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Finance Committee
.AUBURN F May 16, 2011 - 6:00 PM
Annex Room 1
WASHINGTON MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Nancy Backus called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in Conference Room 1 located
on the second floor of the City Hall Annex located at One East Main Street in Auburn.
A. Roll Call
Chair Backus, Vice Chair Lynn Norman and Member Rich Wagner were present. Also
present during the meeting were Mayor Peter B. Lewis, City Attorney Daniel B. Heid,
Finance Director Shelley Coleman, Planning and Development Director Kevin Snyder,
and Deputy City Clerk Cathy Richardson.
B. Announcements
There was no announcement.
C. Agenda Modifications
Agenda modification included correction of a scriveners error for total payroll vouchers
which should be $1,962,638.99.
II. CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed on the Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and
will be enacted by one motion in the form listed.
A. May 2, 2011 Minutes
Vice Chair Norman moved and Member Wagner seconded to approve the May 2, 2011
minutes.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0.
B. Claims (Coleman)
Claims check numbers 404006 through 404411 in the amount of $4,272,040.51 and
dated May 16, 2011.
C. Payroll (Coleman)
Payroll check numbers 531317 to 531414 in the amount of $842,893.80 and electronic
deposit transmissions in the amount of $1,118,745.19 for a grand total of $1,961,638.99
for the pay period covering April 28, 2011 to May 11, 2011 .
Committee members reviewed the vouchers and briefly discussed claims voucher
numbers 404008, 404032, 404060, 404070, 404080, and 404237.
Vice Chair Norman moved and Member Wagner seconded to approve the claims and
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payroll vouchers.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3-0.
III. D19CUSSION ITEMS
A. Ordinance No. 6361 (Heid)
An Ordinance of the City of Auburn, Washington, amending Ordinance No. 5250,
adopted June 21, 1999, prohibiting social card games conducted as a commercial
stimulant -except for those establishments currently licensed by the Washington State
Gambling Commission and/or lawfully operating in the City as of June 7, 1999;
establishing penalties for violations; and providing that the moratorium on social card
games conducted as a commercial stimulant as established unde(Ordinances 5249
and 5198 be terminated unless this ordinance is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason
City Attorney Heid stated that Ordinance No. 6361 provides clarification of the original
ordinance establishing the moratorium in 1999. The ordinance has never been
challenged by the Gambling Commission. The effect would be that any establishment
licensed as of 1999 by_any'regulatory agency authorized to license gambling activities
would be entitled to operate card games, with the exclusion of pull tabs and punch
boards. City Attorney Heid noted that-the Emerald Downs property was, at the time the,
moratorium was established, zoned Industrial and is now zoned Commercial allowing
for more flexibility. Industrial zones have more restrictions, with regard to allowable
uses.
Committee members briefly reviewed Ordinance No. 6361.
B. March 2011 Financial Report (Coleman)
Director Coleman :reviewed the first quarterly report for 2011, including water revenues,
building permits, property taxes, sales taxes, cable tv franchise fees, and business
license fees.
In response to questions from Chair Backus, Director Snyder explained that the City
provides two notices for business license renewals. If still unpaid, it becomes a code
compliance issue. At,this time, there are eleven outstanding delinquencies. Through a
concerted effort by'Code Enforcement staff via telephone and in-person contact, staff
was able to verify those businesses no longer'in operation or they, have collected
the delinquent fees. Business license delinquencies are down to eleven from over three
hundred last year. Staff continues to work with those eleven businesses.to obtain
payment of delinquent business license fees.
Member Wagner referred to.page 1.25, Sales Tax, paragraph one, second sentence,
and inquired regarding streamlined sales tax mitigation.
Director Coleman explained that the State Department of Revenue sets the City's
streamlined sales. tax mitigation. That figure isreduced by the amount,paid through
voluntary compliance with the. law by out of state businesses . The information and
amounts paid via out of state participation are not provided to the City by the
Department of Revenue as it is'considered proprietary information.
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IV. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting adjourned at
6:25 p.m.
APPROVED THE (o~ DAY OF JUNE, 2011.
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Nancy I dus, Chair Cathy Ric rdson, Deputy City Clerk
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