HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-26-2014cirvor_ I ' Special City Council Meeting
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CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Nancy Backus called the special meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.
Councilmembers in attendance included: Deputy Mayor Rich Wagner,
Wayne Osborne, Claude DaCorsi, John Holman, Largo Wales and Bill
Peloza.
Councilmember Trout was excused.
Department directors and staff members present included: Police Chief
Bob Lee, City Attorney Dan Heid, Human Resources and Risk
Management Director Rob Roscoe, Director of Administration Michael
Hursh, Parks, Arts and Recreation Director Daryl Faber, Community
Development and Public Works Director Kevin Snyder, Development
Services Manager Jeff Tate, Permits and Administration Manager Darcie
Hanson, Planning and Design Services Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain,
Transportation Manager Pablo Para, Assistant Director of Public Works
Services Randy Bailey, Innovation and Technology Director Ron
Tiedeman, Innovation and Technology Operations Manager Ashley
Riggs, Innovation and Technology Customer Support Manager Reba
Stowe, 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.
Director Roscoe presented the Human Resources, Risk and Property
Management budget. He shared the department organizational chart
and the 2013 - 2014 accomplishments. He also presented the 2015 -
2016 department goals, objectives and performance measures.
Council discussed the City's self- insured worker comp program, the
2% reduction in health insurance premiums the City earned by
becoming a Well City through Association of Washington Cities,
personal development for staff, employee participation the leadership
institute, training for City staff, the tuition
reimbursement program, recruitment programs, employee benefits,
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work schedules, participation in the National League of Cities
prescription drug program, the light duty return to work program for the
Police Department, a safety officer, the overall cost for step increases
and negotiated raises for employees, costs to the City for the public
defender contract and King County District Court, King County District
Court performance measures, the electronic home monitoring
system, and the City's deductible for insurances losses and insurance
claims.
Director Coleman introduced the Finance Department Budget. She
reviewed the funds the department oversees, the staff organizational
chart and performance measures.
The Council asked about the Finance Department staffing levels,
repayment of a library bond, Traffic and School Impact Fees, Parks
Mitigation fees, phase 2 of the City Hall remodel and future phases,
additional funding for parks, sidewalk repair, the availability of grant
funds, walkable city planning, REET 1 and REET 2 funds and their
limitations, working with the school district and placing cameras in
school zones, traffic signal improvements, costs of replacement of
traffic signal equipment, updating the storefronts of businesses on
Main Street, customer service satisfaction for waste management,
enclosing one T hanger at the Auburn Municipal Airport, LEOFF 1
members, benefits and premiums, the firefighters pension fund, fees
paid for bank card transactions, dues for associations and increases
to the fees paid to the Auburn Valley Humane Society.
City Attorney Heid presented the Legal Department Budget. He
reviewed the department organizational chart.
Council asked about staffing levels in the Legal Department, legal
assistance to the public to interpret the City Code, contracting legal
services with neighboring jurisdictions and public records requests.
III. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
adjourned at 4:17 p.m.
APPROVED this (, — day of October, 2014.
—ITNNCY B C KUS,MAYOR Shawn Campbell, Deputy City Clerk
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