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Home My WebLink About12/03/2014 DIGITAL RECORDING Coun CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APPROVED Wednesday, December 3, 2014 DEC 1 7 2014 A weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at 5:00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER, 345 6 1 Street, Bremerton, Washington, with Council President Greg Wheeler presiding. Council Members present were Eric Younger, Roy Runyon, Dino Davis, Jerry McDonald, Leslie Daugs, and Mike Sullivan. Also present were City Attorney Roger Lubovich; City Clerk Shannon Corin; Legislative Assistant Lori Smith; and Kevin Matthew, Information Services Manager. 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 Mike Sullivan followed by the invocation provided by Associate Pastor Russ Reuther of Sylvan Way Baptist Church. MAYOR'S REPORT— Mayor Patty Lent... • Reported on the free 9-week job and skills training course offered by Goodwill in "Retail and Customer Service" from January 5 to March 5; • Announced that the Christmas Ships will be in Bremerton on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, December 20; • Received an early Christmas gift with her son's recent return after a 6-month deployment; and • Introduced Arne Bakker, General Manager for the Kitsap Conference Center, who provided a report on Marketing and Operations. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mike Walton, Community Marketing Director with the Kitsap Family YMCA, reported that the pool is now reopened and other activities and events taking place at the "Y" this month and in January. Chris Kroneberger stated that he would like to see bow hunting legalized in the City limits Vern LaPratt provided an update on the speeding problem on Hanford Avenue, and indicated that 100% of the residents would support speed bumps on the street. John Hanson, Executive Director for Bremerton Historic Ships Association, presented several marketing strategies currently taking place for the USS Turner Joy, and was pleased to announce the receipt of Trip Advisor's "Tour of Excellence Award". Anthony Diorio expressed concern that people have been seen at City parks after hours, and questioned why the bathroom doors were not locked. Jeff Elevado from the City Parks & Recreation Department confirmed the doors are to be locked and therefor will look into this particular incident. Robert Parker questioned the potential for inadvertent violations due to the recent passage of I-594. Sara Wolf Foss recently returned to Bremerton after living in Minnesota, and expressed her concern about what is going on with Harrison Hospital after the recent merger with CHI Franciscan Health; and also was concerned about difficulties experienced when trying to get her utilities initially set up. Taylor Niemy reported that he recently contacted the ACLU regarding the constitutionality of ordinances prohibiting panhandling, but was told it could take up to 8-weeks for a response. He was against any "bans" on panhandling, and instead encouraged the City to help the poor, and to consider "Tiny Houses" for housing the homeless. City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Page 2 of 3 Jane Rebelowski submitted a set of Police Reports for Council Member McDonald; and was concerned that her recent Public Records Request to inquire about any recent problems with panhandlers has not produced any responses. She does not believe the ordinance recently passed by the Council to prohibit panhandling was necessary, and would like to see it overturned. CONSENT AGENDA 5A— Claims & Check Register: Check Numbers 361239 through 361381, and EFT-14389 through EFT-14426 in the amount of$3,133,231.85; Regular Payroll (and Pay Out)for the pay period ending November 15, 2014 in the amount.of$713,150.58; and Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending November 30, 2014 in the amount of$55,485.42. 513— Minutes of Budget Workshop— November 17, 2014 5C— Minutes of Meeting — November 19, 2014 There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:15:55 M/S/C/U (McDonald/Runyon) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented. PUBLIC HEARING 6A— PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NO. 5266 ADOPTING THE CITY OF BREMERTON FY- 2015 BUDGET: Cathy Johnson, Financial Services Director, stated that the proposed budget was presented to Council and the public on October 17, 2014. Three (3)workshops were held on November 6, 13, and 17; and a Public Hearing was held on Revenue Sources on November 19, 2014. The attached ordinance represents the final proposed 2015 Fiscal Budget. Highlighted were the removal of Police Body Cameras, the addition of two full-time firefighters to alleviate overtime expenses, additional help in the Parks Department, a videographer for BKAT, and maintaining the Internal Auditor. President Wheeler opened the public hearing...With no comments received, the hearing was closed to the public, and opened for discussion to the City Council... 06:19:45 Motion was made by Younger and seconded by Sullivan; Comments were provided by Younger, Daugs, Davis, Runyon, McDonald, Sullivan, and Wheeler...Appreciation was expressed to Mayor Lent, Finance Director Cathy Johnson, Assistant Finance Director Mike Riley, and Budget Analysis Caroline Tompson for all their efforts in presenting a balanced budget ... 06:32:29 M/S/C (Younger/Sullivan) Move to approve Ordinance No. 5266 of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, approving and adopting the budget for the City of Bremerton for the fiscal year 2015; and appropriating the amounts set forth in each fund in accordance with RCW 35.33.075. Voted in favor of Motion: McDonald, Davis, Runyon, Younger, Sullivan, Wheeler Voted opposed to Motion: Daugs Motion carried: 6-Yes; 1-No GENERAL BUSINESS 6A— PARTIALLY SELF-FUNDED MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM: Charlotte Bellmore, Human Resources Manager, explained that due to the continuous rise in medical insurance costs and changes brought on by the Affordable Health Care Act, the City's Insurance Benefits Committee, made up of employees from each bargaining unit and management, began a year-long task of looking at alternatives to KPS while maintaining the same benefits. Working with our insurance brokers, the Benefits Committee came up with a plan to maintain the exact same services and coverage by changing to a partially self-funded plan. This means we will be in control of each aspect City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Page 3 of 3 of our health care costs rather than paying KPS to manage them. The change to partially self- funded would take effect January 1, 2015. Blair Panzer, Senior Consultant Group Benefits and Ron Kirkpatrick, President/CEO of the Liberty Benefits Group also provided additional information. There were no questions or comments from the public... 06:37:31 Motion was made by Younger and seconded by Daugs; Questions and comments were provided by Runyon, Daugs; Davis, Younger, with responses provided by Ms. Belmore, Mr. Panzer, and Mr. Kirkpatrick... 06:50:10 M/S/C/U (Younger/Daugs) Move to authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute the contracts, in substantially the same form as presented with 1) Cypress Benefit Administrator, LLC 2) Envision Pharmaceutical Services LLC, and 3) Montgomery Management/Companion Life Insurance Company, and in the event a finalized agreement isn't reached with Montgomery Management/ Companion Life Insurance for Stop-loss Coverage, then with HCC Life Insurance Company, and further authorize the Mayor to execute extensions to agreements as presented therein. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mike Sullivan announced that Santa Claus will be at the East Bremerton Fred Meyer on Sunday, December 7 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM; and on Saturday, December 20 from 12:30 to 3:00 PM. Leslie Daugs encouraged the community to support the "Bremerton Backpack Brigade" by donating backpacks and other items for school age children. Jerry McDonald encouraged Christmas shoppers to visit the Uptown Mercantile and Marketplace, as well as the weekly Flea Market every Sunday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; and reminded the public that First Friday Artwalk, Downtown WinterFest and Magic in Manette events are taking place this Friday from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Dino Davis pointed out that along with food, warm clothes and personal hygiene items can also be donated to the Bremerton Food Line, as well as proceeds from the Fred Meyer Rewards Program and Amazon Smile Program. And volunteers are also always welcome! Greg Wheeler invited the community to "Caroling in the Park' on Tuesday, December 16 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Kiwanis Park. With no further business, President Wheeler adjourned the Council Meeting at 7:00 PM. Prepared and Submitted by: r � ORI SMITH Legislative Assistant A st: SHANNON CORIN, City Clerk GREGELER, City Council President GW.SC.