HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-11-2014 ([Date/Time])cirror_ Council Operations Committee
PAS August 11, 2014 - 2:00 PM
City Hall Conference Room No. 3
GTON MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
A. Roll Call
Chair Wagner called the Council Operations Committee meeting to
order at 2:00 p.m., in Room 3 at Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main
Street in Auburn.
Members in attendance included Chair Rich Wagner, Vice Chair Bill
Peloza and Member Largo Wales.
Also in attendance were Mayor Nancy Backus, City Attorney Daniel
B. Heid, Community Development and Public Works Director Kevin
Snyder, and Deputy City Clerk Shawn Campbell.
B. Announcements
There was no announcement.
C. Agenda Modifications
There was no agenda modification.
II. CONSENT AGENDA
A. July 28, 2014 Minutes
Vice Chair Peloza moved and Member Wales seconded to approve
the July 28, 2014 meeting minutes.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3 -0
III. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Transition from Standing Committees to Study Sessions
The Committee reviewed the staff recommendations. The
Committee requested all staff recommendations be enclosed in a
text boxes on the document.
The Committee discussed documents to be provided to full Council
for their review regarding the potential change from Council
Committees to Council Study Sessions. City Attorney Heid will
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provide the full Council the updated staff recommendations, the
pro /con list and a memo explaining the process.
The Committee requested all draft documents needed to move
forward with the change from Council Committees to Council Study
Sessions be provided at the September Council Operations
Committee meeting. The Committee anticipates moving the
documents forward to full Council for consideration at the October 6,
2014 meeting.
The Committee suggested the full Council hold a training session on
the Study Session process at the September 29, 2014 Committee of
the Whole meeting.
The Committee reviewed Auburn City Code Section 3.10 regarding
the contracting authority of the Mayor. The Committee forwarded to
full Council for consideration the amendments to ACC 3.10
increasing the Mayor's contracting authority to $50,000.00.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:56 p.m.
Approved this aa`�`day of September, 2014.
Rich Wagner, Chair Shawn Campbell , Deputy City Cle k
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