HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-29-2012 * Municipal Services Committee
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May 29, 2072 - 3:30 PM
Council Chambers
WASHINGTON MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Peloza called the:meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, 25 W. Main, Au6urn, WA.
A. Roll Call
Members present: Ghair Peloza, �ce Chair Osbome. Councilmember Wales
was excused.
Staff present: Mayor Pete Lewis, Councilmember Rich Wagner, Councilmember
John Partridge, Councilmember John Holman, Chief of Police Bob Lee, Assistant
Chief of Police Bab Kamofski, City Attomey Dan Heid, Finance Director Shelley
Coleman, Judge Patrick Burns, Court AdministratorGail Cannon, Court and
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Probation Services Manager Greg Bockh, Emergency Preparedness Manager
Sarah Miller, Emergency Management AssistanYHeather Kitchen, Government
Relations Manager Carolyn Robertson and Acting Police Secretary/Scribe Terry
Mendoza. Others presenti King County District Court Interim Chief
Administrative Officer Jill Dorsey, King Gounty District Court Director of Probation
Services Judy Garcia, King County District Court Judge Corinna Ham, citizen Scot
Pondelick and Aubum Reporter representative Robert Whale.
B. Announcements
C.. Agenda Modifications
II. CONSENT AGENDA
A. May 14, 2012 Minutes
Vice Chair Osborne moved to accept the Minutes as presented. Chair Peloza
seconded the motion.
MOTION PASSED: 2-0
III. ORDINANCES
A. Ordinance No. 6411 (Heid)
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Aubum, Washington, amending
Section 10.36.540 of 4he Aubum Gity Code and creating new Sections 9.14.030,
9.26.010, 9.26.020, 9,46,010, 9.58.020 and 9.62.010 of the Aubum City code
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relating to updating prosecution code sections.
Vce Chair Osbome moved to forward Ordinance No. 6411 to full Councii for
consideration. Chair Peloza seconded.
MOTION PASSED 2-0
IV. RESOLUTIONS
A. Resolution No. 4814 (Lee)
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Aubum, Washington, formally
accepting a grant from the:Washington State Military Department in the amount of
Sixty-two Thousand and Two Hundred Eighteen'Dollars ($62,218.00) from the
United States Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management
Performance GraM Program,•and the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the
necessary agreements to accept said funds.
Vice Chair Osbome moved to forward Resolution No. 4814 to full Council for
consideration. Chair Peloza seconded.
MOTION PASSED: 2-0
V. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Auburn Municipal Court (Burns)
Judge Bums presented information regarding the operations of the Aubum
Municipal Court(AMG) which includes Probation services. In King
County, Aubum has the highest rate of people receiving state funded mental
heaith services, alcohol and drug treatment services, and economiaaid. In 1998
the crime rate in Aubum reached a peak of 105.9 incidents per thousand. By
2010 that rate had fallen to 53.5 incidents per thousand. Aubum's crime rate fell
at twice the rate the state crime rate fell. Having a court system that holds
defendants accountable and attempts to modiTy behavior has had a significant
impact on reducing criminal behavior and on our community. Over the last five
years the budget for the court and probation has fluctuated somewhat but
basically it has remained flat.
The creation of SCORE, it isestimated that the City's jail costs wili increase in
2013 and that this increase is a result of the'`court's sentencing practices"as it
directly relates#o the number of beds being used at SGORE: Judge Bums
discussed the infortnation related to the average daily population, average billable
jail population, Aubum case filings, and Probation services etc. Judge Bums
included a matrix comparing the judicial programs offered by the AMC and King
County District Court, and offered four(4) different AMC budget proposals to
consider. It was noted that the AMC has never exceeded fhe 6udget that has
been set for their operations. Mayor Lewis advised that a special (non-decision
making) meeting with ail Councilmembers will be scheduled, in coordination with
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the Council Operations Committee, in order to evaluate the two (2) proposals
received from Aubum Municipal Court and King County District Court:
Additionally, Mayor Lewis requested that the Police Department supply a report
showing the number of arrests and bookings over tfie last ten (10) years.
B. Matrix
No action on the Matrix. Chief Lee commented regarding fireworks that they are
very appreciative of the Muckleshoot Tribe Council's recent change to
their Discharge Area times from 7:00 a:m. to 10:00 a.m. This change was the
result of a March 2012 Meeting with the MIT Council and MayoNCouncil.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjoumed at 5:00 p.m. The next meeting offhe Municipal Senrices
Committee is Monday,June 11, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in the Briefing room at the Aubum
Police Department, Justice Center.
Signed this l/ �� dayof June, 2012.
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Bill Peloza, Ch i Terry M doza
Acting Police Secretary/Scribe
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