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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/16/2025 MINUTESDIGITALRECORDING CITYCOUNCIL HYBRIDMEETINGMINUTES Wednesday, April16, 2025 Theweeklymeeting oftheCityCounciloftheCityofBremerton wascalled toorderWednesday, April16, 2025, at 5:00PM inCouncilConferenceRoom 603of theNORMDICKSGOVERNMENT thCENTER, 345 6 Street, Bremerton, Washington, withCouncilPresident EricYounger presiding. Council MemberspresentwereAnnaMockler, Michael Goodnow (arrived 5:07PM), Jane Rebelowski, JeffCoughlin, Denise Frey, andJenniferChamberlin. At5:30PM, themeeting moved tothe FirstFloorMeeting Chambers. Alsopresent wereCityAttorneyKylieFinnell; CityClerkAngela Hoover; Legislative Assistant Christine Grenier; andITManager DaveSorensen. President YoungerannouncedtheCityCouncil isconductingtheCouncil Meetingin-person, and because community involvementisencouraged, thepublicisinvited toalsojointhemeeting in person, orparticipate viaaremoteoption throughZoomorviewonBKAT. MayorWheeler providedhighlights ofthefollowing: MtZion MissionaryChurchConference onApril5 Annual WildlifeResponseTraining andGuidelines Glenn JarstadAquaticCenterRepairs Annual Jarstad Park AnnualSinclairInletClean-Upon April 26from11:00 AMto 2:00 PMat several sitesin Bremerton andPortOrchard CONSENT AGENDA 4A CheckNumbers 410670through410736andElectronic Fund Transfers V43298through V43551 inthegrandtotalamountof $1,078,623.28; RegularPayrollforpayperiodending March31, 2025inthe amountof $1,102,329.82; andRegularPayroll PayoutendingMarch 31, 2025inthe amountof $964.30 4B Minutes ofMeeting April2, 2025 4C MinutesofStudySession April9, 2025 4D ContractwithInsituform Technologies, LLCforthe2025Sewer Rehabilitation Project 4E ContractwithNorthwestCascade, Inc. forthe FrancisStreetOutfallStormwaterTreatment Project 4F ApprovaltoEliminate aFirefighterposition andtoAddaFirefighter/Paramedicposition to the2025Authorized Staffing fortheFireDepartment 4G Interlocal Agreement between theSuquamish TribeandtheCityofBremerton for Emergency Services Questions orcommentsfromthepublicweresubmittedbyJoseCamacho. 5:42PMM/S/C/U (Mockler/Chamberlin) Moveto approve theCONSENTAGENDA aspresented. Motion carriedunanimously President Youngerannounced thatasindicatedontheAgenda, PublicRecognition provides an therewillbe nopubliccommentsacceptedvia Zoom, unless prior arrangementsweremade through theCityClerkbycalling (360) 473-5323atleast24-hours priorto themeeting. Weonly askthatyoustateyourname fortherecord andplease limityourcomments to3-minutesor less. Docusign Envelope ID: DC003E9A-87C0-4CEE-A22D-B96E6F2E0557 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Page 2of4 A timersystem willbe usedso thateveryone istreated fairly. PUBLICRECOGNITION Questionsandcomments fromthepublicweresubmitted byJose Camacho, Robin Weldin, At5:51PM, CouncilMembers JeffCoughlinandMichaelGoodnow recused themselves, dueto appearanceoffairness. GENERALBUSINESS 6A ACCEPTANCEOFTHELODGING TAXADVISORY 2025REVISED FUNDINGRECOMMENDATIONS: CouncilMember andLTACChairJenniferChamberlin summarizedthattheLodgingTax Advisory Committee (LTAC) received18requests forfunding totaling $1,077,865. Direction providedbyCityCouncil when considering theserequestsincluded supportoflong-time community events, kick-starting newevents, tourism-based organizations andvenues, and municipalprojects. Also, criteriaprovided bytheCity Councilwhenevaluating therequests included consideration ofeconomic impact, events oractivities thatdrawtouristsfrom50milesormoreaway, eventsoractivities th collaborationwithothercommunity organizations. Following theapplication process, interviews withtheapplicants wereheld onDecember12, 2024 andJanuary10, 2025, followedbydeliberations onFebruary 7. DuringtheFebruary 26Study foralloftheapplicants. Council thenproposedachange (QuincySquare) andremanded therecommendations toLTACfor consideration andresponse. OnMarch 28, the LTACheldameeting, which includeddiscussion andanopportunity forpublic comment. Theoutcomewasthat amajorityoftheLTAC agreed with theproposed change sincethiswouldmeettheintendeduseoflodgingtax. TheRevisedFunding Recommendations includefundingforalloftheapplicantswithatotal commitments totheKitsapConferenceCenterfor $250,000and $150,000 fortheAdmiral Theatre, foragrandtotalof $833,500forFiscal Year2025. Questions orcommentsfromthepublicwereprovided byJoseCamacho, witharesponse provided byPresident Younger. 5:57PMMotion wasmadebyChamberlin and secondedbyRebelowski. Questions andcomments wereprovided byRebelowski, Mockler, Frey, Younger, Chamberlin. 6:08PMM/S/C (Chamberlin/Rebelowski) Moveto 2025RevisedFunding Recommendations perExhibit A. Motion carried VotedinFavorof Motion: Frey, Rebelowski, Mockler, Chamberlin, Younger VotedOpposed toMotion: Abstained: Coughlin, Goodnow Motioncarried; 5-Yes; 0-No; 2-Abstentions At6:09PM, CouncilMembers JeffCoughlinandMichaelGoodnow returnedtothemeeting. Docusign Envelope ID: DC003E9A-87C0-4CEE-A22D-B96E6F2E0557 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Page 3of4 COUNCILMEMBERREPORTS Anna Mocklerannounced thenextDistrict6TownHallMeeting onMonday, May12beginning at 5:00PMattheBremerton PublicWorksFacility located at 100OysterBayAvenueNorth; provided areminder thatvolunteersareneeded fortheHaddonParkCommunityBuildDayonSaturday, April19beginning at9:00AM; andexpressed concern abouttheSupreme Courtrulingrelatingto and by MargePiercyaspartofPoetry Month. JaneRebelowskiannounced thenextDistrict 4Town HallMeetingon Thursday, May1from 5:00 to6:30PMat Bremerton Foodline discussiononthe dpeople thtohelpwiththeSinclairInletClean-UponApril26; andacknowledgedthe250Anniversaryof JeffCoughlin echoedtheimportance oftheSinclairInletClean-Up; andannouncedthe Annual ManetteEaster EggHunton Saturday, April19startingat11:00atManette Park. DeniseFrey ishappy tobebackwithhercolleagues followinghereyesurgeries. JenniferChamberlin announced theStephenson CanyonStewardship GrouponTuesday, April 22at4:00PM s at2800BirchStreet; andthe next Warren Avenue Bridge Clean-UponSaturday, April19at9:00AM; andexpressed appreciation toAnna Mockler, forsharingapoem. EricYoungercommented abouttheironyoftheHimalayan blackberry, somethingwecelebrate yeteradicate as aninvasiveplant. President Youngerannounced thenextStudySession onWednesday, April23beginning at 5:00 PMintheCouncil ConferenceRoom. Thepublic iswelcometo attend themeeting in-personor remotelyviaZoom. With nofurther business, President YoungeradjournedtheCouncil Meetingat6:20PM. Prepared & Submittedby: CHRISTINE GRENIER LegislativeAssistant thAPPROVEDbytheCityCouncilonthe7dayofMay, 2025. ERICYOUNGER, CityCouncilPresident Docusign Envelope ID: DC003E9A-87C0-4CEE-A22D-B96E6F2E0557 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Page 4of4 Attest: ANGELA HOOVER, CityClerk EY:AH:CG Docusign Envelope ID: DC003E9A-87C0-4CEE-A22D-B96E6F2E0557