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FINANCE COMMITTEE
MAY 1, 2006
MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Lynn Norman called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the
Council Conference room at Auburn City Hall located at 25 West Main
Street, Auburn, Washington. Committee members present were: Vice
Chair Lynn Norman and Member Roger Thordarson. Mayor Pro Tem Sue
Singer substituted for Chair Nancy Backus who was excused from the
meeting. Also present during the meeting were Mayor Peter B. Lewis,
Information Services Director Lorrie Rempher, Finance Director Shelley
Coleman, City Attorney Daniel B. Heid, Deputy Fire Chief Mike Gerber,
Sanitary Sewer Engineer Jeff Roscoe, and City Clerk Danielle Daskam.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes of the April 17, 2006 Finance Committee meeting.
Member Thordarson moved and Mayor Pro T em Singer seconded
to approve the April 17, 2006 minutes.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0.
III. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Vouchers
1. Claims
F4.9.5
Claims check numbers 351104 through 351495 in the
amount of $1 ,343,903.59 and dated May 1, 2006.
2. Payroll
F4.9.2
Payroll check numbers 515768 to 515907 in the amount of
$308,599.66 and electronic deposit transmissions in the
amount of $1,085,791.78 for a grand total of $1,394,391.44
for the pay period covering April 13, 2006 to May 3, 2006.
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Committee members reviewed the consent items and briefly
discussed claims vouchers 351105, 351114, 351171, 351206,
351257,351272, and 351455.
Member Thordarson moved and Chair Pro Tem Singer seconded
to approve the consent items.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
A. Ordinance No. 6003
F3.0
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Auburn,
Washington, creating a new Chapter 3.02 of the Auburn City Code
and thereby establishing a biennial budget process effective
January 1, 2007
Finance Director Coleman presented Ordinance No. 6003. The
ordinance provides for a biennial budget process beginning in
2007. The ordinance was discussed at the April 17, 2006 meeting.
Member Thordarson moved and Mayor Pro Tem Singer seconded
to recommend City Council approval of Ordinance No. 6003.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0.
B. Resolution No. 4016
A1.3.1
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
expressing concern about the serious impacts of the proposed
annexation of territory in South King County by King County Public
Hospital District Number One, Proposition No. 1 - Valley Medical
Center Annexation (annexing Maple Valley and Black Diamond
areas and providing for taxes for the calendar year 2006 of 59
cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation - Resolution No. 830)
City Attorney Heid explained that the City Council is entitled to
express its position regarding ballot issues. Resolution No. 4016
expresses concern with regard to King County Public Hospital
District No.1, Proposition No. 1 known as the Valley Medical
Center Annexation proposition. Hospital District No. 1 is planning
to annex additional territory in the Black Diamond and Maple Valley
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areas, and it is expected that the annexation would significantly
increase property taxes of the property owners in the annexation
area. Additionally, the proposed annexation area is already served
by the Auburn Regional Medical Center and the Enumclaw
Community Hospital. Mayor Lewis also added that the impact and
effects of the proposed annexation have not been adequately
analyzed.
Member Thordarson moved and Vice Chair Norman seconded to
recommend City Council approval of Resolution No. 4016.
MOTION CARRIED. 2-0. Mayor Pro Tem Singer abstained.
C. Resolution No. 4020
A3.16.3
A Resolution of the City Council of the city of Auburn, Washington,
authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Agreement with
Thompson Smitch Consulting Group, Inc to assist the City to
secure water rights from the Washington State Department of
Ecology for the purposes of meeting the City's water needs
Mayor Lewis explained that the City is pursuing water rights
through the Department of Ecology. Thomspon Smitch Consulting
is the consultant chosen to provide services related to water rights.
Member Thordarson moved and Mayor Pro Tem Singer seconded
to recommend City Council approval of Resolution No. 4020.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0.
v. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Resolution No. 4019
04.6.3 PR C516A
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
authorizing the Mayor to execute a Public Works Trust Fund Loan
Agreement between the City of Auburn and the Public Works
Board for Project No. C516AS, Auburn Way South Sewer, Phase II
Sanitary Sewer Engineer Jeff Roscoe explained that Resolution
No. 4019 approves a Public Works Trust Fund loan in the amount
of $3.5 million for a 20 year term at 0.5% interest to fund the
Auburn Way South Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project, Phase II.
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe has purchased a portion of the
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capacity of this sewer system and is contributing fifty percent of the
costs for design and construction. The project consists of replacing
the existing concrete sanitary sewer main with a larger PVC sewer
main as it extends from Forrest Villa Mobile Home Park on Auburn
Way South to Riverwalk Drive then southwest along Riverwalk
Drive and west along Howard Road to R Street SE. The project will
begin this summer and be completed during evening construction.
B. Quarterly Investment Report
Finance Director Coleman presented the quarterly investment
report for the period ending March 31, 2006. Director Coleman
noted that the investment rates are increasing. The most recent
investment was at a 5.00 market yield.
C. School District Impact Fees
Finance Director Coleman directed the Committee members
attention to the April 5, 2006 letter from the Auburn School District
which provides an accounting of the school impact fees collected
and their expenditure. The report is required as part of the
interlocal agreement between the City and the School District for
collection of school impact fees.
D. Resolution No. 4022
F4.3
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Auburn, Washington,
amending the City of Auburn Fee Schedule relating to fire impact
fees by land use
Deputy Fire Chief Gerber recalled that the Council adopted a fire
impact schedule in November 2005. Since that time, it was
discovered that two land use categories, Leisure/Outdoors and
Government/Public Buildings, were overcharged due to excessive
calls to two facilities, the jail and the casino. Two separate land
use categories were created for Jails and Casinos. The fire impact
fee schedule has been adjusted accordingly.
Deputy Fire Chief Gerber reported that the resolution was reviewed
at the Municipal Services Committee earlier this evening.
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VI. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Committee, the
meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
APPROVED THE Il {t-oA Y OF MAY 2006
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