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MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING
April 1, 2002
PRESENT: Councilmembers Singer, Wagner and Brothers; City of Auburn Staff: Jim Kelly,
Police; Bob Johnson, Fire; Shelley Coleman, Lorrie Rempher, Julie Salzman, Finance; Christine
Engler, Sharon Conroy and Jennifer Gregg, Public Works; Paul Krauss, Planning; Dan Heid,
Legal.
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Call to Order
Sue Singer, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meetings were approved as written.
Consent and Agenda
Resolution 3440 - Authorize Mayor to execute memo of understanding with the Seattle-
King County Department of Public Health for implementation of the local Hazardous
Waste Management Program.- Moved to pass, seconded, and approved.
Resolution 3450 -- Accept grant funds from State Military Department Emergency
Management Division (EMD) for a multi-jurisdictional HazMat exercise to be held in
Renton. - Moved to pass, seconded, and approved.
Resolution 3452 - Accept 2002 SLA grant funds to help offset costs associated with
attending a multi-jurisdictional annual statewide Haz Mat workshop April 6-7, 2002, Tri-
Cities area. There will be four in attendance, who will share the information upon their return.
No expenses are anticipated for additional equipment following this workshop. Moved to pass,
seconded, and approved.
Surplus Property- Fire Department- Accept as surplus property 115 sections of 3-1/2"
hose no longer needed due to upgrades. This hose will be offered first to other departments
within the city. Moved to pass, seconded and approved the surplus of this property.
Ordinance 5651 - New Auburn City Code Chapter 5.22 - (agenda modification) Dan Heid
explained the rationale behind this ordinance - to aid in enforcement of existing requirements.
There was lengthy discussion on many facets of the ordinance - including, but not limited to,
how much liability there would be for the general fund in the event tenants had to be relocated;
what kind of background screening can be done on tenants; who determines approval of business
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license applications, and how the $1,000 fine works when there are violations. Dan Heid said
this type of ordinance is not unique to Auburn. Because there were so many questions, this
ordinance was tabled until the next meeting.
Information/Discussion
Spillman Technology Purchase Agreement for Police Department - Shelley Coleman
discussed Resolution 3448, for which $150,748 has already been budgeted for 2002. This
technology will add components necessary to allow future implementation of interconnectivity
from police cars to the in-house database and King County WIRE intemet.
Garbage Billing Update - Shelley Coleman discussed ongoing challenges with implementation
of the contract with Waste Management. She said Finance's efforts to handle customer service
became overwhelming and that they are having to give some of the duties back to WM. Finance
is continuing with the responsibility of route maintenance and residential and commercial
changes to ensure the service data is consistent with the billing data. All customer requests for
roll-offs, dump requests, and missed pickups are being routed to WM. Extra garbage billing
information and roll-off billing data will be prepared by WM and submitted to the city in
appropriate form. There was a discussion of the roll-off costs and how they are determined.
Letters were sent to commercial customers explaining the roll-out charges and explaining how
they can be avoided (138 customers have responded to the letter and are being worked with
individually to help them avoid the charges). Council Member Wagner asked that the bid
evaluation be re-visited, and Council Member Singer asked for another evaluation of this issue in
a month. Shelley Coleman said that much of the contract data was based on a slow month - right
after 9/11/01.
As a follow-up to a question asked by Council Member Brothers reference Resolution 3442
passed at the 3/18/02 meeting, Jim Kelly brought in a breakdown of how the $94,000 is utilized
in the King County Housing Grant: Officer's salary, $55,600, benefit package at 27% $15,000,
use of police vehicle for one year $24,000.
There was a brief discussion on possible locations for another fire station.
Adjournment
Chairperson Sue Singer adjourned the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Next regular meeting is Monday, April 1, 2002, at 5:00 PM in Meeting Room 3.
Submitted by,
Sara J. Shao-McVay,
Investigations Secretary
Auburn Police Department
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