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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/19/2025 MINUTESCITYCOUNCILMEETING MINUTES Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Thebi-weekly meeting oftheCity CounciloftheCity ofBremertonwascalledto orderWednesday, November19, 2025, at 5:00 PM in Council Conference Room 603 of the NORM DICKSGOVERNMENT thCENTER, 3456 Street, in Bremerton, Washington, withCouncil President EricYoungerpresiding. CouncilMembers present wereJenniferChamberlin, DeniseFrey, JeffCoughlin, JaneRebelowski, and AnnaMockler (5:30PM). CouncilMemberMichaelGoodnowwas absent. At 5:30PM, the meeting movedtotheFirstFloorMeeting Chambers. Alsopresentwere CityAttorney KylieFinnell; CityClerk Angela Hoover; Legislative AssistantChristineGrenier, andITManager DaveSorensen. President Youngerannounced theCityCouncilisconductingtheCouncilMeeting in-person, and because community involvementisencouraged, thepublic isinvitedtoalsojointhemeeting in personor participate viaaremoteoption throughZoomor viewon BKAT; andencouragedanyone whowishestospeak tonight, toprinttheirname clearlyonthesign-insheettobeincludedin thefinal meeting record. Formore information, refertothePublic CommentInterimProcedure handoutonthe entrance table. CONSENT AGENDA 3A CheckNumbers 413031 through413115 andElectronicFundTransfers V44911through V44987 inthegrandtotalamount of $2,620,496.30; RegularPayroll forpayperiod ending October31, 2025intheamount of $1,245,579.13; andRegularPayroll Payout forpayperiod endingOctober31, 2025intheamountof $2,457.48 3B MinutesofCouncil Meeting November 5, 2025 3C Minutesof StudySession November 12, 2025 3D MinutesofBudgetWorkshop November 13, 2025 3E ConfirmAppointment ofBetsy Hagestedt totheBremerton ArtsCommission 3F Agreement topurchase arestroom from GreenFlushTechnologies, LLCfortheGold Mountain GolfCourse 3G OrdinanceNo. 5528toamendBremertonMunicipalCode Cha Questionsorcommentsfromthepublicwere providedbyAldenBradford (Item3F) 5:35PMM/S/C/U (Frey/Chamberlin) MovetoapprovetheCONSENTAGENDAaspresented. Motion carriedunanimously. GENERAL BUSINESS There arenoGeneral Businessitems. PUBLICHEARING 5A PUBLICHEARINGONREVENUE SOURCESFORTHE2025-2026PRELIMINARYMID- BIENNIUM UPDATE: Presentation by Financial & Administrative Services DirectorMikeRiley explained thattpublichearingistotakecommentson therevenuesources forthe2025-2026 PreliminaryMid-Biennium Update. Thispreliminary mid-biennium update anticipatesa propertytax increaseofthefull1% asallowed bylaw. Utilitytaxrateshaveaprojected increaseof3% yearover yearforwater, wastewater, andstormwater. TheproposedbudgetalsomaintainstheB&Otax exemption rateto $1,040,000andincludes interfund transfers betweenfunds where appropriate. Overall, therevenueprojections throughoutallfunds remainconservative. Docusign Envelope ID: 5E32DAED-4C51-4ECC-841B-B6E85A0527A1 CityCouncilRegularMeetingMinutes Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Page 2of 3 President Younger explainedthepurpose ofthisPublicHearing wastoaccept publiccomment and noaction wasanticipated. Questions orcommentsfromthe publicwereprovided byAngie, Nathan Axtell; withresponses provided byDirector Riley. Withnofurther questionsor commentsreceived, President Youngerclosed thehearingto the public. REPORT MayorWheelerprovidedhighlightsofthefollowing: TheQuincySquareProjectisofficiallycompleted ndPubliccommentwillbeaccepteduntilTuesday, December2 onaproposed off-leash dog parkatStephenson Canyon Central BremertonForceMainReplacementProject Update thTheAnnualTreeLightingwillbeonSaturday, November 29inQuincySquare COUNCIL MEMBERREPORTS Anna Mocklerinvitedthe community toattend aCommunity Conversation withCommonstreet on thMonday, December8from5:00to6:30PMintheConferenceRoomatthePublicWorksOysterBay thFacility; announced theGreen Mountain Summit onTuesday, December7from 3:00to5:00PM featuringForesterJoshua WrightPMin theConference RoomatthePublicWorksOysterBay Facility; announcedthatthere willbeadiscussion aboutreinstating publiccomment attheDecember th10StudySession andcomments arewelcome toCity.Council@bremertonwa.gov; andwasthankful forBremerton. EricYounger (onbehalf ofCouncil MemberMichael Goodnow) recognized volunteers whoserveon ththeCharlestonBusinessDistrictBoard; announced Krampusvs. SantaonSaturday, December 13 from 6:00to 8:00PMonCallow Avenue; theCharlestonHoliday Celebration onTuesday, December thrd6at6:00PMat Momentslocatedat 330N. Callow Avenue; andCallowNights, tobeheldevery 3 Fridayfrom 5:00to 8:00PMin 2026. JaneRebelowskisharedalistoforganizations thatareprovidingservices tohelpfamiliesover the holidayseason; andprovidedareminderthatregistration isstillopen fortheTurkey Troton Thanksgiving. JeffCoughlin congratulated newly elected Council MembersChristy Cammarata andRickTift and re-elected MayorGregWheeler; providedanoverview ofhistermonCityCouncil andsuggestionsfor theadministration afterheleavesoffice. JenniferChamberlinrecommended thatoptions besides portable restrooms shouldbeconsidered; sharedherexperience onarecentvisittoFife, WAwithCommonstreet; encouraged thecommunity toprovideinputtoParksandRecreation ontheproposed off-leashdogparkatStephenson Canyon ndbyTuesday, December2; andwishedeveryone a safeandHappy Thanksgiving. EricYoungeralsowishedeveryone aHappy Thanksgiving. ADJOURNMENT OFCITYCOUNCILMEETING President Youngerannounced thatnextweek isThanksgiving, sotherewillbenoStudySessionand rdthatthenextCouncilMeetingwillbeonWednesday, December 3startingat5:30PMin theFirstFloor MeetingChambers oftheNormDicksGovernmentCenter. Thepubliciswelcome toattendthe meeting in-personorremotely viaZoom. Withnofurtherbusiness, President Youngeradjourned theCouncilMeetingat6:17PM. Docusign Envelope ID: 5E32DAED-4C51-4ECC-841B-B6E85A0527A1 CityCouncilRegularMeetingMinutes Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Page 3of 3 Prepared & Submittedby: CHRISTINEGRENIER Legislative Assistant rdAPPROVEDbytheCityCouncilonthe3dayofDecember2025. ERICYOUNGER, CityCouncilPresident Attest: ANGELAHOOVER, CityClerk EY:AH:CG Docusign Envelope ID: 5E32DAED-4C51-4ECC-841B-B6E85A0527A1