute, Department of Labor and Industries Certified
Instructors/External, Department 'of Labor and' Industries
Certified Instructors/In-House, and Privately Obtained
Certificates. Upon comparison the Risk Manager recommended
Department of Labor and Industries/Ron -Maul at a cost of
$7.50 per student. Course costs ranged from $32.50 to $7.50
per student. Ms. Lesser pointed out Chief Marks letter,
included in the Council packet, stating his position on
personnel qualified to instruct such a course within the
City.
Mr. Johnson asked how many employees would be given the
proposed training. Ms. Lesser stated the need for one basic
certification class per year and one recertification class
per year, with total of 40 students (20 each class).
Mr. Johnson pointed out employees with..~ a two minute
response to medical aid are not required to have first aid
training, which would leave out majority o~ City employees.
Ms. Lesser stated those 'employees who'were out in the field,
such as water, sewer, parks, employees would be given the
training. She stated the City is required to have someone
on site to provide medical treatment in event of accident if
out of the two minute range. She also reported that City of
Bremerton is due for an audit from Labor and Industries and
the City should be in compliance.
Mr. Colvin asked what is the State minimum requirement?
Ms. Lesser stated the requirement is to have on hand with
every City employee either a first aid trained individual or
the ability to provide a first aid trained individual plus a
backup within two minutes. Currently the City has 85
employees who are certified and we have 15 departments with
no one certified, only a few that have to certify which is
where we would start the training.
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Mr. Collins asked what would happen,
compliance? Ms. Lesser stated the City/would be cited and
fined and amount of fine would depend on'degree of severity
they find.
Ms. McCluskeV stated that Council action is requested on
this issue at this time. Mr. Homing recommended Ms. Lesser
prepare an Agenda Bill for the next Council meeting and
present it to the Council Public Safety Committee prior to
that meeting for their review and recommendation.
6B - EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARD - WAYNE HAMILTON, ~AB87-093
Ordinance #4071 sets up a committee to ~eview employee's
suggestions. Mr. Wayne Hamilton submitted a suggestion
which the committee felt was valid and deserved recognition.
The Ordinance reGuires that recommendations go forward to
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City Council for authorization for
appropriate commendation.
a money
award or
Ms. McCluske¥ presented Mr. Wayne Hamilton's suggestion as
follows: Section 15.04.475 of the BreWerton Municipal Code
provides that whenever the occupant of a premises served by
water or sewer is changed that the new occupant is to pay a
$5.00 change of occupancy fee. Current Utility Billing
programming and practice does not provide for charging this
fee when tenants change. The fee is charged only when
ownership of a piece of property changes. It is suggested
that the Data Processing Department be instructed to add an
additional Update Code. This code could be labeled T for
Tenant Change. The addition of the T Update code will cause
the automatic increase in revenue of approximately $5,400
per year or more should the City experience a~,increase in
occupied rental property as may be'expected when' large ships
come to PSNS. The Department supervisor reviewed the
suggestion and determined that it would be beneficial to the
department and could be implemented.
Ms. McCluskey stated committee's recommendation is that
Council approve acceptance of the committee's report and
the commendation for the recommendation and award the
minimal amount of $25.00, and at such time changes are
implemented and savings are documented then Mr. Hamilton
would be entitled to a one time percentage of the savings.
This later award would be brought back before Council for
their approval.
MaVor Gene Lobe awarded Mr. Hamilton a Certificate' of
Appreciation along with $25.00 for his suggestion.
WaVne Hamilton expressed his thanks and stated he would
continue to look for ways to do things better.
M/S/C/U(Johnson/Colvin) to approve the Employee Suggestion
Award for Wayne Hamilton in amount of $25.00 and authorize
the Mayor after a period of one year after adoption of the
suggestion to pay Mr. Hamilton 10% or $1,000 whichever less.
6C - INTERLOCAL CONSIGNMENT AGREEMENT PUGET SOUND NAVAL
SHIPYARD CENTENIAL TRUST, #AB87-094
In the past the. City has contracted with the Kitsap County
Historical Society for operation of the museum. recently the
P.S. Naval Shipyard Centenial Trust assumed control of the
Museum and Naval artifacts. This agreement sets out the
parties responsibilities for maintenance and operation of
the museum.
John Law, representing Centenial Trust, was available to
answer any questions. He expressed his appreciation of all
those who volunteer their time to help in the museum and
noted more volupteers are always needed.
Mr. Hornin~ commended the Centential Trust group for the
good job they have done and are doing and stated this may be
the beginning of a major museum.
M/S/C/U(Dawkins/Collins) to approve contract the PSNS
Centenial Trust for operation of the Bremerton Naval Museum.
7A - ORDINANCE (FIRST READING) APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL
FUNDS FOR NON-UNION MANAGER's SALARIES AND PROVIDING FOR
SALARY ADJUSTMENT BASED ON PERFORMANCE, #AB87-080
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MaVor Gene Lobe stated the proposed Ordinance is a result of
discussions held between the Mayor and City Council. He
described briefly the length of time since managers last
received an increase and the results of the James Study
which was conducted and included comparison of managers
salaries.
Dave Hiestand, Director of Personnel, outlined criteria used
in determining an ob3ective and fair allocation of funds
which inc]uded: (1) all new employees joining management
Group would receive 90% or less of the mean value of the
salary range; (2) Generally everyone is within 92~ and if
they exceeded that point, they would not receive an increase
at this time; (3) if an individual was employed since the
last salary increase that they would receive recognition of
.5~ per year up to a maximum of 1.5%, however that value was
not to exceed the control point' if found below' the 92%
point; (4) 5 positions were identified as critical long-term
positions and those individuals were placed at 93.8~, which
is still below the control point. If this proposal is
adopted by Council the Department Heads will be on notice of
a short-term, six months, Performance Evaluations which will
close on 30th of June 1987.
Art Anderson, 1712 Ohio Avenue, spoke in opposition to the
proposed Non-Union Managers salary increases citing recent
budget constraints which caused several emioyees to lose
their positions, and two unsigned labor contracts still have
to be dealt with. He expressed his concern that Council was
GivinG up their authority and the public would not .have the
opportunity to be informed of any proposed future increases.
Harold Fitzwater, 2700 Maple, spoke in opposition to the
proposed salary increases for Non-Union Managers and
requested that the Ordinance in its entirety be read.
MaVor Gene Lobe stated that managers were being asked to do
more with less staff and supported their being given an
increase at this time for their extended efforts.
Mr. Collins expressed his concern that the proposed pay
plan does not speak to fairness, equity or to worth of a
particular position, the City Engineer, noting that the
individual in that position places the City at Greater risk
and must hold professional credentials to perform his
function and this position is placed at the sixth level of
pay rather than at a higher level. He questioned those
positions that are not receiving any increase at this time
even though they have been filled since the last increase
was given, pointing out that the worth of that position has
actually been reduced. Lastly, total salary should include
benefits to be received and this plan does not provide that
information.
Mr. Crutcher supported the fact that the City Attorney was
at the top of the pay schedule, noting amount of
educational background required to serve in that position.
Mr. Johnson stated that the Auditor position not be included
in this ordinance as it is a separate function outside and
responsible t6 the Audit Committee and is dealt with through
the City Charter. He noted his concern in identifying the
specific CPI Index line for consideration. Also, managers's
salaries should be presented as separate item during the
annual budget process. He also supported Mr. Collins
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position regarding certain positions requiring specialized
education or professional licensing and their not being at a
higher salary level.
Mr. Colvin asked for clarification on the issue of Council
giving up authority to approve salary increases. Ms.
McCluske¥ read Section 2D of the proposed ordinance which
states Council will vote on allocation of funds for salary
increases. He expressed his concern that Mr. Fitzwater's
request to have the ordinance read aloud was being ignored.
Mr. Sievers, City Attorney stated a citizen does have the
right to request that it be read aloud in its entirety. Ms.
McCluske~, City Clerk, read the ordinance into the record.
Mr. Waibel questioned the use of the word"'shallV i~ Section
2A,. which implies that after evaluations the Council shall
make adjustments by applying increment and merit increase
to current salary. He pointed out that in the future there
may not be funds to make increases after an evaluation
process. Mr. Hiestand responded that Section 2D should
cover that concern. Mr. Waibel asked for clarification of
Section 2B. Mr. Hiestand stated that annually in July a
survey will be taken of the cities used in the original
study and if increases are shown, then the ranges would
change. Mr. Waibel questioned contradiction of wording
between Section 2B and 2C referencing words increment and
percentage increase. Mr. Sievers suggested deleting the
word "Increment" from column 3 heading and including the
words "Merit Adjustment" under the designation "Increment
+8%" and "Increment +6%" and "Increment +4%". Mr. Waibe~
questioned Mr. Hiestand's use of the James Study as a
critical factor in salary increases determination when the
ordinance states the CPI Index will be the driving force in
making the increases and the City of Bremerton cannot be
compared with other cities with higher tax bases who can
better afford such higher salaries.
Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated additional changes need
to be addressed, which were included in the copy of the
ordinance handed out prior to the meeting, such as Auditor
and City Attorney positions inclusion in ordinance, addition
of a paragraph to Section 2A, giving Mayor and City Council
equal input regarding evaluation of City Attorney' and City
Auditor shall be evaluated by the Audit Committee. Mr.
johnson explained importance of keeping Auditor position
out of control of both the Mayor and Council, keeping the
function in a totally objective position. Mr. Hiestand
stated that the Auditor was not-part of the James StudV but
was handled separately.
Mr. Hornin~ requested that the word "shall" be changed to
"may" in Section 2A. Mr. Homing pointed out that the
managers were receiving what amounted to just a little over
1% per year for the past three years. And, that the
Council does retain the ability to evaluate the positions
and in the event they feel that a position deserves a high
range that they then can make that change.
Mr. Collins made the statement that five positions which
are not getting increases.at this time are degradating by
4%. Mr. Hiestand explained that by this process they were
just being brought "'in line" to the market range.
Mr. Waibel expressed, for the record, his position that
since the Non-Uniformed employees requested the Wage
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Classification Study, they should be responded to first
regarding wage increases and that the Managers takinG a bite
first is very self serving and they should have been willing
to wait until the issue with the non-uniform employees was
completed.
M/S/C(Dawkins/Johnson) to approve Ordinance establishing
Non-Union Managers salary ranges, providing for salary
adjustments, setting 1987 pay levels and appropriating
additional funds for 1987 salaries with the following
amendments: (1) remove City Auditor from Ordinance; (2)
specify the particular CPI Index that should be stated; (3)
look at the application and computation of the CPI Index on
annual CPI increases; (4) make the CPI increase subject to
Council approval during annual budget process; (5) manager
salaries broken our separately in annual budGet;'~ (6) new
people coming on board would be a{ 90% of' the control point
level as general policy; (7) referenced paragraphs 2-D and
2-A.
Vote: In Favor:
Oppose:
Dawkins, Crutcher, HorninG, Johnson
Waibel, Colvin, Collins
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7B - ORDINANCE (FIRST READING) FLOOD PLAINS, #AB878-O95
An Ordinance amending Bremerton's Flood Plain Management
Program and Chapter 17.60 of the Bremerton Municipal Code.
Ian Sievers, City Attorney, stated the language used in the
proposed ordinance reflects regulations required by Federal
Emergency Management AGency.
Mr. Johnson expressed his concern that the Planning
Department or Planning Commission have opportunity to view
this document and to make sure it is in agreement with the
Zoning Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Horninq
requested Mr. Sievers, City Attorney, to follow up on this
concern.
Mr. Johnson asked what is the change in terms of either
dollars or responsibility for the City in terms of flood
plains management or flood plains insurance?
Mr. Horning restated there were only two
outside of the tidal areas.
flood plains
Mr. Waibel pointed out old paragraph 7 was not included on
the ordinance as presented and requested it be included.
M/S/C/U(Crutcher/Colvin) to approve Flood Plains Ordinance
on first reading.
With no further business, meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
KATHLEEN L. MCCLUSKEY, CITY CLERK
Director of Administrative Services
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