HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-10-2014CITY OF ��_ Special City Council Meeting
.7� Septe mber 10, 2014 - 4:00 PM
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CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Nancy Backus called the special meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Councilmembers in attendance included: Deputy Mayor Wagner, Claude
DaCorsi, John Holman, Wayne Osborne, Bill Peloza, Yolanda
Trout, Largo Wales
Department directors and staff members present included: Police Chief
Bob Lee, City Attorney Dan Heid, Community Development and Public
Works Director Kevin Snyder, Assistant Director of Engineering Services
and City Engineer Ingrid Gaub, Assistant Director of Community
Development Services Jeff Tate, Director of Administration Michael
Hursh, Compensation and Employee Relations Manager Aaron Barber,
Parks, Arts and Recreation Director Daryl Faber, Arts and Events
Manager Julie Kruger, Parks Planning and Development Manager Jamie
Kelley, Permits and Administration Manager Darcie Hanson, Planning
and Design Services Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain, Assistant Director
of Public Works Services Randy Bailey, Innovation and Technology
Director Ron Tiedeman, Innovation and Technology Support Manager
Reba Stowe, Innovation and Technology Secretary Melissa Medisch,
Finance Director Shelley Coleman, Financial Planning Manager Bob
Brooks, Financial Analyst Tamara Baker and Deputy City Clerk Shawn
Campbell.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. 2015 - 2016 Biennial Budget Review
Budget documents can be viewed from the August 12, 2014 Special
City Council Meeting Agenda.
Chief Lee reviewed the Police Department organizational chart. He
reviewed the SCORE accomplishments, the 2013 -2014
accomplishments and objectives for 2015 - 2016 including changing
the perception the downtown core and Les Gove Community
Campus.
Council asked questions regarding the school district taking over the
DARE program, police officers assigned to the downtown area, the
Police Department working with Green River Community
College, developing relationships between the police and downtown
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businesses, how police respond to the homeless camps in the City,
receiving additional crime statistics and information for the
Council, dry cleaning fees, photo enforcement revenue, traffic
officers, ammunition costs and training, body cameras for officers,
shooting ranges, emergency medical supplies, fleet allocation,
mental health contacts, arrest and forfeitures from taskforces and the
allocation of those funds, donations of equipment from the
military and SWAT training.
Chief Lee went over the program improvements including a new
patrol car, an additional records specialist, a full time bicycle officer
and adding a major crimes detective.
Director Coleman stated SCORE is expected to cover the debt
service payment with the revenue from fees paid for contracted beds
in 2013. SCORE is looking to increase the number of contracted
beds.
Director Faber reviewed the organizational chart for the Park, Arts
and Recreation Department. He reviewed the various program
areas of the Department. He shared the objectives for 2015 -2016
including the youth and teen center, increased downtown community
involvement and a silver sneakers program.
Council asked about Auburn International Farmers Market, involving
the school district more with youth programs, transportation to youth
programs, White River Museum and the Mary Olson
Farm, partnering with Costco to sale rounds of Golf, social media
promotions and advertisements, special events at the golf course,
contributions to the Symphony, downtown art and street scapes, the
Auburn Performing Arts Center use and rental fees, insurance for
volunteers and investigating the value of golf carts having grass
seeds available for players to reseed the turf after play.
III. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
adjourned at 6:12 p.m.
APPROVED this day of October, 2014.
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,NANCY B S, MAYOR Shawn Campbell, Deputy City
Clerk
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