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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/02/2025 MINUTESDIGITALRECORDING CITYCOUNCIL HYBRIDMEETINGMINUTES Thursday, January 2, 2025 Theweeklymeeting oftheCity CounciloftheCity ofBremerton wascalledtoorderThursday, January2, 2025, at5:00PMinCouncil ConferenceRoom 603ofthe NORMDICKSGOVERNMENT thCENTER, 3456 Street, Bremerton, Washington, withCouncilPresident JenniferChamberlin presiding. Council Memberspresent were EricYounger, AnnaMockler, Michael Goodnow, Jane Rebelowski, JeffCoughlin, andDenise Frey (5:09PM). At5:30PM, themeeting movedtotheFirst FloorMeetingChambers. Alsopresent wereAssistantCityAttorney Brett Jette; City ClerkAngela Hoover; Legislative Office ManagerLoriSmith; andITManagerDaveSorensen. President Chamberlin announcedtheCityCouncil is conductingtheCouncil Meetingin-person, andbecausecommunity involvementisencouraged, thepublicisinvited toalsojointhemeeting in person, orparticipate viaaremoteoption throughZoom or view onBKAT COUNCILOFFICERELECTIONS President Chamberlin openednominationsfor2025 CouncilPresident. MocklernominatedEricYounger. RebelowskiSeconded. Nomination wasaccepted. With nofurthernominations, President Chamberlin opened forpubliccomment. There werenopublic comments President Chamberlin establishedthatsincetherewas onlyone nomination, aMotion was directed to theCityClerk. 5:32PMM/S/C/U (Mockler/Chamberlin) Movetocast theballotforEric Youngerforthepositionof Council President. Motion carriedunanimously. Byaunanimous vote, EricYounger waselectedtoserveas2025 CouncilPresident; and chaired theremainder ofthemeeting. President Youngerthenopenednominations for2025CouncilVice-President. Goodnow nominatedJenniferChamberlin. Nomination wasaccepted. CoughlinnominatedJaneRebelowski. Nomination wasaccepted Withnofurthernominations, President Youngeropened forpubliccomment. There werenopublic comments President Youngercalledforsigned ballotsto besubmitted, witha readingoftheVoteby theCity Clerk: VotedinfavorofChamberlin: Goodnow, Chamberlin VotedinfavorofRebelowski: Rebelowski, Coughlin, Frey, Younger, Mockler ByaVoteof5forRebelowski, and2forChamberlin, JaneRebelowski waselectedtoserveas 2025Council VicePresident. There wasno Docusign Envelope ID: 1FDFB863-C79C-4AEA-9A7B-9447DA9F0F98 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Thursday, January 2, 2025 Page 2of3 CONSENT AGENDA 5A CheckNumbers 409545through409624andElectronic Fund TransfersV42524through V42579 inthegrandtotalamountof $1,530,629.26; RegularPayroll forpayperiod ending December 15, 2024intheamountof $1,087,144.06; RegularPayroll Correction forthepay periodendingDecember 15, 2024intheamountof $67.93 5B Minutes ofMeeting December 18, 2024 5C CollectiveBargaining Agreement ByandBetween theCityofBremertonandtheBremerton There werenoquestions orcomments fromthepublic 5:38PMM/S/C/U (Mockler/Coughlin) Moveto approve theCONSENTAGENDA aspresented. Motion carriedunanimously. President Youngerannounced thatasindicatedontheAgenda, PublicRecognition provides an therewillbeno publiccomments acceptedviaZoom, unless priorarrangementsweremade through theCityClerkbycalling (360) 473-5323atleast24-hours priorto themeeting. Weonly askthatyoustateyourname fortherecord andplease limityourcomments to3-minutesorless. A timersystem willbe usedso thateveryone is treated fairly. PUBLICRECOGNITION Questionsandcomments fromthepublicweresubmitted byKaren Vargas. GENERALBUSINESS COUNCILMEMBERREPORTS JenniferChamberlin congratulatednew2025 CouncilChairsandlooksforwardtoserving with thisgroupofCouncil Membersinthecomingyear; andannounced thatshewillbeginhosting DeniseFreylooks forwardtothenewyear, andhopestolisten moreandtalklessin2025, and washappy thatlocalstoreswere reporting goodsalesandhope itcontinues. JeffCoughlin wasexcitedabouttheQuincySquare project, thankedMs. Vargasforherefforts withJuneteenth, andwashappy thattheBremerton PoliceOfficersGuildLaborAgreement was approved. JaneRebelowskiplannedaDistrict 4MeetingonThursday, February 16from5:00to 6:30PMat BremertonFoodline. Michael Goodnow wishedeveryone aHappyNewYearand lookedforwardtotheopeningof Quincy Square, whichwillbesoon Anna Mocklerinvited thepublictoattend themonthly District6Town HallMeeting tobe heldon Monday, January13, 2025from 5:00to6:30PMattheBremertonPublicWorksFacilitylocated at 100OysterBayAvenueNorthfeaturinga And the MeetinginFebruarywillfocusontheCityBudget. Looked forwardtoworkingonaffordable housing. Docusign Envelope ID: 1FDFB863-C79C-4AEA-9A7B-9447DA9F0F98 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Thursday, January 2, 2025 Page 3of3 EricYoungerappreciates theCouncil fortheirsupportinelecting himCouncil President forhis finalyearas aCouncil Member. COUNCIL PRESIDENTBRIEFING President Youngerwelcomedeveryoneto thenewyear; and requestedthat CouncilMembers submittheirpreferences for2025Council Committee Assignments byFriday; andannounced the nextStudySession will beon Wednesday, January8beginning at5:00PMintheCouncil ConferenceRoom, andthepubliciswelcomeandencouraged toattend allofthesemeetingsin- personor remotelyviaZoom, buttherewill benoopportunity tocomment. With nofurther business, President YoungeradjournedtheCouncil Meetingat6:04PM. Prepared andSubmittedby: LORI SMITH LegislativeOffice Manager thAPPROVEDbytheCityCouncilonthe15dayofJanuary, 2025. ERICYOUNGER, CityCouncilPresident Attest: ANGELA HOOVER, CityClerk EY:AH:ls:cg Docusign Envelope ID: 1FDFB863-C79C-4AEA-9A7B-9447DA9F0F98