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MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
~ iIVASHINGT~N October 11, 2010
MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER 4:00 PM, AUBURN CITY HALL, 25 W. MAIN STREET,
CONFERENCE ROOM NO. 3, 2ND FLOOR
Chair Peloza called the meeting to order at 4 p.m. in Conference Room 3 on the
second floor of City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn WA. Members present:
Chair Bill Peloza, Vice Chair Sue Singer, Member John Partridge. Staff present:
Mayor Pete Lewis, Chief of Police Bob Lee, Financial Planning Manager Karen
Jester, Solid Waste & Recycling Coordinator Joan Nelson, Public Works Director
Dennis Dowdy, Planning Director Kevin Snyder, City Attorney Dan Heid, Police
Secretary/Scribe Kathy Emmert. Others present: Laura Moser representing
Waste Management, Julie Johnson President Rental Housing Association,
Robert Whale representing the Auburn Reporter, and citizens Wayne Osborne
and Nick Perius.
II. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
III. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Approval of Minutes of the September 27, 2010 Municipal Services
Committee Meeting
Vice Chair Singer moved to accept the Minutes of the September 27, 2010
meeting as amended by the addition of the word "airport" before the word
construction in item IV.C. Member Partridge seconded. Chair Peloza
concurred.
MOTION CARRIED: 3-0
IV. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (Action Items)
V. INFORMATION /DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Budget Items
This topic was listed in the event Committee members had questions
related to the proposed budget for the City currently being reviewed.
There were no questions at this time. Budget questions will be addressed
at the Budget Workshop scheduled for November 29, 2010 as a Special
Council meeting.
B. Solid Waste Rates* (Coleman)
Solid Waste & Recycling Coordinator Joan Nelson presented information
related to the recommendation for a rate increase in order to maintain the
health of the Solid Waste Fund Balance. The Committee will review the
information presented and discuss potential rate increases further at the
next meeting.
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C. Slum Landlords (Snyder)
The Committee is concerned with the quality of life for residents of multi-
family dwelling units in the City. Director Snyder presented, in conjunction
with the Police Department, some detailed information and exhibits related
to the multi-family complexes with the ten highest requests for police
service over the past 12 months. The information provided also outlines
the responsibilities and tools available to the City, property
owners/managers and tenants.
In the future, the Minutes of the Advisory Board for Rental Housing will be
forwarded to the Municipal Services Committee to assist in monitoring
locations that may present problems or issues.
In addition, the Committee is also interested in similar information related
to mobile home parks. This topic is tentatively scheduled for presentation
at the November 22, 2010 meeting.
D. Fleet Purchases -State vs Local Contract (Coleman)
The Mayor provided information indicating the City can change over from
the fleet contract to utilizing local vendors. The City will be making this
change except for specific, specialized vehicles because we do not have
the parts, expertise etc. at this point in time. The benefits of sales tax
generated, jobs retained in the community and having the money roll
through the community outweighs the benefit of utilizing the fleet contract.
E. False Alarm Fee (Lee)
Chief Lee indicated that complaints have been received about the
immediate assessment of a $100 fee for a false alarm. Citizens are
complaining and the Committee is requested to consider a one time
waiver (lifetime not annual) forthe first false alarm. The Chair asked that
a "white paper" be prepared outlining the pros and cons of such a change prior to making any amendment to the current ordinance. This is
scheduled for the October 25, 2010 meeting.
F. Matrix*
There were no changes to the Matrix.
VI. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
Dated this of October 2010.
Bill Peloza, Chair Kathy Emmert, Police Secretary/Scribe
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