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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/20/2025 MINUTESCITYCOUNCILHYBRIDMEETINGMINUTES Wednesday, August20, 2025 Thebi-weekly meeting oftheCity CounciloftheCity ofBremertonwascalledto orderWednesday, August20, 2025, at5:00PMinCouncilConferenceRoom603oftheNORMDICKSGOVERNMENTCENTER, th3456Street, in Bremerton, Washington, withCouncilPresident EricYoungerpresiding. Council Members present were AnnaMockler, MichaelGoodnow, Jane Rebelowski, JeffCoughlin, Denise Frey, and Jennifer Chamberlin. At 5:30 PM, themeetingmoved to the FirstFloor Meeting Chambers. AlsopresentwereCityAttorney KylieFinnell; AssistantCityAttorney BrettJette; CityClerkAngela Hoover; Legislative Assistant Christine Grenier; andIT Manager DaveSorensen. President Youngerannounced theCityCouncilisconductingtheCouncilMeetingin-person, and because community involvementisencouraged, thepublic isinvitedtoalsojointhemeeting in personorparticipate viaaremoteoption throughZoomor viewon BKAT; andencouragedanyone whowishestospeak tonight, toprinttheirname clearlyonthesign-insheettobeincludedin thefinal meeting record1) toaddItem4I undertheConsent Agenda 2) toupdatethetimeneededfortheExecutiveSession andthatnoactionis anticipated and3) topull Item4HundertheConsent Agenda. REPORT MayorWheelerprovidedhighlightsofthefollowing: WycoffMuralProjectUpdatewithartpanels installed onAugust 19 th6StreetPreservationPhaseIII ProjectUpdatewiththeroadtoopeninSeptember Clean-upat530MLKWay nowcompleted Summer FunAtThePlaygrounds ProgramUpdatewithover40% increaseinusesince2022 CONSENT AGENDA 4A CheckNumbers 411914through412046andElectronic FundTransfersV44185through V44297 inthegrandtotalamountof $5,251,990.85; RegularPayrollforpayperiodendingJuly 31, 2025intheamountof $1,215,942.66; Regular PayrollPayout forthepay periodending July31, 2025intheamount of $21,617.02; andRegularPayrollCorrectionforthepayperiod endingJuly 31, 2025intheamountof $1,006.25. 4B MinutesofCouncil Meeting August 6, 2025 4C Minutesof StudySession August13, 2025 4D ConfirmReappointment of GregoryDawsontotheParksandRecreation Commission 4E ConfirmReappointment of Katherine Weigel totheParksandRecreation Commission 4F Change OrderRequest withPerformanceInformationTechnologies fortheWastewater HMIUpgrade Project 4G Assignment andAssumption Agreement forPublic DefenseServices Agreement withYelish, Barker, andCunningham, PLLC 4H Renewal of ProfessionalServices AgreementwithImperial Parking, Inc. for Parking Enforcement andManagement Services Itempulledand referred toParks, Finance, Investment, andParking Committee 4I Confirm Reappointment ofVictoria HilttotheBremerton HousingAuthorityBoardof Commissioners Questionsandcomments fromthepublicweresubmittedbyJoseCamacho (Items4D & 4E). 5:42PMM/S/C/U (Chamberlin/Goodnow) Movetoapprovethe CONSENTAGENDAaspresented. Motion carriedunanimously. Docusign Envelope ID: 74EE0A28-88DC-423C-B245-A075498D35A4 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Page 2of 3 President Youngerannounced thatasindicatedontheAgenda, PublicRecognition providesan opportunity forattendeestoaddresstheCouncil onanyissuenotalreadyon agendaand providedareminder thatnowthatitiselection season, torefrain from anycomments onpolitical campaignsorballotmeasures. Therewillbenopublic comments accepted viaZoom, unlessprior arrangements weremadethroughtheCityClerkbycalling (360) 473-5323atleast24-hours priorto themeeting. Weonlyaskthatyoustateyournamefortherecordandpleaselimityourcomments to 3-minutesorless. Atimersystemwillbeused sothateveryone istreated fairly. PUBLICRECOGNITION QuestionsandcommentsfromthepublicweresubmittedbyJoslyn LaMadrid, DarrylRiley, JoseCamacho, Noemi Levine (forMartithaMay) GENERALBUSINESS TherewerenoGeneralBusinessitems. COUNCIL MEMBERREPORTS Anna Mocklerrespondedtocomments regardingwatering after-hours atparksandthatshehasand continues toworkonservices andoptionsforthehomeless; announced theEcoForum onMonday, thSeptember8at5:00PMatthePublicWorksOysterBayFacilitywith presentations from theKitsap Environmental Coalition, GreatPeninsula Conservancy, andParks andRecreation DirectorTim Barkerfollowedby discussion; sharedthatthere willbea freeNative Plant Workshop on Tuesday, thSeptember16from 12:00to2:00PM attheIslandLakeParkCommunityBuilding inSilverdale; and thdisplayedthescheduleofeventsfortheKitsapFairandStampedefromWednesday, August20to thSunday, August24attheKitsapCountyFairgrounds; andthatif anyresident hasanyquestionsor issuesmaycontacther directlyAnna.Mockler@bremertonwa.gov. Michael Goodnow reportedthattheCharleston BusinessDistrict hasappliedfor 501 (c)(3) non-profit status; shared thatnewbusinessJasper BluePhotographyStudio willbecomingsoontoCallow Avenue; announced thatthere willbeaRibbon-Cutting Planning MeetingfortheWycoffMuralon stThursday, August21at 5:00PM atTypewriter Fever; andlocalvolunteers expressedappreciation forthenewbenches installed bytheCityofBremerton. thJaneRebelowskiannouncedthenextDistrict4CommunityMeetingonThursday, September11at 5:00PMatBremerton Foodlinewithfeaturedguestspeakers Marwan Cameron, GatherTogether, GrowTogetherandDawnMichelleWilson, RockTheBlocktoleadaconversation onongoingefforts rdndplansforadrydockandtoprovidecommentsbySeptember3; Movie NightonFriday, August22 at8:15PMattheVillage EventCenter andforthosewhoarriveearly, therewillbevendors andfood trucksstartingat 6:00PM; invitedthecommunity tojoinher, alongwithCouncil Members Denise rdFreyandAnnaMockler, attheDocLuvThe KidsEventonSaturday, August 23 from12:00to3:00 PMatLionsPark.. JeffCoughlin Bremerton; enco thprojectalternatives; Blackberry Festival willbefromSaturday, August30throughMonday, stSeptember1ontheBoardwalk; andannounced theMusicinManetteconcertonThursday, August st21from6:30to8:30PMattheWhitey DomstadParkneartheManette Bridge. DeniseFrey indicated there willbeplanned updatesthisfallon theViewRidge SafeRoutes to SchoolProject, WarrenAvenueBridge, andHomeless Shelter; andthatsheanticipatedhavinga community meeting intheNovember-December timeframe. JenniferChamberlin announced thatnoWarren Avenue BridgeClean-Upisplannedthismonth; appreciated everyone whoprovidedcomments tonightandacknowledged comments made specifically against her; andlooked forward tothediscussionsplanned forthisfallasmentioned by Denise Frey. Docusign Envelope ID: 74EE0A28-88DC-423C-B245-A075498D35A4 CityCouncilReg. Mtg. Minutes Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Page 3of 3 At6:17PM, PresidentYounger announcedtheCouncil wouldmeet for10-Minutestodiscuss noaction wasanticipated. At6:29PM, PresidentYounger calledthemeeting backto order. President Youngerannounced thatfollowing adjournment, theCouncil wouldtakeabrief10-minute break andthen thPresidentYoungeralsoannouncedthenextStudySessiononWednesday, August27beginningat 5:00PMintheCouncil ConferenceRoom. Thepublicis welcometo attend themeeting in-personor remotely viaZoom, buttherewillbeno opportunity tocomment, andnoactionwillbetaken. With nofurtherbusiness, President Younger adjourned theCouncilMeetingat6:29PM. Prepared & Submittedby: CHRISTINEGRENIER Legislative Assistant rdAPPROVEDbytheCityCouncilonthe3dayofSeptember, 2025. ERICYOUNGER, CityCouncilPresident Attest: ANGELAHOOVER, CityClerk EY:AH:CG Docusign Envelope ID: 74EE0A28-88DC-423C-B245-A075498D35A4