10/08/2013 Public Safety and Personnel CommitteeMINUTES
PUBLIC SAFETY AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 8, 2013
Elected Officials Present: Councilmember Bloom
Councilmember Peterson
City Staff Present: Mary Ann Hardie, Human Resources Manager
Jeff Taraday, City Attorney
Al Compaan, Chief of Police
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m.
A. AWC Interlocal Agreement and Resolution for participation in AWC's new
self- funded insurance programs.
Mary Ann Hardie, Human Resources Manager, presented this item.
Action: Committee agreed to forward to consent agenda.
B. Discussion: Edmonds City Code Chapter 2.10 Revisions.
Action: Committee agreed to include in the Chapter 2.10 revisions for discussion of full
council the following:
(1) Reference to the RCWs that allow for discussion of qualifications of director
candidate(s) in executive session prior to Council confirmation of Mayor's
appointment.
(2) Council can reduce number of candidates they interview to less than three only
by a super- majority vote.
C. Continued discussion regarding Code of Conduct.
Committee edited the draft, removing duplications and for language consistency. At City
Attorney's request, the draft version of the Code of Conduct will be forwarded to the
city's judge, an elected official, for his input as to whether the elected position of judge
should be included in the Code of Conduct.
Action: Recommend scheduling this item on future Council agenda for finalizing the
draft and referral back to City Attorney.
D. Discussion regarding Council attendance via speaker phone.
The committee decided to use the Spokane policy as a framework and to discuss in full
Council the following:
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(1) Definition of extraordinary circumstances such as: travel complications
Medical /family emergencies.
(2) Whether or not we should allow call ins to items associated with public hearings.
(3) Confirm call in to quasi - judicial hearings not allowed.
Action: Forward for full Council discussion to finalize policy.
E. Discussion regarding the establishment and operation of any structures or
uses relating to collective gardens, marijuana production, marijuana
processing, or marijuana retailing in the City of Edmonds.
Chief Al Compaan participated in this discussion. He reported that the Legislature will
deal with medical marijuana in this session.
Council to address under 502:
- collective gardens- deal with re: medical marijuana statutes
- marijuana retail
- production of marijuana- Edmonds is probably not conducive to production
facilities secondary to space required.
Currently the state does not have a licensing requirement. They have stated that by
2015 retail establishments must be licensed. Retail establishments must be stand alone.
Action: Forward to full Council for a Policy discussion to include:
- discussion of Federal guidelines
- discussion of buffers issue- council may choose to be more restrictive.
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