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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/21/2025 MINUTESDIGITALRECORDING CITYCOUNCIL HYBRIDMEETINGMINUTES Wednesday, May21, 2025 Theweeklymeeting oftheCityCounciloftheCityofBremerton wascalled toorderWednesday, May21, 2025, at5:00PM inCouncil Conference Room 603 ofthe NORMDICKSGOVERNMENT thCENTER, 345 6 Street, Bremerton, Washington, withCouncil President EricYounger presiding. Council Members presentwereAnna Mockler, Michael Goodnow, Jane Rebelowski, Jeff Coughlin, Denise Frey (remotely), andJenniferChamberlin. At5:30PM, the meetingmovedtothe FirstFloor MeetingChambers. Alsopresent wereCityAttorney KylieFinnell; City ClerkAngela Hoover; Legislative Assistant Christine Grenier; andITManagerDaveSorensen. President YoungerannouncedtheCityCouncil isconductingtheCouncil Meetingin-person, and because community involvementisencouraged, thepublicisinvited toalsojointhemeeting in personor participate viaaremoteoption throughZoom orviewonBKAT. MayorWheeler providedhighlights ofthefollowing: Reported on PhosphorousTreatment atKitsapLake Karthik Ravuru andAadyaSyal RecognizedPoet LaureateSarahSteinke CONSENTAGENDA 4A CheckNumbers 410955through411078andElectronic Fund TransfersV43529through V43629 inthegrandtotalamountof $2,819,116.13; RegularPayrollforpayperiodending April30, 2025intheamountof $1,106,261.43; andRegular PayrollPayoutforpayperiod endingApril 30, 2025intheamountof $30,764.96. 4B Minutes ofMeeting May7, 2025 4C MinutesofStudySession May14, 2025 4D ConfirmReappointment ofAngelicaNeryto theLodgingTaxAdvisoryCommittee 4E Approvaltoeliminate aCode Enforcement Specialistposition andtoaddaCode EnforcementOfficer positiontotheauthorized staffingfortheDepartmentofCommunity Development 4F ResolutionNo. 3396toacceptClean WaterStateRevolving FundLoanAgreement withthe Department ofEcologytoDesigntheWestsideWastewaterTreatmentPlantImprovements Project 4G ResolutionNo. 3397toacceptClean WaterStateRevolving FundLoanAgreement withthe Department ofEcology toDesignandConstruct theEastsideTreatmentPlantUV ReplacementProject There werenoquestions orcomments fromthepublic. 5:40PMM/S/C/U (Mockler/Chamberlin) Moveto approve theCONSENTAGENDA aspresented. Motion carriedunanimously President Youngerannounced thatasindicatedontheAgenda, PublicRecognition providesan opportunity forattendees toaddress theCouncilonanyissue and providedareminder thatnowthatitis electionseason, torefrainfromanycomments onpolitical campaignsor ballotmeasures. Therewillbe nopubliccomments accepted viaZoom, unless prior arrangements weremadethroughthe CityClerkby calling (360) 473-5323atleast24-hours prior Docusign Envelope ID: C334C997-0B56-43CD-8C80-F3E4B608F2DB CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, May21, 2025 Page 2of3 tothemeeting. Weonlyaskthatyoustateyournamefortherecordandpleaselimityour comments to3-minutesorless. Atimersystem willbeusedsothateveryone istreated fairly. PUBLICRECOGNITION Questionsandcomments fromthepublicweresubmitted byCharlie Michel, CarolMichel, AidenWright, KarenVargas, JoseCamacho, Jacq Reed, RobinWeldin, GaylaBreach, TravisMerrigan, NaomiLevine, Earl Burt. GENERALBUSINESS TherewerenoGeneral Businessitems. COUNCILMEMBERREPORTS Anna Mocklerannounced thenextDistrict6TownHallMeeting onMonday, June9 beginning at 5:00PMattheBremerton PublicWorksFacilitylocatedat100OysterBayAvenueNorthfeaturing sharedtheGoodwillClass Schedule; discussed howtheCityof Bremertonposts noticesforproposed landuseactions; announcedthat public comments areacceptedthroughMay23foraconditionalusepermit onagasstation plannedforKitsapWay. JaneRebelowskiwatchedbands practicebeforetheArmedForcesDayParade; announced the SeeFilm Summer FilmFestivalSchedule, which will benefittheNaval AvenueElementary School PTA; andencouraged thecommunitytoprovideinputonanychangestotheMulti FamilyTax Exemption (MFTE). JeffCoughlin appreciated comments onaproposed gasstation moratorium; hoped thatstaffis providing supportfortheJuneteenth Freedom Festival; aproposedTrafficCalmingPolicymaybe helpfulinaddressing speeding, likewhatwasreported onTrenton Avenue; recognized the Bremerton Police Department forarecentseizure ofdrugs andfirearms; participated recentlyin andprovided a reminderabout theAnnualMemorialDay Ceremony onMonday, May26at10:00AMonboard theUSSTurnerJoy. DeniseFrey enjoyedbeingajudgeduringtheArmedForcesDayParade andthankedeveryone whocameoutdespite therain; thankedeveryonewhoprovidedcommentstonight; andstatedthat theMFTEProgram willbediscussedatan upcomingStudy Session. JenniferChamberlinthankedvolunteers whohelpedatthelasttrailclean-up; andannounced the thStewardshipGroupwillcontinuetomeetonthe4Sundaythroughthe summer, withthenext eventon Sunday, May25from3:30to 5:00PMstartingfrom2800Birch Street; wasvery happyto seeflowerbaskets leaving thegreenhousesandnowouttobeautify thetown; respondedto comments aboutpostingtheparade routeforimpacted residents duringtheArmedForcesDay Parade; andsharedhistoryonthepoetlaureate program. President Youngerappreciated comments fromthepublic; andannounced thenextStudy Session onWednesday, May28beginning at 5:00 PMintheCouncilConferenceRoom. The public iswelcome toattend the meetingin-personorremotely viaZoom, butthere willbeno opportunity tocommentandnoactionwillbetaken. Withnofurther business, President YoungeradjournedtheCouncil Meetingat6:40PM. Prepared & Submittedby: CHRISTINE GRENIER LegislativeAssistant Docusign Envelope ID: C334C997-0B56-43CD-8C80-F3E4B608F2DB CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, May21, 2025 Page 3of3 thAPPROVEDbytheCityCouncilonthe4dayof June, 2025. ERICYOUNGER, CityCouncil President Attest: ANGELA HOOVER, CityClerk EY:AH:CG Docusign Envelope ID: C334C997-0B56-43CD-8C80-F3E4B608F2DB