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Special City Council Meeting
March 2, 2020 - 6:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
WASHINGTON MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Nancy Backus called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street in Auburn.
A. Roll Call
Councilmembers present: Deputy Mayor Claude DaCorsi, Bob Baggett,
James Jeyaraj and Chris Stearns. Councilmember Robyn Mulenga and
Yolanda Trout-Manuel were excused and Councilmember Larry Brown was
unexcused.
Mayor Nancy Backus and the following department directors and staff
members were present: City Attorney Kendra Comeau, Chief City
Prosecutor Harry Boesche, Director of Administration Dana Hinman,
Director of Public Works Ingrid Gaub, Director of Human Resources and
Risk Management Candis Martinson, Development Services Manager
Jason Krum, Economic Development Manager Doug Lein, Chief of Police
Dan O'Neil and Deputy City Clerk Teresa Mattingly.
II. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. City Organizational Overview- Legal Department (Comeau)
City Attorney Comeau and Chief Prosecutor Boesche provided Council
with an overview of the Legal Department and discussed the Civil, Criminal
Prosecution and City Clerks divisions,what each division is responsible for,
the department's organizational structure and the 2020 budget.
Council discussed how the Legal Department and the City Clerk's office
manages their workload, the average timeframe to complete a trial, if the
prosecutor's office maintains records by race and what steps if any that
Auburn takes to combat human trafficking.
B. City Organizational Overview-Administration Department
(Hinman)
Director Hinman provided Council with an overview of the Department of
Administration and discussed the four divisions in the department;
Economic Development, Emergency Management, Facilities and
Multimedia/Communications. Director Hinman reviewed the department's
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current staffing and what each division is responsible for. She also
discussed the homeless initiatives, Government Relations and overseeing
contracts for the legislative services, Healthy Auburn Initiative and the
Auburn Consolidated Resource Center.
Council discussed what the facilities department is doing about
cleaning the buildings and educating the staff and the public about the
coronavirus.
III. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned at 6:43 p.m.
APPROVED this 16th day of March, 2020.
AtA
ANCY B 4KUS, MAYOR Teresa Mattingly, Depu Jerk
Agendas and minutes . - available to the public at the City Clerk's Office, on the City website
(http://www.aubumwa.gov), and via e-mail. Complete agenda packets are available for review
at the City Clerk's Office.
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