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Home My WebLink About01/04/2012 DIGITAL RECORDING UL APPROW CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FE'8 01 2012 Wednesday, January 4, 2012 The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at 5 00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKs GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6 Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council Vice- President Adam Brockus presiding Council Members present were Nick Wofford, Eric Younger, Carol Arends, Faye Flemister, Greg Wheeler, Roy Runyon, Leslie Daugs, and Jim McDonald Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich, Interim City Clerk Shannon Corin, and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith A COUNCIL BRIEFING was held to discuss General Council Business at 5 00 PM in the Council ` Conference Room At 5 30 PM the meeting moved to the Meeting Chambers The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Jim McDonald followed by the invocation provided by Reverend Larry Robertson of Emmanuel Apostolic Church COUNCIL OFFICER ELECTIONS Vice - President Brockus opened nominations for Council President/Mayor Pro Tempore Carol Arends nominated Jim McDonald Roy Runyon nominated Nick Wofford 05.36:25 Interim City Clerk Shannon Corin counted the ballots Voted for McDonald (6 Votes) McDonald, Wheeler, Flemister, Arends, Younger, Brockus Voted for Wofford (3 Votes) Wofford, Runyon, Daugs Jim McDonald was elected Council President/Mayor Pro Tempore for the year 2012, received the gavel, and was then seated as the chair for the remainder of the meeting President McDonald then opened nominations for Council Vice - President Adam Brockus nominated Greg Wheeler Nick Wofford nominated Roy Runyon 05.39:38 Interim City Clerk Shannon Corin counted the ballots Voted for Wheeler (7 Votes) Wheeler, Daugs, Brockus, Flemister, Arends, Younger, McDonald Voted for Runyon (2 Votes) Runyon, Wofford Greg Wheeler was elected Council Vice - President for the year 2012 MAYOR'S REPORT — Mayor Patty Lent • Welcomed new City of Bremerton Public Works Director Katy Allen • Proclaimed January 11, 2012 as Human Trafficking Awareness Day, • Introduced Caroline Stein Washington State Science & Engineering Fair, and announced this year's fair would be held on March 30 & 31, 2012, and • Encouraged citizens to sign up for the Re -Power Bremerton Program to save energy and costs PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mike Walton Community & Marketing Director for the Kitsap Family YMCA, announced upcoming events and activities taking place this month at the "Y" including the "Resolution Walk/Run Series" Todd Best welcomed the newly elected Council Members and Public Works Director, and asked that the Council consider the tough economic times when making their decisions over the next year City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Page 2of3 Sally Glivar President of the Charleston Business Association, stated that at the meeting last night, a particularly dangerous situation with traffic lights at 6 th & Montgomery was brought up by several of the attendees, and hoped the City could address the situation Joe Hudson Evergreen Trophy, expressed his frustration at being continuously surprised when work is going to take place on 4 th Street and therefore pleaded for more communication to avoid further impacts to his business, as well as other businesses in the area CONSENT AGENDA 7A — Claims & Check Register Check Numbers 346479 through 346583, and EFT -11498 through EFT -11524 in the amount of $665,210 19, Regular Payroll Payout for the pay period ending December 15, 2011 in the amount of $208 10, and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending December 31, 2011 in the amount of $73,758 08 7B— Minutes of Meeting — December 7, 2011 7C — Minutes of Special Meeting — December 14, 2011 7D — Minutes of Study Session — December 14, 2011 7E — Minutes of Meeting — December 21, 2011 7F — Award Construction Contract to HENDERSON PARTNERS for Park Avenue alley improvements as part of the Park Avenue Plaza Phase II Project There were no comments from the public 06:02:45 M /S /C (Arends /Runyon) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented Voted in favor of Motion Brockus, Runyon, Wheeler, Arends, Wofford, McDonald Abstained Daugs, Flemister, Younger (Due to past minutes on agenda when this is their 1 St meeting) Motion carried 6 -Yes, 3- Abstentions GENERAL BUSINESS 8A — AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SOUTH BAY EXCAVATION FOR PARK AVENUE PLAZA 4 TH STREET WEST SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE PARK AVENUE PLAZA PHASE II PROJECT Gary Sexton Executive Department, explained that this public works construction contract is for Park Avenue Plaza 4 th Street West surface improvements in front of the parking garage, theater, and United Way including sidewalks, curbs, planting strips, lighting, street resurfacing and stairs The amount of the contract is $386,250 plus sales tax There were no comments from the public 06.05:56 Motion was made by Brockus, and seconded by Wheeler, Comments were then provided by Runyon, Wheeler, and Wofford 06.09 M /S /C /U (Brockus/Wheeler) Move to approve the Park Avenue Plaza 4 th Street West improvement construction contract to South Bay Excavation and authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute the agreement with substantially the same terms and conditions as presented COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Adam Brockus hoped everyone remained safe this winter Roy Runyon looked forward to working with the new Council Members City Council Reg Mtg Minutes Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Page 3of3 Greg Wheeler thanked everyone for serving, announced the First Friday Art Walk, and encouraged everyone to attend the event in honor of Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in the President Hall Faye Flemister looked forward to the coming year and wished everyone a prosperous and healthy new year Carol Arends also welcomed the newly elected Council Members, and appreciated efforts made recently by the Charleston Business Association Eric Younger congratulated new Council Chairs McDonald and Wheeler, and looked forward to serving on the Council Nick Wofford welcomed new Council Members, congratulated the new Council Chairs, and looked forward to the New Year Jim McDonald encouraged citizens to take advantage of the opportunity to provide their comments on the updated 9/11 Memorial Design either in the lobby of the Norm Dicks Government Center or at the Sheridan Community Center before Council takes action on January 18, and thanked Council Member Adam Brockus for serving as Vice - President in 2011 With no further business, President McDonald adjourned the Council Meeting at 6 15 PM The Council then reconvened to a Study Session in the 6 Floor Council Conference Room for a briefing by the 2012 Council President, and to discuss "General Council Business" Prep red and Submitted by yfl� LORI SMITH Legislative Assistant A t 814 ANNON CORIN, Interim City Clerk McDONALD, City Council President JMSCIscg